I'm being serious here, If the New owners of the Timberwolves decide to move the team to Seattle, I will help them pack the trucks. The Wolves have been an embarrassment for over 30 years now. Free agents don't want to play here. I really don't think many people would notice if they left. They are a disasterous experiment.
Moved to MN. Interesting observations
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The Gophers fans up here are pretty tame. They don't really get in your face or talk trash. They have (however) had severe lapse of judgement and had sex in Metrodome bathrooms with Hok fans.
Gopher Hockey used to be first by a long shot. Ever since they moved to the B1G, the Gopher hockey fans have been pi$$ed about that. Seems like the interest has waned a bit.
Something I have noticed is that ISU made a huge push in the last 15 years to make out of state tuition really competitive with in-state tuition for Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin (especially for those performing well academically). Along with more students overall, there was certainly an influx of students from surrounding states. I see a ton more ISU gear when in those states and Missouri than I ever did before (almost none)
Iowa State (tuition-only, no other expenses):
Out of state is $24k/year.
In state is $8,300/year
Minnesota (tuition-only, no other expenses):
Out of state is $34k/year
In state is $15,400/year
Ran a quick Google because none of the kids in my neighborhood are going to an Illinois school. It's kind of crazy
Per the Googles:
ISU in state - $9320/yr
ISU out of state - $24,508
Illinois in state - $15,123
Illinois out of state - $32,264
An extra $9k a year for a kid to leave Illinois for school..... totally worth the cost
I live on the Minnesota border and know a lot of people in small town SE MN and Rochester. I don’t know any passionate Gopher fans.
Agreed, if anything I feel like I see ISU stuff the most on Cars/clothing etc. than anything else. NDSU fans are a proud fanbase, but yeah U of M fans are very much pro sports first
The corn maze in the northwest suburbs does a team theme every year. They have done Twins, Wild, Timberwolves, Vikings and Gophers in the time we have been going. I was surprised that this year their theme was St. Thomas.
Celebrating the move to DI?
The Minneapolis Lakers left for LA in 1960. Considering there are no 10,000 lakes of consequence near LA.......maybe they should have changed the name.
1) I care about the Timberwolves (Ant and Slendy are our saviors)
2) Screw St Thomas, that's all
Enjoy it. I couldn't move out of Minnesota fast enough.We moved to Minnesota this year and I've noticed a few Iowa State-related things.
*I see more Iowa State apparel now than I did up here 10 years ago.
*Hawkeye apperal outnumbers Iowa State apparel 10-1+.
*I see a lot of Gopher sweatshirts but maybe 3 cars with Gopher license plates. It's not "a thing" up here like it is in Iowa.
*When we lived in Iowa for a decade, I did not meet one single Minnesota alumni who lived in Ames/Des Moines. I know they exist, but that seems on purpose
*Half this town went to NDSU, or at least they're the proudest fan base
*College football exists, but it's a niche activity. It's weird to not be surronded by collegeite football fans.
https://www.admissions.iastate.edu/scholarships/freshman/wi
Same for WI, MN, and IL. Freshman that meet certain academic criteria receive a tuition break of 7K-11K/yr for 4 years. $7K/yr (28K total) just for having a GPA of 3.0 in HS. Can make it even more affordable than some in state colleges and this program has been going on for 10+ years. Also get a further break if a legacy.
That was a huge shock to me when I lived in Co Springs too. I couldn't believe how completely off the radar college sports were. I was a CFB geek, so I went to a few AFA games and went to a CSU game when they were ranked. AFA is an interesting atmosphere, but I never went to a game vs. another service academy, so the atmosphere was pretty lame. CSU environment was terrible. They were like #16 at the time (early 2000s) and the crowd was terrible. Maybe 20k.
People had a general idea if the Buffs were good, but along the lines of people in central Iowa seeing Grandview on the local news so they have an idea of how good the team is. People didn't really follow or care.