A few observations from the Iowa State Fair:
- Ten years ago, the thought of Iowa fans wearing "Beat State" T-shirts in public without intending irony was laughable. "We mean Ohio State" would have been printed on the back- and too clever for that crowd, anyway. Five years ago, the wearer of that shirt would have been scoffed at as a fan without out-of-line priorities. About five "fluke" wins later, I saw at least two "Beat State" shirts a day at the Fair. Its nice to know they care.
- The SUI booth in the Varied Industry Building again has a large "Best and Brightest" display of Valedictorians who have chosen to go to Iowa City for school. Just as ISU feels the need to promote any football trophies the stumble across, SUI is compelled to say "Smart kids come here, too! Look! See- we have their photos and everything! We aren't making this up!" Way to try to shore up the negatives, guys.
- Not surprisingly, many of the FFA and 4-H scholarship winners are going to Ames, and few if any to IC. I hope their self-esteem wasn't hurt because the didn't get their picture posted.
Peterclone
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