If you watched any Iowa Hawkeyes football in 2017, you might have noticed a moment during the game when Hawkeyes fans turn to wave to the building behind Kinnick Stadium. The tradition is known as the 'Iowa Wave' - but it's much more than a simple greeting to those on the receiving end.
Last season the Hawkeyes started the 'Iowa wave,' a new tradition where Iowa fans turn away from the field at the end of the first quarter to wave to the children watching from the windows of the newly built University of Iowa's Stead Family Children's Hospital that overlooks Kinnick Stadium.