I live 40 miles north of Ames and have for almost 62 years. Have been an Iowa fan my entire life, remember when all I could do was sit in the car with the heater on and listen to poor radio signal of them getting their butts kicked all the time but still listened every week. My aunt and uncle were Cyclone fans and I went to a few games with them in the early-mid 70's when the Clones were pretty good, watched them beat Nebraska and have a couple of 8 win seasons. I quit going for the reason mentioned earlier, had a group of farmers from the Woolstock area sit right behind me that spent more time trying to get the Iowa score on a radio and cheering when they were losing than watching the Iowa State game. Always have had that inferiority/little big man complex that will never change. Also, my office was 95% Ia State and then me. In the 15 years that we kicked their butts in football, never once did I even mention the game the next week unless brought up first because it was a nothing event in my eyes. The first time they won, my office was plastered with blow up sports pages with the headlines etc. Fans are classless. It's too bad because I actually kinda like their football and basketball coaches, too bad the fans can't take a lesson in class from them. GO HAWKS!
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