So to many of you this may come as not a big deal because you may have lived outside the midwest and already know this.
I was scheduled to go to San Diego last Saturday out of Des Moines. Something that would usually have no downside right? I was going to be arriving before any of my fellow coworkers Saturday afternoon/evening free to do what I wanted. I was somewhat disappointed to say the least because had I still been in Iowa last weekend I would have almost certainly been headed to KC. The thought of watching the Big 12 championship game in a hotel room alone was far from appealing. So I looked up the ISUAA gamewatch location online. I've never really gone to one since I've always lived within 4-5 hours of Ames and had plenty of cyclone fans to partake in watching a game with. It struck me how awesome it was that I could walk into a bar on the beach in San Diego 1700 miles away from Ames and sit down with a group of Cyclones I'd never met before and immediately feel welcomed and part of a group. Thanks to that I was able to watch the Cyclones take home a title with a group of fans screaming just as loud as I was in Southern California about a basketball game much of the city probably didn't even know was happening.
Huge thanks to the ISUAA in San Diego for being so welcoming. And a shoutout to all you fanatics that are presidents and active members in your ISUAA clubs throughout the US. That is a pretty awesome thing you guys make happen for something as seemingly simple as gathering at a bar to watch a sporting event. Well done.
I was scheduled to go to San Diego last Saturday out of Des Moines. Something that would usually have no downside right? I was going to be arriving before any of my fellow coworkers Saturday afternoon/evening free to do what I wanted. I was somewhat disappointed to say the least because had I still been in Iowa last weekend I would have almost certainly been headed to KC. The thought of watching the Big 12 championship game in a hotel room alone was far from appealing. So I looked up the ISUAA gamewatch location online. I've never really gone to one since I've always lived within 4-5 hours of Ames and had plenty of cyclone fans to partake in watching a game with. It struck me how awesome it was that I could walk into a bar on the beach in San Diego 1700 miles away from Ames and sit down with a group of Cyclones I'd never met before and immediately feel welcomed and part of a group. Thanks to that I was able to watch the Cyclones take home a title with a group of fans screaming just as loud as I was in Southern California about a basketball game much of the city probably didn't even know was happening.
Huge thanks to the ISUAA in San Diego for being so welcoming. And a shoutout to all you fanatics that are presidents and active members in your ISUAA clubs throughout the US. That is a pretty awesome thing you guys make happen for something as seemingly simple as gathering at a bar to watch a sporting event. Well done.
