First ISU game ever was 1996.... Iowa State vs Nebraska.
We got free tickets from a seed corn rep. I was 16 years old. My dad took me and my two brothers to the game. My little brother had to stop in Carroll on the way to buy a new Nebraska coat for the game. Go figure, now he is a Hawk fan.
It was snowing that day. We sat on the East side. Wind was blowing in our face. We got blown away something like 49-14 I think. I think by the end of the game there was 10,000 people still there and they might of been Nebraska fans.
I still remember a lady in front of us looking at our colored light bulb excuse of a replay board, saying, "Husker Vision is sooo much better. You guys are nothing but a High School team playing in a High School stadium."
From that day on I hated Husker fans. I do have to admit with the snow coming down, the replays on the scoreboard looked much like a tv that loses it's signal and goes fuzzy.
Where did that thing go after it was replaced in 2002... My favorite graphic was the stupid "Key Play" thing.