Look...we get it. Iowa fans feel threatened. Not surprising, really...though a little sad to watch it manifested throughout this thread. One program, ISU, is ascendant after long years of bad football. Another program, in decline after...likewise...many years of a strong football program. The lines of ascent and decline are intersecting now and Iowa fans can feel it...so they are acting out. Herky fan embodies that fear. Its understandable he would cling to citing the days when Iowa was ascendant and ISU a laughing stock...and he's not wrong. That was certainly the case. This is made all the more poignant as the ascendant ISU moves parallel to Iowa on its rise to being the leading football program in the region...and to an extent NU, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri and Northwestern fans are feeling that same angst (albeit to a lesser extent).
The problem is...fear makes you irrational and desperate sounding Herky....you protesteth too much, as they say. But no worries...after a few decades of ISU as top dog the tides of time will likely swing back in your direction...nor is it likely Iowa falls to the level ISU endured through most of our football history. But make no mistake, ISU is the rising power...and that rise is at its beginning and you feel threatened with good reason.