We were in northern California on our honeymoon, we had traveled up the coast to Mendocino (very isolated, less than 1000 people), about three hours north of San Francisco. We'd wandered into an antique-type shop and were looking around when an older gentleman came up to us to inquire about the sweatshirts we were wearing (with only the I-State logo). "Which 'I' school is that?" "Iowa State." He immediately stuck his hand out and introduced himself, class of '58. We ended up having a nice 15 minute or so conversation. He hadn't been back since graduation and had all kinds of questions about what Iowa State was like now. It was definitely not a conversation I would have guessed I'd ever have in that particular town!
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When I was studying abroad in Australia, I ran into a Cyclone fan on his honeymoon while I was on spring break. It was on a boat going to dive the Great Barrier Reef near Cairnes.
On a train on my way to Berlin. One of the study abroad guys that I was with was wearing an ISU hat and he commented on it. He sat down next to us and had a couple beers with us before he got to his stop. Turns out he had studied abroad while in college, met a German lady, ended up coming back and marrying her after graduating. Pretty cool guy.
I was in Rome in June and bumped into two Cyclones on the same day.
I had an Iowa State shirt on. First, I was taking some pictures in Piazza del Poppolo when someone came up, asked about the shirt, they were from Ft. Dodge and were at least Clone friendly. Later that day I was hanging around the Trevi Fountain and someone looked at me and my ISU shirt, said, "Cyclones?" I said yes, she tapped on her husband's shoulder standing next to him, he turned around and had an ISU hat on.
GO CYCLONES!!
I had an Iowa State shirt on. First, I was taking some pictures in Piazza del Poppolo when someone came up, asked about the shirt, they were from Ft. Dodge and were at least Clone friendly. Later that day I was hanging around the Trevi Fountain and someone looked at me and my ISU shirt, said, "Cyclones?" I said yes, she tapped on her husband's shoulder standing next to him, he turned around and had an ISU hat on.
GO CYCLONES!!
We talked to a couple ISU fans at The Indiana Jones Epic Stunts Speactacular at Disney World. Fun fact: That same vacation I saw fans from every team in the old Big 12 except Baylor and Kansas State.
Another fun fact: We went on the tower of terror and every single person on our vehicle was from Iowa (3 separate groups) including the worker that boarded us! I couldn't believe it!
Another fun fact: We went on the tower of terror and every single person on our vehicle was from Iowa (3 separate groups) including the worker that boarded us! I couldn't believe it!
I was at the ChristChurch Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland in 2009 and when I came up from the basement I saw someone in a nice cardinal and gold looking jacket. From afar I thought to myself that that could be a sweet ISU jacket. As I got closer, I noticed it was, then I realized it was one of my fraternity brothers. As we were chatting, another gentleman came over and asked if we went to ISU and said he graduated in the 90s. In all, there were 3 different groups of people all in the same place in Ireland at that moment.
Santiago, Chile. This guy in the photo below. Nice guy, but cannot remember his name. I was sitting in the Admirals Club and here comes an ISU shirt walking toward me. Let me know if anybody recognizes him!
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I don't run much, so I'm not sure if I've ever run into another Cyclone fan.
I did find an "Iowa State University Baseball Academy" t-shirt at a clothing store in Madrid, Spain once. The funny thing was that it was pink and this was after ISU had cut baseball.
I did find an "Iowa State University Baseball Academy" t-shirt at a clothing store in Madrid, Spain once. The funny thing was that it was pink and this was after ISU had cut baseball.
I didn't see the person, but when my family was on vacation in the Czech Republic last summer we saw a car with 2 or 3 ISU decals in the windows.
And then I found $5...
And then I found $5...
I was living in Annapolis, MD about 6-7 years ago- my wife and I took a trip over to College Park, MD where Univ of Maryland was. Went to the "campustown" Jimmy Johns and while we were about half way done with lunch there walked in a couple that was wearing Cyclone shirts. Small world....
Farmers market in Anchorage AK. My 7 year old saw a 20 something wearing an ISU shirt. He ran up behind her, tapped her on the shoulder and gave her a high five, said "Go Cyclones!" and ran away.
Saw a hawk fan on a train in Talkeetna AK.
