Freshman me in 1969 attending football games at Cycle Williams. We weren't very good that year. Got more engaged when basketball started. We were about .500. Pretty much won all of our home games and lost all of our road games but the homers in the old Armory that year were ******* great. Bill Cain was the man and I was hooked on ISU hoops.
What was your first experience with Iowa State sports?
- Thread starter CyGuy5
- Start date
Day CMC was introduced as coach. Spent next 9 months trying to convince ALLOT of fans to put their oxygen masks away.
I was working in Wi. at the time and was driving home from work, I pulled over on the top of a hill to listen to it, heard Zabel calling that game on WHO. Not near as good as if I could have heard Pete call it but still awesome because of Lafester and beating the Hawks.
First overall memory that I can think of would be watching Dedric Willoughby and Jacy Holloway play on Saturdays in the Mid 90’s. Isu wasn’t on TV very often so catching them ISU on Phillips 66 Saturday was always cool and would shoot hoops in my basebment during their games.
First memory at an ISU event would be catching an extra point at a ISU v KSU game while on a FCA trip.
First memory at an ISU event would be catching an extra point at a ISU v KSU game while on a FCA trip.
Oklahoma vs. ISU at Clyde Williams in 1966. Clay Stapleton - coach; Tim VanGalder (sp?) - QB. Ugly uniforms with gold pants and gold helmets. Ugly game. Back in those days, dress attire, especially with a date, was sport coat and tie.
Freshman year, 1975; I attended the very first game at the Jack, vs Air Force.
Very windy day, from the North EndZone; the AF kicker made a 63 (?) yarder right before half ended. I think it's still the longest FG in the Jack - correct?
Growing up in IowaCity, and attending many games in Kinnick, Iowa State Stadium was a dump - just a wind tunnel in the middle of nothing and not loud.
Very windy day, from the North EndZone; the AF kicker made a 63 (?) yarder right before half ended. I think it's still the longest FG in the Jack - correct?
Growing up in IowaCity, and attending many games in Kinnick, Iowa State Stadium was a dump - just a wind tunnel in the middle of nothing and not loud.
Home football in November vs OU in the late 70's was my first experience in-person. I seem to remember that we made a game of it, but I definitely remember that my butt froze solid.
Being that I grew up just south of Fargo, I really hadn't heard much of Iowa State outside of Angie Welle and Megan Taylor.
Why I decided to come to Iowa State in the fall of '07, I still don't know to this day what caught me eye, but it was one of the best decisions of my life so far.
With that said, my first interaction with Iowa State sports was watching Julian Edelman and Kent State do whatever they wanted to us. It was this day that I learned being an Iowa State fan will never be easy, however it truly is the best fanbase in all of college athletics!
Why I decided to come to Iowa State in the fall of '07, I still don't know to this day what caught me eye, but it was one of the best decisions of my life so far.
With that said, my first interaction with Iowa State sports was watching Julian Edelman and Kent State do whatever they wanted to us. It was this day that I learned being an Iowa State fan will never be easy, however it truly is the best fanbase in all of college athletics!
First real ISU experience was freshman year in 2003. ISU v. Texas in football. UT's QB went down and they brought in a backup named Vince Young and he torched us. 40-19 win for UT.
Memorable moments from that game: 1) Tony Yelk missed a FG early on and someone yelled "now we're gonna lose by 3!." and 2) Some guy in the student section screaming "BREAK HIS LEG!" on every ISU defensive play. From that day on, I was hooked.
Memorable moments from that game: 1) Tony Yelk missed a FG early on and someone yelled "now we're gonna lose by 3!." and 2) Some guy in the student section screaming "BREAK HIS LEG!" on every ISU defensive play. From that day on, I was hooked.
I also attended the first Trice game in 1975 - and the earlier posters were spot on. For early September it was very cold, and that north wind just took your breath away. Lots of folks watching from the edges of the tunnels.
Basketball in those days was Hercle Ivy shooting lots of jump shots, and maybe 5,000 in Hilton if it was a big game. They finished 3-24. Art Johnson, too.....great rebounder, but his shooting range was about 5 feet and closer. Ken Trickey was the coach that year, when he quit to go to Oral Roberts I was the first reporter to interview him. (Ron Maly of the DM Rag - an avowed hok - was sitting and waiting to get in, boy did he give me a dirty look!) Trickey was putting his golf clubs in a traveling bag, and you could tell he was dying to get out of there. Lynn Nance took his place.
