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#1064036 added February 11, 2024 at 9:49pm
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Iowa Fight Song
Iowa Fight Song

Watching football today, and kind of sleepy, so today's entry is going to be kind of short.

I saw my first Iowa Hawkeye football game when I was six years old. They won the Big Ten and the Rose Bowl that year (1956). Later, I went to the University of Iowa and earned four degrees there (BS econ/math, MS math, MS stat, PhD Math). During the time I was a student, Iowa had the worst record of all teams in division one football, but I remained a fan. RIght after I left and took a job at Oklahoma (go Sooners!), they hired a new coach who turned it around and they've done well at football ever since.

The University has been a big part of life, and I owe a lot to all the awesome teachers I had while there. My one regret is that I never went to the Iowa Writers Workshop.

Anyway, "On Iowa," the Iowa fight song, is my song for today. The song was written by Iowa native Meredith Wilson, who also wrote "The Music Man."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4ANP8g8wrE
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