As great as our fan base has been, we still are having trouble entirely buying in to the fact that we have a really good team, and program. We all have been around long enough to see us blow it, and that feeling of "that is why we are Iowa State" to take hold. I know that is how I felt after the Iowa game, we dominated in the stats, they had no big plays, we just pissed down our leg and lost the game.
We are on the right track, but until we go out and dominate more games like we did yesterday, that feeling will be in the back out minds, and people will make excuses not to attend the games, even after they have paid for tickets.
Keeping prices low for new fans is the key, and Pollard has done a great job of that, allowing the fan base to continue to grow. But we can learn from the team to our East, and not take the fans we have for granted, and continue to improve the product on the field as well as in and outside the stadium.
Go Cyclones