There is a generation of Hawkeye fans just wired different. They absolutely get triggered by any national ISU attention and quickly rush to downplay or diminish even if their Hawkeyes are not involved in any way. It’s quite sad actually.
Its the generation of EIU fans that grew up during the 15 game winning streak for EIU. For many of them, for years, the ISU game was an automatic victory, and they struggle to accept that EIU can ever lose to ISU, because for years, it never happened.
They are trapped in the past, and refuse to move past that point.