Goldy Gopher was born a chipmunk. That’s because when George Grooms originally drafted the design in the 1940s that would become the University’s mascot, he lived in Iowa, where there were no gophers.

Amid the nail-biting matchup between Iowa State University and the University of ... which involved the mascot ripping his aluminum wrapper open right down the middle. Throughout the evening ...

Pop-Tarts Bowl MVP Rocco Becht had a tough choice to make. See what happened after Iowa State beat Miami football in a thriller.

After all, the crop has become as iconic to the state as Herky the Hawk, the University of Iowa's mascot. You can find images of corn cobs on souvenir mugs and prominently featured during the Iowa ...