If people continue to say that ISU beating Iowa is the biggest story of the year then we will never get past being the "little brother." By saying that this is the best we've had all year then this just proves to Hawk fans that this is our Super Bowl. If you want to get past this then you have to quit thinking that beating Iowa is the best thing that's happened to us.
There are bigger fish to fry. We need to improve on last year. WE need to get better. We need to contend for the North and then the whole thing.
Screw Iowa. Screw the thinking that we need to beat them in order for us to have a complete season. I'd lose to them another 15 years in a row if it meant we had a shot at a conference crown every year.
Get over it. It's time to move on to bigger and better things.
Understand your sentiment, but...
1. They're our rival and I don't like losing to them.
2. With as bad as Iowa's been lately, if we lose 15 straight to them I don't think we'll be in the running for any conference titles. We didn't exactly tear up the Big 8/Big XII the last time that happened.
To prove I understand exactly what you're saying, I don't think it should be the #1 goal of the season (which was part of the problem during the McCarney tenure) nor should winning or losing the game define our season. At the same time, especially when Iowa's in a downswing, I find losing to them unacceptable, beating them satisfying, and in a couple of years it will go from being the #1 accomplishment to being in the #3-#5 range.