Question re state favorites
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You have to get up pretty early around here to use the 83% statistic.
I'll jump in on this (Iowa State grad). I live in northeast Iowa and there are a lot of Hawkeye fans up here. Most of the Iowa State fans are those that graduated or have kids at ISU. I notice that many who do NOT have any kids [or affiliation] at or that attended Iowa tend to lean and root for Iowa [along with Iowa grads]. Seems to be the trend in eastern Iowa. In western Iowa the trend is just the opposite.. fans tend to lean towards the Cyclones. Remember ISU had 36,660 enrolled in 2016 and Iowa had 33,334 enrolled. I would bet it's pretty close to 50/50 for the entire state. If you just live in eastern Iowa you would think that it's 99% Iowa and 1% ISU. Both GREAT schools with great rivalries.
I would have to disagree with the part of your post that says western Iowa is more of an ISU area, I live in NW Iowa and yes there are quit a few clones fans around here, most all of them in the Ag side of work, but with that said Iowa still has a much bigger backing than State does around here anyway.
I don't know what the split or numbers are but I do know this, in Ankeny if the Clones win every other house has a Clown flag flying the next day and the same Hawk flags fly as before the game. If the Hawks win same amount of Hawk flags and no Clone flags.
50/50? Well, you are definitely a cyclone fan.
Also, enrollment doesn't equate to "fandom." Now I can't quantify this, at all, by my anecdotal experience is that I've met and discussed the varying Iowa colleges/universities with people over the years and when they don't attend Iowa (like attending ISU) there are still many, many that are fans of Iowa, and I don't see the opposite trend at all. To put more simply: Attending ISU =/= ISU fan, plenty are still Iowa fans. This happens more often with UNI and then smaller schools.
Now, admittedly this is likely due to the "embarrassment" factor, so it comes up far more when discussing football and wrestling than, say, basketball.
My opinion? Not close to 50/50, maybe 65/35, but many ISU fans refuse to "count" a lot of the Iowa fans because they call them "tavern" Hawks or just denigrate them in general for not attending any of the schools.
But in DM? A whole lot of ISU vanity plates, and the ISU crowd in the metro is very proud - go to the Jordan Creek mall on a weekend and garish red and yellow everywhere. They are very noticeable, imo, because they are college grads with good jobs and afford to flaunt it (such as vanity plates). But even then I doubt DM it is 50/50, and it is only a half hour from the school. That being said - the cesspool that is Ankeny is full of 'em.
I actually went to Iowa State but am a Hawkeye fan.
Funny thing is I lived in a town ten miles from Ames and there seemed to be more Hawk fans than Clone fans.
I'd guess about 65/35 towards Iowa. The further west in the state you go, the more cyclone fans there are.. however there are a lot more people on the eastern half of the state.
There are far more husker fans in western Iowa than Iowa state fans imo.
I would agree with this.....or maybe the Husker fans are just more noticeable because how loud and obnoxious they are.
Precisely. Anecdotally I know a lot of people in your position, however I have only known one, total, who did the opposite - and it was after ISU shut down baseball and they transfered.
If you had to judge based on the Butler County Fair you'd say 85% Cyclones/15% Hawks ( the 83/17 was already used).
