Iowa State officials announced earlier today they will be giving away 50,000 twister towels at next Thursday’s season opening game against Kent State. The athletic department is hoping to establish a new tradition, hoping that fans will bring the towels and wave them at every game.
Will it work? The Pittsburgh Steelers made it work with the Terrible Towel. I hope it works, but I would much rather have a loud and raucous crowd then a quiet towel waving crowd. So here is the cardinal rule of towel waving: You must scream at the top of your lungs while waving the twister towel. Coach Chizik wants a loud stadium and it is important we deliver it to him.
