Favorite Cyclone Memory

[Hayes30]

For Basketball it was taking my now wife to the Kansas game when College Gameday came to town. Thats the weekend i turned a hardcore Hok fan "her grandfather played for them durring one of their early Rose Bowl wins" into an ISU fan. For football it is a tie with the Tornado game and the game vs TT when "The Run" happened.

 

[harimad]

It can't be anything other than OSU 2011. If you've been a Cyclone for an appreciable amount of time, you know at the deepest levels of your consciousness that we can be ahead by four touchdowns at halftime against a top 10 team, but will still end up losing the game. We can have a chipshot field goal to win the division, and we will miss it. Every time.

So when Ter'ran Benton actually pulled down the interception in overtime, and all we had to do was put up three points to beat the #2 team in the country, it was such a startling change from every other Cyclone experience in your life. And I guarantee that even then you still believed that disaster would still strike. Even when Woody was bouncing off defenders like a pinball, keeping both arms firmly crossed over that football, on three plays in a row, you still didn't really believe in your heart that we were going to put those winning points on the board.

So when it happened? Catharsis. Absolute joy that no Cyclone fan had ever felt before that point.

Yeah, that's too easy, so that game needs to not be a choice here. I'll say that my favorite experience was my first time walking out of the locker room in uniform into Cyclone Stadium/Jack Trice Field for the 1991 season opener against Eastern Illinois. Gosh, that stadium has changed so much since then.

 

[Cyclonepride]

In person:

1. 1988 at Hilton against Danny Manning and the (eventual national champions) Jayhawks. First trip there, and I had never heard anything that loud. It turned me from a fan into a fanatic.

2. "The Run" by Seneca, as seen from the Southwest corner (far side of the field, but still).
3. TD goes for 378 against Missouri.

On TV or radio, I'll have to stop and think, as there are hundreds to choose from.

 

[oldman]

Basketball would have to be when we beat #2 Minnesota in OT. We were down 6 pts with 24 seconds left, before 3-pt shots were invented. Actually missed a shot in regulation that would've won the game for us.

Football would be the Marv Seiler game against Nebraska. I knew the goal posts were coming down after that one.

 

[el tornado]

Going with my dad to witness Seneca Wallace beat Nebraska in 2002. That was the first time I had ever witnessed fans rush the field at Jack Trice.

That game was surreal - a little before the game was to begin the big scoreboard suddenly started showing a clip of Marv Seiler being chased by Nebraska players in the 1992 upset win with Pete Taylor's voice - the crowd went berserk.

 

[madguy30]

I helped carry goalposts to Lake Laverne during the win over Nebraska in '92.

DURING? Is that still allowed? ISU deserves a few more wins in its history if field goals weren't even an option due to being taken down mid game.

Nebraska basically sucked in 2002 but it was still satisfying to see ISU show up with some added pressure from being ranked, and dominating them.

That was a fun year until two weeks later.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

When I was 15 years old Iowa State had lost to Iowa 15 straight times. I grew up in Eastern Iowa.

NOTHING will ever beat the feeling of being at Kinnick Stadium in 1998 when the streak ended.

Am I the only person that remembers the amount of junk sweat Danny Mac had on the front of his khaki's that day?

 

[isudrummer]

OSU 2011
It's such an easy answer if you were there. I have no idea why I had so much confidence in that team as we went to halftime, but I literally told my friend "we could get back into this one." The pass to James White in the first OT was as loud as I have experienced in that stadium (even with the stands not full). That night was nuts.

 

[CapnCy]

I was in Iowa City in 1998 when we beat Iowa. I didn't realize at the time how cool that really was, but over time realize it was awesome to be there.

Okie State: of course...I just remember the "set up" that I leaned on not going, prior to the game was chatting with some family in the parking lot and it was basically a "as long as we don't get beat too bad" but also just the thought we'd be seeing Okie State playing for a national title....and at halftime I normally don't leave, but did and was slower getting back in..and, well, we all know what happened next.

I was in the stands for the Fizer over Mihm dunk. I remember it being loud and having a moment of "what just happened?" and now over time that video replays over and over in highlights and it solidifies how cool that was.

I didn't see it live, but the 9 turn over Nebraska game was one of those "how are the stars in alignment" types of thoughts...i was watching at a family members that are hawks, but hate Nebraska. I remember yelling "You gotta see this....Nebraska literally just dropped a ball going into the endzone" And, of course, it STILL came down to a end of game moment with Jessie Smith sealing the win.

Jake Knott INT over Iowa....I was on about a 10 minute delay via DVR as I had someone stopping by my house..I was outside and heard a roar from the neighborhood...but then watched and was like "what was that about?" as it looked like Iowa was going to go onto win...but then that play.

 

[Farnsworth]

I graduated high school in 2002 and at that time knew nothing about Iowa State. I basically took a college visit there just to get out of school for the day. The tour was awesome and I fell in love with the place.

Football:
My freshman year we started out so hot, and my favorite memory of that season was standing in the student section watching "The run". Such an emotional rollercoaster!

Basketball:
Probably my first taste of Hilton Magic my sophomore year when we beat Texas at home with the missed 2 free throws. That place was so loud and the floor was absolutely shaking.

I have a lot of other great memories but those are what turned me from not knowing anything about the clones to a die hard.

 

[Farnsworth]

Worst memory, OSU 2011. I was living in Omaha and had tickets to the game, but I needed to be back early in Omaha the next day so I opted not to go as I figured we'd just get destroyed.

stupid stupid stupid. *bangs head*

 

[CyCrazy]

Seneca in Iowa City in 02 was a beautiful thing to witness.

 

[CyGuy5]

OSU 2011
It's such an easy answer if you were there. I have no idea why I had so much confidence in that team as we went to halftime, but I literally told my friend "we could get back into this one." The pass to James White in the first OT was as loud as I have experienced in that stadium (even with the stands not full). That night was nuts.

I'm pretty sure the stands were full that night

 

[casey1973]

2011, being on the field after Oklahoma State win.

Watching my son on the field on ESPN after the Okie State win! Crazy.

 

[Rabbuk]

2011 Ok St game. Or watching Royce play.

 

[CYCLNST8]

Am I the only person that remembers the amount of junk sweat Danny Mac had on the front of his khaki's that day?

I'm sure a few ladies do.

 

[ISU85]

I played pool against Barry Stevens once and beat him. The greatest athletic achievement of my life.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Tough call but as a bball guy that first B12 tourney ship was a great place to be a cyclone.

But i was one of about 55000 people at Jack Trice and i was sitting in the old south end zone vs OK st and being on the field after the game with my parents and future wife is still indescribable.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Obviously OSU is number 1.

Rushing the field in Iowa City after that crazy comeback in 2002 was amazing.

Was among those in 92 for the upset of Nebraska and was just 12 years old at the time.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

When I was in 4th grade, my neighbors across the street were an older couple. They had surprised my dad with season tickets to ISU football. Needless to say I was completely stoked, and it made me the Iowa State Lifer that I am.

Any rate, I don't have a single memory that is my favorite, but I have a collective one. My favorite memory is that those two seasons of season tickets that we were gifted were Troy Davis' two amazing years. I will always remember how unbelievable he was to see in person. The thing that really stood out to me a as a kid, every time Troy touched the ball the anouncer would say, 'Davis the ball carrier,' the fans stood up, because he would take it 30+ yards so often. Such an amazing gift to see the greatest college running back in history while he was here.