Even if you don’t pay terribly close attention to Iowa football (and let’s face it, if you’re here you probably do), chances are pretty good you’ve heard of The Wave. It’s college football’s newest and best tradition that’s taken the nation by storm.
What started as a grass roots effort to recognize the children and their families in the new UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital has spread from Iowa City throughout the nation, with a number of Iowa’s opponents feeling the need to wave when the Hawkeyes are in town and sportscasters doing the same, even when not covering the Hawkeyes.