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Original Title: Before Cy, Iowa State has had a couple of different mascots, stemming from the difficulties of depicting a weather phenomena as a mascot. One of these attempts was a goat called ‘Stormy Weather’. He was butchered after one season.
Ames Daily Tribune and Times, Page 6, January 18, 1934.
Around 1933, there was a push at Iowa State to reorganize how cheering took place at athletic events. The changes included having a core group of 400 students to be at every home football game, selecting new cheerleaders, using placards to spell out letter combinations, and finding a new mascot. The mascot selected was a goat named “Stormy Weather” who belonged to a cheerleader from the previous season, Kenneth Ruggles. For the 1933 season “Stormy Weather” was scheduled to attend away games versus Iowa and Drake, and home games against Nebraska, Missouri, and Kansas State. “Stormy” only lasted one season as the mascot at Iowa State. After the football season ended, he ran amok of his living accommodations on campus by annoying his living mates and chewing up a number of items. This led to an unceremonious end.