Shoveling a pile of spilled corn in McIntire, Iowa listening to Pete & Eric
I mean, it kinda had to be. Losing 15 straight to your "rival" is a massive albatross to be carrying around as a program. Beating Nebraska would've been cool, but beating Iowa had to be a priority if we were ever going to make any noise in this state. Thank god we put 5 of those together. It changed ISU football and the ISU fanbase.Didn't catch it. Was just at home being a high schooler...was probably fishing.
It was cool and fun for ISU to send Hayden out like that but I hate how that was the 'turn the corner' moment for the ISU program as it's what Hawk fans point to any time ISU wins the game.
I've had friends say the same thing for the basketball game over the years.
I mean, it kinda had to be. Losing 15 straight to your "rival" is a massive albatross to be carrying around as a program. Beating Nebraska would've been cool, but beating Iowa had to be a priority if we were ever going to make any noise in this state. Thank god we put 5 of those together. It changed ISU football and the ISU fanbase.
We've beaten them plenty of times since that it's not a big shock. The biggest thing we're missing is a few of those late Hayden years for Kirk. They went 4-8 in 2012, but have otherwise been a winning program. A lot of the fans I grew up with have never seen Iowa do what they did from 98-00, when they went 7-27 in 3 years. They hit the jackpot with Fry and Ferentz.
Came over from Ames with two of my friends to party with some IC friends on Friday. We weren't even going to the game and had planned to head home that day. Buddy was trying to get me to stay another night because he was trying to hook up with this girl. Tooled around IC for a bit during the game and told him if the Cyclones win we'll stay. This was having no knowledge of what was going on.
Heading back to our friend's house, two girls pulled up next to us and said go Clones after seeing my ISU sticker in my back window. We were like "Ok." and they said "No, they're winning." Confused as hell, I searched for a radio station to find the game. Gary Dolphin was saying the Hawks need a big stop here and then it was the end of the 3rd quarter and they hadn't said the score yet. We made it back to the house and just got out of the car and were playing with our friend's dog when we see the group that went to the game walking up to the house. Wondering why they would ever leave a game early, my buddy shouted "How about them Hawkeyes?" and 5 people simultaneously shouted F-you! Confused, I'm like, "What's the score?". 27-3, they shout. My buddy and I ran into their house and turned on the TV and saw it was currently 27-9 late in the 4th quarter. Turned to my buddy and said "Welp. Looks like were staying".
We partied that night with those guys and the majority of them we mostly cool with it. Most were like, well, we've won the last 15 years, you can have one every now and then.
After reading this, it felt like we were still using the rotary phone in 1998I remember this game (ISU at Iowa 1998) like yesterday. I was at a batchalor party in Minneapolis. Our group was mix of Cyclone and Hawkeye fans. There was a golf outing scheduled for the time of the game. I skipped that and went to Champs bar next to our downtown hotel. The other guys made fun of me for wanting to watch the game, they all knew it would be a waste of time as ISU wasn't going to get their @sses handed to them. So I was at the bar by myself, there was a Wisconsin game watch in there too. As the game unfolded I couldn't believe what I was watching. I went back the room after the game and the phone rang. The guys were on the way back from the golf outing and wanted to know the score, I said 27-9. My Cyclone buddy who was on the phone said we didn't do to bad, I said no, we won 27-9. They were all calling me a liar. Finally they all came filing into the hotel room to check the tv and wait for the scores at the bottom of the screen. When it flashed up there the cyclone fans in the group were both celebrating and kicking themselves that had missed the game. The Iowa fans...stunned.
Really good read.
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‘It was an honor to bring some respect, bring some success to Iowa State’: 25 years ago, Dan McCarney and the Cyclones ended a streak and changed the trajectory of the department
There are days when sports fans have vivid memories etched into their minds that never go away. Sept. 12, 1998, is one of those days for Iowa State fans. There are many reasons that day is signific…forevertrueisu.wordpress.com
If I remember right McCarney read a letter from a former player the night before. Or maybe it was a player on the team that was a senior but was injured. Supposedly that letter made everyone believe they could win and end the streak. Does anyone remember this or the context?I too remember where I was, but after some reflection….let’s do this….is it the most important Iowa State football game ever??…what’s better…think about impact and future results….let’s go all talk radio and figure it out. It is a message board after all.
The article says is was from Marc Cortez who was recovering from surgery.I
If I remember right McCarney read a letter from a former player the night before. Or maybe it was a player on the team that was a senior but was injured. Supposedly that letter made everyone believe they could win and end the streak. Does anyone remember this or the context?
IIRC, we won that game, as well as in '80, and '82, my first 3 years at ISU.I can relate, in CyHawk farm-work context ... CyHawk game in '81, we were chopping corn for silage, I listened on radio.
In context of CyHawk that was a good stretch to be at ISU!IIRC, we won that game, as well as in '80, and '82, my first 3 years at ISU.