“Here we go again”.
“Brace yourself for the kick to the stones”.
“Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory”.
All three of these are phrases you have likely heard in regards to Iowa State football over the past 25 years. Hell, maybe you’ve even heard them since you’ve been a fan of Cyclone athletics. They have been common phrases in our lexicon, as common as saying “ope” when you run into someone in Casey’s or “lovely weather we are having” regardless of what the weather is actually doing in an attempt to converse with a stranger.