Our “citizen journalist” Shannon Pelline just filed some real-time photos from Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City this morning, where she is on hand to watch her nephew and his teammates at Iowa St. play Iowa.
She joked she was an ISU “groupie” last night, meeting with Steele for an hour in the “secret” hotel location before heading back to hers for a good night’s sleep. She reported all-night revelry for the rivalry outside her window, including girls wearing “micro-skirts” in the streets.
Here’s her photos going into the stadium, named after Nile Kinnick, who won the 1939 Heisman Trophy at the University of Iowa. She reported no “friendly” Iowa State tailgaters; all of them were “black and gold.” (That’s a statue of Nile, with corn growing on the stadium grounds).
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Shannon reports that “The Cyclones are in the house.” She is huddling with ISU team parents. Safety in numbers, I suspect.
Jeff:
So far, so good:
http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=322522294
Iowa St. 9-Iowa 6
Tight game but the win is on the record. Steele turned in his second game with good stats. That should keep his QB rating up there.
Yikes, but it’s been a while since an ISU quarterback beat Iowa -twice. Shannon described the Iowa crowd as “stunned.” Now she’s headed back to Ames for a short visit. We both know there will be a lot of “film sessions” this week, though. Next week is Western Illinois, so the team could be 3-0 going into its conference opener against Texas Tech.
Congrats, and I loved the corn shot!
It’s been a decade since Iowa State won two straight from Iowa:
November 24, 2001 Ames Iowa State 17 Iowa 14 UI 33–16
September 14, 2002 Iowa City Iowa State 36 Iowa 31 UI 33–17
September 13, 2003 Ames Iowa 40 Iowa State 21 UI 34–17
September 11, 2004 Iowa City Iowa 17 Iowa State 10 UI 35–17
September 10, 2005 Ames Iowa State 23 Iowa 3 UI 35–18
September 16, 2006 Iowa City Iowa 27 Iowa State 17 UI 36–18
September 15, 2007 Ames Iowa State 15 Iowa 13 UI 36–19
September 13, 2008 Iowa City Iowa 17 Iowa State 5 UI 37–19
September 12, 2009 Ames Iowa 35 Iowa State 3 UI 38–19
September 11, 2010 Iowa City Iowa 35 Iowa State 7 UI 39–19
September 10, 2011 Ames Iowa State 44 Iowa 41 UI 39–20
September 8, 2012 Iowa City Iowa State 9 Iowa 6 UI 39–21
BTW, UCLA upset Nebraska. That would have made my Dad pleased. I like the new UCLA coach. A breath of fresh air.