Not since 2005

Iowa State family photo

We are excited to say that the Iowa State football team is 3-0 for the first time since 2005. This milestone is a reason to celebrate in the Volkmann household and for Cyclone fans across the nation.

We are especially excited to be living in the States this football season. We have been enjoying college football Saturdays and NFL Sundays. Well, Olivia, not so much. She would rather watch Dora, Blue Clues, and Super Why. I have no doubt that she'll learn the joys of football.

In case, you haven't been following ISU as closely as we have, here is a season recap, according to me. The first game was against Northern Iowa. It's a non-conference game that is always fun to watch in the state. We didn't catch the game, but we still wore our Cyclone gear all day, despite some strange looks in Maryland and Virginia.

Next was the biggest game of the season: Iowa Hawkeyes. I had low expectations after the one point victory against the Panthers, but being loyal fans, we proudly wore our Iowa State T-shirts.

Family photo at Sesame Place

We spent the day at Sesame Place, a theme park for Sesame Street fans located 30 minutes north of Philadelphia. Benny and Olivia were climbing in a huge net thing, when my sister, Colleen, sent me a text message saying that the game was tied. I told her the sad news. We were at Sesame Place. She kindly recommended that we find a television. Impossible in such a family-friendly theme park.

The game went into overtime (for the first time in the rivalry's history) and Benny figured out how to use my smart phone to watch the game. We took turns doing Sesame stuff with Olivia and watching the game. While watching in line to watch Elmo's World Live, we saw the final score, Iowa State: 44, Iowa: 41 after three overtimes. Incredible! We high-fived each other as the New York and New Jersey families looked at us as though we were crazy. We looked like a commercial for a smart phone.

Finally, on Friday night after little O was in bed, Benny and I watched the Iowa State-Conneticut game. Again, it was a nail-biter and down to the wire, but the Cyclones pulled it off. Final score: 24-20.

That takes us to where we are today: 3-0. We're planning to bask in this glory for two weeks. Iowa State takes on Texas on October 1 in Ames. Go Clones!