When did you become a Cyclone?

[CyGuy5]

Birth. I’ve been going to Iowa State games my entire life. I was evidently at “The Run” game as a 2 year old but I have no recollection of it. My family has had football season tickets for as long as I can remember and for a time I lived and died by the results. I remember being near tears after we lost to Nebraska on the failed 2 point conversion.

 

[heitclone]

Lucky enough to be born into a Cyclone family

 

[jdoggivjc]

Fall of 1996 when my ISU acceptance letter arrived in the mail. Left my Iowa fanhood at the mailbox.

 

[Hayes30]

June of 1988. The very second I was born

 

[SECyclone]

Birth

Dito. First football game when I was 3

 

[cyputz]

Moved here for job in 1974, by 1975 I was fully egrained in programs

 

[2forISU]

Since birth-1983

 

[NWICY]

Freshman yr 1980, picked ISU because of my major. Going to tailgating and FB with friends. Then when Johnny came to Ames and went to every dorm floor, fraternity and sorority on campus to get kids to go to games, borrowed a friends ticket the night Barry Stevens made it rain against Mizzou, had season tickets ever since.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Fall of 1996 when my ISU acceptance letter arrived in the mail. Left my Iowa fanhood at the mailbox.

My favorite kind of traitor.

 

[80sClone]

My brother played in the Sun and Liberty Bowls.

 

[Nihawk]

My brother played in the Sun and Liberty Bowls.

Johnny Majors. I remember both games.

 

[cyTOPEia]

I was enrolled to go to Iowa after my Senior year of high school (my middle sister was in pharmacy school there) but I kept getting letters from Iowa State. I think I even had my dorm assignment. I finally decided to visit Iowa State and thought this place is awesome and actually wants students! I withdrew from Iowa and joined the good guys. Best decision ever. I can’t say I’ve ever been a huge football fan, but I did get to shadow the team doctor for about a month during spring training which was fun. I almost exclusively went to wrestling during my college years (2000-2004).

 

[CYCLNST8]

Raised hawkeye, but we cheered for ISU as well. Hilton Magic > Carver. After a couple years @ juco, joined the ISUCF”V”MB in 2001 and grew to ****ing hate EIU.

 

[clones2005]

Rooted for the Cyclones when they were on TV growing up (usually bball, always hated the j-hox). Wasn't a diehard fan until 2001, it was my freshman year and the family drove down to KC for the game against FSU.

He was IN!

 

[inCyteful]

I was born this way and it is completely inconceivable to me how anyone cannot be a Cyclone.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Why don’t you back the **** up and mind your own business?!?!

 

[Cyclad]

My parents took me to my 1st game as a kid and this was the guy I remember being "our guy".
I still remember my dad getting us fired up about going to see him play.
That's where it all started for me.

North College Hill grad Dwayne Crutchfield starred for the Cyclones in the early 80’s before embarking on an NFL career. (Photo: Thanks to Iowa State University)

Born in 1951. Grew up in Waterloo. Followed everybody, ISU, UNI, eiu and I loved Drake BB under Maury John. In 1968, Decided to go to ISU and be an engineer. Die hard clone since. Converted my wife (she is a rabid clone) and all kids and grandkids are clones! Successful life.

 

[NorthCyd]

Pretty much my whole family graduated from ISU. There was a time when I was a kid that I thought I was a Hawk fan in elementary. I remember pretty well a couple of kids in my class we're real dbag hawk fans that talked endless crap about ISU. One of them was my best friend at the time. I decided then and there to cheer for ISU because I didn't want to be like that. He moved away after elementary school. I saw him many years later at a bar in Ames. I had just graduated from ISU with my masters degree. He had just gotten out of prison.

 

[Cyclonepride]

I was in Iowa City as it turns out, as a little dude, and my dad was going to buy us hats. I wanted the one with Walking Cy on it because he looked cool.

 

[kirk89gt]

When my parents met on campus in the mid 60’s, although I would not come along until the mid 70’s.

It’s what we do.