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11TH. STAR PLAYER BROCK PURDY GOT HIS START AT IOWA STATE. ����vlog’S BEAU BOWMAN WENT TO AMES, WHERE CYCLONES ARE RALLYING BEHIND THEIR FAMOUS ALUM. BROCK PURDY WAS A SUPERSTAR WHEN HE PLAYED HERE AT JACK TRICE STADIUM FOR THE CYCLONES, BUT THEN HE WAS PICKED LAST IN THE NFL DRAFT AND DUBBED MR. IRRELEVANT. NO ONE REALLY, REALLY SET THEIR EXPECTATIONS TOO HIGH FOR HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER, BUT NOW HE’S PLAYING IN THE SUPER BOWL JUST TO SEE SOMEONE FROM HERE MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE BIG STAGE. YOU KNOW, IT’S PRETTY AWESOME. AS AN IOWA STATE STUDENT, I WE GET BRAGGING RIGHTS FOR THAT. OR AT LEAST I’M GOING TO CLAIM WE DO. FROM CYCLONE FANATICS TO 40 NINER FAITHFUL, IT’S AN EASY TRANSITION. CARDINAL AND SCARLET AREN’T TOO FAR AWAY FROM EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL, WITH FORMER IOWA STATE QUARTERBACK BROCK PURDY UNDER CENTER AND ON HIS WAY TO THE SUPER BOWL, SOME ARE WARMING UP TO THE TOWN’S NEW UNOFFICIAL NICKNAME, EAST SAN FRANCISCO COCO. ON SUNDAY, THE AMOUNT OF 40 NINERS JERSEYS I SAW JUST LEAVING CHURCH, EVEN. IT WAS INSANE. AT CORNERSTONE. I’VE NEVER SEEN MORE 40 NINERS JERSEYS IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. MARK VANCE IS A PASTOR AT CORNERSTONE. CHURCH, WHERE PURDY WAS A MEMBER DURING HIS CYCLONE DAYS AND PARTICIPATED WITH THEIR COLLEGE MINISTRY CALLED SALT COMPANY. HE SAYS HE HAS A NEWFOUND APPRECIATION FOR PARENTS WHO GET WORKED UP WATCHING THEIR KIDS COMPETE. EVERY TIME BROCK THROWS A PASS, LIKE RUNNING TO HIS LEFT ACROSS THE MIDDLE, I THINK, OH MY GOODNESS, OH MY GOODNESS. YOU KNOW, I HAVE THIS PIT IN MY STOMACH BECAUSE LIKE YOU’RE WATCHING YOUR BROTHER OR YOUR SON OUT THERE PLAYING AND YOU’RE CHEERING THEM ON, WANTING TO DO SO. WELL, PURDY’S PRESENTS CAN BE SEEN ON ALL THE JERSEYS AND EVEN SOME COFFEE MUGS. BUT AS MUCH AS THE IOWA. STATE FAN BASE LOVES PURDY, BEFORE HE MADE IT BIG TIME, THEY NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED A SUPER BOWL. I WAS PRAYING HE’D MAKE A TEAM TO. MAKE THE SUPER BOWL. I THINK ANYBODY WHO SAYS THEY SAW THAT COMING, THERE’S NO WAY. BUT PURDY’S JOURNEY ISN’T QUITE COMPLETE. HE’S STILL GOT HIS BIGGEST TEST OF HIS CAREER COMING UP, TAKING ON PATRICK MAHOMES AND THE DEFENDING CHAMPION KANSAS CITY CHIEFS IN AMES, BEAU BOWMAN ����vlog EIGHT NEWS. IOWA’S NEWS LEADER, AND WE WILL BE CHEERING FOR HIM. THE IOWA STATE NIL STORE JUSTRILLIONELEASED BROCK PURDY LEGACY JERSEYS TAKE A LOOK. IT FEATURES PURDY’S NUMBER 51 AND THE IOWA STATE LOGO. THERE ARE $100 EVERY PURCHASE SUPPORTS THE WE WILL COLLECTIVE THAT BENEFITS CURRENT IOWA STATE ATHLETES. THE JERSEYS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH CAMP