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Every autumn, just before our leafy trees burst into yellows and reds, there are Saturdays, known here in Iowa City as football Saturdays, when our little town glories forth in black and gold, the team colors of University of Iowa Hawkeyes. The rest of the year, we enjoy a no less subdued, but slightly more scattered showing of black and gold t-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, hats, and scarves. Several times a week, on my way to the grocery store, I pass Herky the Hawk, a black and gold stature of the football team's mascot. Iowa is the Hawkeye state. And Iowa City, home of the Hawkeyes, is a black and gold town...
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