The Iowa State University Cyclones lost to the Iowa Hawkeyes last weekend 27-17 in Iowa City. My wife Janis & I were in attendance, sitting directly behind the trombone section of the ISU Cyclone Football "Varsity" Marching Band in the North end zone.
You want to know what OLD feels like? I was talking to one of the trombonists about the last time I'd sat in that section of Kinnick Stadium in 1986, when ISU was so bad we spent more time soliciting varied brands of liquor from our neighbor's wineskins than we spent actually watching the game. It was pretty cool, because you could stand up and yell any particular brand or type of liquor, and someone would throw their "bota" bag at you so you could take a drink. I never tried "Absinthe", but I'm thinking that SOMEONE would have brought a 'skin full of that liquid death in with them.
The kid (yes, he's a "kid") gave me a funny look & said "I don't want to make you feel old, but, Dude, I was BORN in 1986." Impudent Whippersnapper. You can be sure that he didn't get any of my blackberry brandy.
I've been asked by the powers that be running the Cyclone Nation website to write a weekly column with a perspective from the cheap seats & the public parking lots. I focus on tailgating activities, my general impressions of the game atmosphere, thoughts on the team's performance tempered with humor, and the state of the program. No worries about those pesky facts & keeping quotes accurate for me, no sir! That's for the REAL journalists.
My first column, after the win over UNLV is HERE.
My second column, after the loss to Iowa is HERE.
I'll limit my future reports here to links to my CN articles, which should continue to appear every Tuesday, unless I get fired, detained by the authorities, or sent to rehab.
Go Cyclones.
Posted by Russ from Winterset at September 21, 2006 08:00 AM | TrackBack