I agree completely with everything everyone is saying. I have only been to Shreveport and Houston outside of this one and the Pinstripe Bowl blows the other two out of the water. You just can't beat New York for a location to visit. I had never been there and walking around seeing everything was amazing. Yankee Stadium is clearly one of the greatest venues in sports and I was very pleasantly surprised at how well it turned into a football stadium. The only real down side to this bowl is the weather, which was great this year. I would love for Iowa State to go back to the Pinstripe Bowl as far as from a tourist not a sports fan point of view. It should be higher in the selection order for the Big XII IMO. The experiences that the players had are just simply not comparable to other bowls. They got to see everything the city had to provide. Great bowl and a great experience.
Also, the game was well attended by Cyclones fans and they were everywhere in New York. On the flight over, our flight attendant asked us where all the Cyclone fans were going. That was on Wednesday, two days before the game, flying from Chicago. Also, the day before the game at a few places we went people asked what all the Cyclone fans were here for and that they didn't realize that Iowa State had so many fans. Cyclones were everywhere. You couldn't go a block without hearing Go Clones or Go State from fellow Cyclones passing you. Great job out of Cyclone Nation.