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POWERED BY CARL’S AUTO GROUP. YOU CAN BET YOUR DOLLAR THAT IOWA STATERS ARE GOING TO GET THEIR MONEY’S WORTH ON THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE GUINNESS FACTORY, AT FRIDAY AT THE PEP RALLY. YOU KNOW, THEY WILL MAKE THIS INTO A REALLY AWESOME LIFE EXPERIENCE. THAT’S RIGHT. CYCLONE NATION ABOUT TO FLOOD THE STREETS OF DUBLIN, IRELAND IOWA STATE AID JAMIE POLLARD CANNOT WAIT THE WEEK ZERO GAME AGAINST KANSAS STATE WILL BE THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME FOR ALL INVOLVED. THE NUMBER OF FANS WILL FAR EXCEED YOUR TYPICAL BOWL GAME, POLLARD TELLS ME. IOWA STATE AND KANSAS STATE HAVE EACH SOLD OVER 10,000 TICKETS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE FAN BASES. HERE’S MORE FROM OUR ONE ON ONE CONVERSATION. SO THERE’S GOING TO BE 20,000 PEOPLE OVER THERE IN CARDINAL AND GOLD AND PURPLE AND WHITE AND AND THEN THEY’VE TOLD US THAT THE FOLKS IN DUBLIN WILL BUY THE OTHER 25, 30,000 TICKETS. SO THE STADIUM WILL BE SOLD OUT. AND HOW WERE YOU CHOSEN? WE WERE CHOSEN IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OUR FANS TRAVEL. YOU KNOW, WHEN JOHN ANTHONY FROM ANTHONY TRAVEL, WHO SET ALL THIS GAME UP FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, WHEN I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT, HE SAID, WE’RE ASKING YOU FOR TWO REASONS. NUMBER ONE, WE KNOW YOUR FANS WILL TRAVEL, AND NUMBER TWO, WE EXPECT THAT YOU’RE GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD. DID YOU APPLY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY OR DID YOU JUST GET GET A PHONE CALL? NO, WE GOT THE PHONE CALL. DID YOU DO A DOUBLE TAKE? DO YOU WANT US TO GO WHERE? WELL, I HAPPEN TO KNOW JOHN BECAUSE HE WENT TO COLLEGE WITH MY WIFE. SO WHEN HE FIRST CALLED, I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST CALLING AS A FRIEND. AND THEN WHEN HE ASKED IF WE WOULD BE INTERESTED, I SAID, WELL, BEFORE WE SPEND ANY TIME THINKING ABOUT IT, LET ME JUST CALL COACH CAMPBELL AND SEE IF YOU KNOW IS BECAUSE IT’S A DISRUPTION, RIGHT? YOU GOT TO IT CHANGES EVERYTHING FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. AND IT’S A CONFERENCE GAME. SO YOU KNOW, THERE’S JUST A LOT OF ISSUES, RIGHT. THAT A COACH COULD SAY I DON’T WANT TO DEAL WITH THAT. RIGHT. AND I CALLED COACH CAMPBELL AND HE PICKED UP AND I ASKED HIM AND HE SAID, ABSOLUTELY, LET’S DO IT. SO I CALLED JOHN BACK. AND SO I CALLED HIM BACK WITHIN FIVE MINUTES. AND HIS FIRST REACTION WAS HE THOUGHT I HAD -- DIALED HIM. AND THEN WHEN HE SAID, WAIT A SECOND, YOU ALREADY TALKED TO COACH CAMPBELL LIKE YOU WERE ABLE TO JUST CALL HIM AND ASK HIM. AND I WAS LIKE, WHY NOT? I MEAN, WE’VE GOT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP. I JUST CALLED HIM AND HE SAID, LET’S DO IT. SO HE SAYS, WE’RE THE SCHOOL WITH THE FASTEST RESPONSE TIME EVER TO DOING THIS. I BELIEVE IT. CYCLONE NATION STACEY HORST AND I BEGIN REPORTING FROM ACROSS DUBLIN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20TH AS WE LEAD UP TO THE GAME AT AVIVA STADIUM. THE AER LINGUS FOOTBALL CLASSIC KICKS OFF S