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Kirk Ferentz recognizes Iowa State’s ‘Beer Money’ fan: ‘I want to salute him’
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Iowa State fan Carson King is 24-year-old. He made a sign for people to donate beer to him and it caught nationwide attention when people saw it on ESPN’s College GameDay a couple weeks ago.
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King has taken his deed from being what was essentially a joke, to an undeniable class act. He got tickets recently to attend Iowa’s next home game — on Saturday, Sept. 28 against Middle Tennessee — so that he could participate in the Iowa Wave tradition and wave to the Children’s Hospital he is donating over $1 million to.
On Tuesday, during his weekly presser, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz recognized the Cyclones fan and what he is doing:
Iowa G Kyler Schott is out after a foot injury.
Kirk Ferentz recognizes Carson King calls him “a good example” and “I want to salute him.”— Scott Dochterman (@ScottDochterman) September 24, 2019
#qctimes Kirk Ferentz: Recognizes Carson King, calls the ISU fan "a good example of teams and people coming together for a good cause, purely organic.''
— Steve Batterson (@sbatt79) September 24, 2019
Again, King’s act is an incredible one. And, it isn’t going unnoticed. It’s not just fans and beer drinkers that have caught on.
Ferentz knows about it, and despite King cheering for the Hawkeyes’ rival school, what he is doing should be recognized. Because at the end of the day, some things are more important than football.
And what King is doing is exactly that.
Kevin covers Big Ten football for Saturday Tradition.