Inside Iowa State: Iowa State University

August 16, 2002

KC events planned as part of pre-season football classic

by Anne Krapfl
The Cyclone football team will play the Florida State Seminoles in the fifth annual Eddie Robinson Classic at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, on Saturday, Aug. 24. Game time is 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports Net will televise the game nationally.

For those who want to make the drive, game tickets, $35-$55, are available through TicketMaster and at the Arrowhead Stadium ticket office.

Game-related activities in Kansas City planned by the ISU Alumni Association include a golf outing Friday, Aug. 23 (registration was due Aug. 9); a "Westport After Hours" event Friday evening, a pre-game party in the clubhouse at Arrowhead Stadium for National Cyclone Club members ($5 per person) and a pre-game Cyclone Spirit booth with freebies and items for purchase near gate D-2 outside the stadium. The colleges of Engineering, Business and Education are sponsoring an all-alumni tailgate party from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 24 (RSVPs were due Aug. 2). More information on pre-game activities is available at this Web site: http://www.isualum.org/events/eddierobinson.html.

For Iowa Staters staying in Ames but looking for a crowd atmosphere, you may join new students participating in the Destination Iowa State weekend at a big screen "Game Watch" in Hilton Coliseum. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free to members of the university community; pop and snack concessions will be open.

Florida State is ranked third and fourth nationally in the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN pre-season polls, respectively. The Seminoles play in the Atlantic Coast Conference, where they finished second (6-2) last year.

This will be the second meeting between the two football programs. In 1975, Iowa State defeated the Seminoles 10-6 in Tallahassee.