Have you ever been embarrassed to wear Cyclone Gear?

[GrayerClone]

In Stansbury's article, both Eisworth and Campbell said not that long ago before they were here that people were embarrassed to wear a cyclone shirt or hat. I know what there trying to say but I think this comes off poorly. I've been a cyclone fan since 85-86 and I don't ever remember being embarrassed to wear anything Cyclone gear. Many times I've been disappointed or let down, but not embarrassed. I also am an alumnus so maybe that's part of the reason for me.

To me, it is kind of the pervasive attitude in society, "that nothing mattered until I showed up". I think it is somewhat disrespectful to the players and fans that have been here for awhile. Maybe its just the word embarrassed, thoughts?

 

[carvers4math]

Seems like an arrogant thing to say. There are some great moments in Iowa State history before them as a university, in other sports, and even in football. Never embarrassed to support my alma mater.

 

[tim_redd]

Literally never

 

[awd4cy]

No never. That would be a weird thing to be embarrassed about.

 

[ISUCY23]

No, not even once.

 

[Neptune78]

If CMC and GE actually said that, they don't fully understand Iowa State fans.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Guess I embarrass myself like 6/7 days a week.

 

[Turn2]

There are times I've been more attracted to backing the determined underdog than the struggling under-performer. Those comments were ill-informed. Once a Cyclone...

 

[carvers4math]

Maybe they should go on the admissions tour and learn some history?

 

[BoxsterCy]

In Stansbury's article, both Eisworth and Campbell said not that long ago before they were here that people were embarrassed to wear a cyclone shirt or hat. I know what there trying to say but I think this comes off poorly. I've been a cyclone fan since 85-86 and I don't ever remember being embarrassed to wear anything Cyclone gear. Many times I've been disappointed or let down, but not embarrassed. I also am an alumnus so maybe that's part of the reason for me.

To me, it is kind of the pervasive attitude in society, "that nothing mattered until I showed up". I think it is somewhat disrespectful to the players and fans that have been here for awhile. Maybe its just the word embarrassed, thoughts?

Yeah, that's BS about being embarrassed to wear you ISU logo stuff. It's a bit like our WBB coach and minions never missing an opportunity to remind people how bad WBB was 30 years ago like that is somehow relevant to how the team(s) play this season.

 

[JBone84]

I'm 37 years old (not yet a man) and I've never been embarassed to wear Cyclone gear. Not sure what that says about me.

 

[Dr.bannedman]

LUL no

 

[VeloClone]

I think people are getting hung up on the terminology. I think what they are trying to say is solid. The program was the laughingstock of the Big 12 more years than not. That isn't the case anymore. Whether anyone was really embarrassed or not is just details.

 

[Rogue52]

There have been a few comments like this from Campbell that I don’t agree with and they are directly contradictory to “one of the few things we had to sell when we showed up was a loyal fan base”.

I have no doubt there is a large number of “fringe” fans that the comments could be applied to, but that’s not the foundation of Iowa State.

 

[theshadow]

Embarrassed? No.

But it was pretty goddamn hard to proudly sport the gear in the 80s and 90s, living in an area that was mostly populated by SUI and UNL people.

 

[jcisuclones]

Back in when I was in elementary school, I’d avoid wearing Iowa State clothes on mondays after losses, mainly because of a group of hawk fan classmates who would harass me non stop for being an Iowa State fan. I got the last laugh because none of them actually ended up going to Iowa or amounted to much in their lives, except for one who saw the light and went to Iowa State.

 

[CloneFanInKC]

In Stansbury's article, both Eisworth and Campbell said not that long ago before they were here that people were embarrassed to wear a cyclone shirt or hat. I know what there trying to say but I think this comes off poorly. I've been a cyclone fan since 85-86 and I don't ever remember being embarrassed to wear anything Cyclone gear. Many times I've been disappointed or let down, but not embarrassed. I also am an alumnus so maybe that's part of the reason for me.

To me, it is kind of the pervasive attitude in society, "that nothing mattered until I showed up". I think it is somewhat disrespectful to the players and fans that have been here for awhile. Maybe its just the word embarrassed, thoughts?

Never.
Graduated HS in late 90’s and I would deliberately wear gear in middle school and HS just to engage Hawkeye fans in school.

I really enjoyed wearing it in college while visiting friends in IC. ISU beating them 5 straight years in football provided me plenty of material to not take banter from whomever wanted to confront me.

 

[Rogue52]

I think people are getting hung up on the terminology. I think what they are trying to say is solid. The program was the laughingstock of the Big 12 more years than not. That isn't the case anymore. Whether anyone was really embarrassed or not is just details.

While I don’t like the terminology, I tend to agree with this. They are using a metaphor (“embarrassed to wear the logo”) as a way to describe a bottom dweller football program.

Now…having said that, Matt Campbell knows nothing of the bottom dweller program that Dan McCarney knows of. The foundation was actually laid for Matt Campbell to build from.

 

[CyCrazy]

Hell no I wear a shirt almost everyday and I always have a cyclone hat on.

 

[quasistellar]

Literally never

Same. Though to be fair I only own one ISU shirt, a couple coozies, and beanie. I paid ISU plenty of tuition--dont need to pay them more lol.