docholihawk
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This explains a lot.ISU, but grew up an Illinois fan. Everyone else in my entire family attended Illinois and all my relatives are from and for the most part still live in Illinois.
This explains a lot.ISU, but grew up an Illinois fan. Everyone else in my entire family attended Illinois and all my relatives are from and for the most part still live in Illinois.
Do Mr. Davis's basketball camps count?
Both of my parents graduated from Iowa. My mother rode a train (designated for Iowa students) to Pasedena to watch the Hawks in the 1959 Rose Bowl. She attended every home game that season.
I obviously grew up as a Hawk fan, and had my heart set on attending Iowa. My dad became very sick with Leukemia when I was in junior high. He was treated at U of I hospitals for many years. Those treatments included 2 different bone marrow transplants. Long story short, Leukemia eventually took my dad's life, and he died at U of I hospitals within months of when I was to enroll at Iowa in 1999.
I just couldn't go. Iowa City became a very sad and lonely place to me after my dad died there, so I went to UNI instead. I never regretted that decision.
But Iowa found me again. A friend gave me a "free" ticket to sit in the student section for the 2002 Iowa/ISU game. While we all know how the game turned out, it rekindled my love for everything Iowa.
I have been a season ticket holder at Kinnick since 2003, and have only missed 1 home game since then.
Iowa picks you. Not the other way around. That's what I have learned.
Both of my parents graduated from Iowa. My mother rode a train (designated for Iowa students) to Pasedena to watch the Hawks in the 1959 Rose Bowl. She attended every home game that season.
I obviously grew up as a Hawk fan, and had my heart set on attending Iowa. My dad became very sick with Leukemia when I was in junior high. He was treated at U of I hospitals for many years. Those treatments included 2 different bone marrow transplants. Long story short, Leukemia eventually took my dad's life, and he died at U of I hospitals within months of when I was to enroll at Iowa in 1999.
I just couldn't go. Iowa City became a very sad and lonely place to me after my dad died there, so I went to UNI instead. I never regretted that decision.
But Iowa found me again. A friend gave me a "free" ticket to sit in the student section for the 2002 Iowa/ISU game. While we all know how the game turned out, it rekindled my love for everything Iowa.
I have been a season ticket holder at Kinnick since 2003, and have only missed 1 home game since then.
Iowa picks you. Not the other way around. That's what I have learned.