What is the Hawkeye Wave? How Iowa football tradition got started
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The Hawkeye Wave at Iowa home football games has quickly become of the best traditions in college sports. What is it, and how did it get started?
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College football fans start touching tradition - 'The Hawkeye Wave
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What is the Hawkeye Wave? How Iowa football tradition got started
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Iowa Icons: Nine Iowa Football Game Day Traditions
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Iowa Hawkeye fans win our hearts by waving to sick kids
The best tradition in college football ! The Iowa Wave ๐ The Iowa Wave was created in 2017. At the end of the first quarter of each Io
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Inside the heartwarming waving tradition by Iowa Hawkeyes
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Iowa Football: 7 days to kickoff, 7 of Hawkeyes' best traditions
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What is the Hawkeye Wave? How Iowa football tradition got started
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Iowa to have kids pick song to accompany Hawkeye Wave during football games - The Athletic
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The Hawkeye Wave โ University of Iowa Athletics
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The Hawkeye Wave โ University of Iowa Athletics