The Game (not in the Bay Area)

A few of my friends have asked me who I would be rooting for this weekend, as if it were even under deliberation. My response to them was "if Iowa State was playing [insert undergraduate
alma mater here], who would you root for?"

Sadly, some of them failed to see my point because their school would never play ISU.

Just to clear things up, I rooted for Notre Dame growing up because my parents never went to a major school and I lived in the Chicago area. In high school, my allegiances shifted to Nortwestern, a memory I try to repress (although it helps me hate Southern Cal). For the last seven years, I have been a Hawkeye fan. I may not bleed black & gold, but I will share one sentiment.

BEAT STATE