Excerpt from his book My Football Life:
I love Iowa State.
Our team moved to No. 18 in that national rankings as we prepared for our next game at Iowa State. I came down with pneumonia a few days before we visited Iowa State, but I kept coaching. We led Iowa State 17-6 in the third quarter when a streaker ran onto the football field. For some reason, that incident seemed to change the entire game. How distracting was it? I don't know. But we gave up three fourth-quarter touchdowns in a 27-23 loss, and I felt we were so much better than that Iowa State team. That was as disappointing of a loss as any. It was a very disheartening loss and very painful.
I love Iowa State.