College football is rich in history and tradition all over the country, whether it’s Script Ohio at Ohio State, the jump around at Wisconsin, or the Fan Club banner at Michigan. But a recent tradition at Iowa has recently become one of the best and most beloved traditions in all of college football.
Since the completion of the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital overlooking Kinnick Stadium in 2017, Iowa has honored the young patients in an extremely unique way. At the end of the first quarter of every home game, both home and away fans, coaches and players turn and face the hospital and wave to patients and their families watching the game from the hospital.
It’s a heartwarming tradition that has stolen the hearts of the college football world. And with Iowa hosting South Dakota State to open their 2022-23 college football season on Saturday, that beloved tradition was renewed for the first time this year.
Naturally, the college football world had plenty to say about the first Kinnick Wave of the season.
Fans wait year-round for the return of college football and opening weekend is always sweet, but traditions like the Kinnick Wave make it even sweeter.
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