Basketball in those days was Hercle Ivy shooting lots of jump shots, and maybe 5,000 in Hilton if it was a big game. They finished 3-24. Art Johnson, too.....great rebounder, but his shooting range was about 5 feet and closer. Ken Trickey was the coach that year, when he quit to go to Oral Roberts I was the first reporter to interview him. (Ron Maly of the DM Rag - an avowed hok - was sitting and waiting to get in, boy did he give me a dirty look!) Trickey was putting his golf clubs in a traveling bag, and you could tell he was dying to get out of there. Lynn Nance took his place.
My earliest sports memory was a wrestling meet. I have no idea what year it was but I remember Hilton was packed and the guys wore red robes.
First football game was 1979. The Cyclones beat Bowling Green 38-10.
First football game was 1979. The Cyclones beat Bowling Green 38-10.
Been a Cyclone fan my whole life because of the family and love them for that. First sports memory that sticks out was from when I was in 3rd grade and saw Troy Davis run all over OhioU. First game specifically that I remember from in Jack Trice.
My first memory of ISU was a wrestling match. It got rowdy too. Then I grew up loving Cyclone Basketball. Went to football games during the Davis years and have been addicted ever since.
I was actually really late to the party. My dad grew up in Minnesota, so like most Minnesotans, doesn't really care about college sports. Most of my early sports memories are NFL games. I'm sure I watched an ISU or Iowa game when I was younger, but nothing sticks out. My first REAL ISU memory was in 1995, I watched ISU beat Kansas to with the final Big 8 Tournament. I remember watching Willoughby drain threes.
I still wasn't a true ISU fan yet though. I decided between Iowa and ISU for college and started at ISU in 1998. Once I watched ISU beat Iowa for the first time in 15 years and the celebration in the streets of Ames after a ROAD win, I was hooked. I was also able to go to three bowl games with the ISUCF'V'MB so that helped quite a lot.
I still wasn't a true ISU fan yet though. I decided between Iowa and ISU for college and started at ISU in 1998. Once I watched ISU beat Iowa for the first time in 15 years and the celebration in the streets of Ames after a ROAD win, I was hooked. I was also able to go to three bowl games with the ISUCF'V'MB so that helped quite a lot.
Fall of 1976, hauling corn while my dad combined, and I got to use our only tractor with a cab ... AND A RADIO!!! ISU beat Nebraska and I was hooked.
I grew up in Omaha, so as a kid ISU was on the fringes of my awareness as a fellow Big-8/Big-12 team. I honestly do remember reading the newspaper (comics and sports) after ISU defeated Nebraska in 1992 (I was 10 yr old):
http://dataomaha.com/huskers/history/game/1992-11-14-iowa-state
...and also remember going to Nebraska-ISU basketball game and Kelvin Cato swatting a lot of shots (would have been between 95-97). I don't remember who won. After that, it was watching the KU-ISU basketball games senior year in high school (2000/2001), deciding which school to attend (NU had been ruled out).
It ended up being an easy decision as KU seemed too fratty and snotty ("we're the smallest city with an Abercrombie & Fitch" and "no one lives in the dorms after freshman year" said the KU tour guide), while ISU visits were well organized, friendly, down to earth, and beautiful (campus in April visit #2 sealed the deal). Good memories!
http://dataomaha.com/huskers/history/game/1992-11-14-iowa-state
...and also remember going to Nebraska-ISU basketball game and Kelvin Cato swatting a lot of shots (would have been between 95-97). I don't remember who won. After that, it was watching the KU-ISU basketball games senior year in high school (2000/2001), deciding which school to attend (NU had been ruled out).
It ended up being an easy decision as KU seemed too fratty and snotty ("we're the smallest city with an Abercrombie & Fitch" and "no one lives in the dorms after freshman year" said the KU tour guide), while ISU visits were well organized, friendly, down to earth, and beautiful (campus in April visit #2 sealed the deal). Good memories!
I think it was the late 70's and they used to play the Big 8 Conference BB tournament in KC over Christmas break. I was pretty young at the time, so don't even remember who we were playing, but just remember Jon Ness raining in long jumpers.
