ISU Upset!!

I am a huge Iowa State fan, and I try to get to at least one or two football games a year. This year, my friends and I got tickets to Friday's game against Oklahoma State. Okie State was undefeated and ranked 2nd in the nation, so everyone assumed Iowa State was going to get killed. Although I love my Cyclones, I thought I was going to freeze my butt off watching them lose big time in forty degree weather. Fortunately, I didn't even feel the cold because by the end of the game, I was jumping up and down with excitement; the Cyclones refused to lose!

Jordan and I on the field after the game!

At first, the game was pretty mild. At half time, the Okie State Cowboys were up 17 to 7. After the Cowboys' first drive in the second half, they raised the score to 24-7.We all sort of figured the score would continue to open up and we'd lose the game, but boy were we wrong! Iowa State overcame a 17 point deficit to tie the game 24-24 late in the fourth quarter. Jack Trice Stadium was insane with over 50,000 dedicated ISU fans exhilarated at the prospect of pulling off the biggest college football in the last few years. In overtime, both teams made touchdowns and the extra point, bringing the score to 31-31. In the second overtime, Okie State had possession first, but one of their pass attempts was intercepted. Iowa state scored the game winning touchdown bring the final score to 37-31. The crowd went insane! I along with tens of thousands of ecstatic Iowa State fans stormed the field at Jack Trice Stadium. Standing amidst a sea of Cyclones fans screaming the words of "Sweet Caroline" and "Don't Stop Believin'" as they were played over the loud speakers after Iowa State pulled off the upset of the decade is an experience I will never forget. I definitely chose the right Iowa State game to go to this year!

Thousands of Iowa State fans flooding the field after the game! I'm somewhere among them!