5 annual college football rivalries that need a nickname right meow
By John Buhler
3. Iowa State vs. West Virginia: The Moonshine Twister
Whether the weather picks it up off your front porch or you light it on fire, no couch is safe in The Moonshine Twister, yinz. West Virginia might be gaining a familiar foe in Cincinnati next year, but we are not getting the most out of this annual rivalry between Iowa State and West Virginia. This is why it needs a cool nickname, one that signifies getting wild and having a good time all the time.
Between the cacophony of tornado sirens and John Denver mega hits, take me home tonight. I don’t want to let this couch go until you see the light. Burn my little, baby! Yeah, you can learn a thing or two in either Ames or Morgantown, but you can also burn a brain cell or five if you have the time of your life. That is what this rivalry is all about. It starts at dusk to watch the world burn.
Since a burnt or storm-wrecked couch can only be carried overhead by the line meat, a jar of moonshine will be passed around the winning team’s locker room (to the fine men who are of age of course, so basically, the seniors). This will become the Big 12’s version of victory cigars handed out to Alabama every Third Saturday in October. “It tastes so good when it hits your lips”. Let’s go!
This is the one week over the year when burning a couch and blaring sirens is totally acceptable.