A kindergarten teacher explains to her class that she is an Iowa State Cyclone. She asks her students to raise their hands if they are Cyclones, too. No one really knows what a Cyclone is, but wanting to be like their teacher, their hands explode into the air like fleshy fireworks. There is, however, one exception. A boy named Brian has not gone along with the crowd. The teacher asked him why he has decided to be different.

"Because I'm not a Cyclone."

"Then," asks the teacher, "what are you?"

"Why, I'm a proud Iowa Hawkeye," boasts the little boy. The teacher is a little perturbed now, her face slightly red.

She asks Brian why he is a Hawkeye. "Well, my mom and dad are Hawkeyes, so I'm a Hawkeye too." The teacher is now angry. "That's no reason," she says loudly. "What if your mom was a moron, and your dad was a moron. What would you be then?"

"Then," says Brian, "I'd be a Cyclone."

Oh, the joy of a good Iowa State joke before this Saturday's game. Of course, the Ball State joke last week got old, awfully fast; 56-0.