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Kinnick Game Face: Georges Niang
Sep. 8, 2018 3:34 pm, Updated: Sep. 8, 2018 5:18 pm
IOWA CITY — 'This,' said Georges Niang, 'is crazy.'
The former Iowa State second-team All-America basketball player flew from Utah to Iowa this weekend to attend Saturday's Iowa State-Iowa football game at Kinnick Stadium.
'I've never done this before in Iowa City,' Niang said in a congested tailgating area just off Melrose Avenue. 'This is pretty amazing. Awesome.'
Niang, a third-year pro, signed a guaranteed contract for the 2018-19 season with the NBA's Utah Jazz in July. But on Saturday his mind was on football.
'I wanted to come see the Cyclones take home a victory,' he said.
Niang was at the game with friend Robbie Maass of Ellsworth, 20 miles north of Ames.
'It's like walking around with the Pope,' Maass said.
Georges Niang and Robbie Maass, tailgating near Kinnick Stadium on 9.8.18. (Mike Hlas/The Gazette)
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