SIAP but I believe they announced it at 8pm CST on Thursday
I've gotta 'bump' the whole computer related idea. Atanasoff's invention, without a doubt, is the most notable invention ever produced. And it was done so by Iowa State University. Leave the audience never forgetting Iowa State's impact on every single person on the planet. With a little creativity this could really be cool. Bill Gates, Larry Ellis, Robert Swan, 'thanking' Iowa State for example.
Aw hell... bring both Dan McCarney and Hayden Fry and let them arm wrestle for the pick...
Mac might have a bit of an age advantage, but still...
OK, going outside the box here (again)...
Ames Lab was instrumental in developing the process to obtain pure uranium for use in the atomic bomb. Who better than...
RADIOACTIVE MAN!
Or maybe Fallout Boy
To be clear, my suggestions about actors (Ashton Kutcher, Tom Arnold, etc) were not because they once went to school at the U of Iowa, but because they are famous faces that most football fans of all ages could recognize. Should probably add Ron Livingston to the group. Though all of these (Kutcher, Arnold, Livingston, Elijah Wood) spent at least part of their lives in eastern Iowa and since I too have spent all of my young life in Eastern Iowa and still became a Cyclone fan, I really don't divide the state like others do. Arnold and Kutcher would do it for the money or notoriety. Not sure what Livingston or Wood's motivation might be.
Maybe should also add Lolo Jones to the list.
I have no idea who Tom Arnold is, and I’m in college
Fixed it for you.I would get a kick out of seeing Kutcher or Tom Arnold pelted with beer cans.