Shouldn't that be IIIIIN?
why does it matter if you went to U of I with those plates? Should we not let people wear Iowa gear and attend Iowa games if they did not attend the university?
Because its pretentious. If you want to go to the games and support the team that is one thing, paying extra money to have the license plate (they might even be called "alumni plates") is just trying way too hard.
i was just following a car with hawkeye plates and i didn't see anywhere where it said alumni
do you think you're more of a hawkeye fan because you went to school there? does that make you better than us?
There's a guy that works at my office that has an ISU plate that says "Kumar". have no idea who he is, but I always want to leave a note on his windshield that says "Where's Harold?" I'm guessing he wouldn't get the joke.
But if you were say, a person from minnesota, and had lived there all of your life, when you saw that car with that plate would you think, "oh that person driving that car went to Iowa"? Probably, and that's why its pretentious. My position has nothing to do with your level of fandom.