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Cy-Hawk Rivalry: Fact vs Fiction

Separating truth from lies in an effort to improve our fanbases’ insults towards each other.

Iowa and Iowa State fans have a longstanding tradition of trash-talking each other. On the Iowa State side, we like to ridicule the B1G for being a bloated, over-rated conference and mock the Hawkeyes for their fans and cupcake-laden schedule.

Iowa fans seem to be stuck in a cycle of re-hashed cliches and insults that lost relevancy around the time the Des Moines Register stopped printing their Sunday sports section on peach paper. They tell you they don’t care about Iowa State and wish this game would disappear, yet they won’t stop talking about it.