Dan McCarney on KXnO today at 4:30
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Somehow I think even they would look more coordinated and less awkward than Hawkeye Basketball.
If dan doesnt beat eastern iowa back in 1998 then do we have sez today..That day changed iowa state forever because since then more and more people are becoming cyclone fans and the ones who already were(i was 13)got even more passionate like i have...Yes he didnt leave us very competitive but he also made us competitive and thats why il remember dan the man and how he changed the rivalry
I am in pretty much the same boat. My uncle knew Dan some how from college, and he was a really class act every time I met with him as a kid. He really did bring back a program that was completely dead, just pathetic. He was even nice enough to get me Troy and Darren's autographs. I went from wanting to be the next BJ Armstrong, to the next Jamaal Tinsley because of coach Mac. Thank your respective religious deities.
That was pretty much the perfect storm for the football series, Dan had recruited some pretty good football players and Hayden didn't leave much behind for the next coach.
demoncore1031
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Jamie Pollard gets all the credit for the SEZ as he is very deserving, however, I don't for one second believe had Mac not had the success that he had, we would be anywhere near where we are at facility or fan support wise. His teams made it cool to like iowa state and you could see the change slowly but surely throughout middleschools and high schools throughout the state to a point where now, I see it pretty near 50/50 whereas it was about 80/20 or worse.
I went to Gilbert and it was the early 80's when I was in junior high and I'd say I was 1 of maybe 5 or 6 out of 200 students (that's all Gilbert had 7th-12th grade at that time) that routed for ISU...and Gilbert is 5 miles away. So I totally agree that Mac beating Iowa in 1998 started the turn.
