Welcome to our newest contributor, Jared Zeiser!

Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesHello all.

My name is Jared Zieser, and I am the newest addition to the Wide Right & Natty Light team. I’ll give you some background, because I was not always the Iowa State fan I am today. I grew up behind enemy lines and was actually raised a fan of the TOE (Thanks, Dad). So, how did I escape the torture from this exasperating fanbase? Let’s fast forward to September 9th, 2017.

I was just a naive freshman at Iowa State, waking up for the first big tailgate of the year at 5:00 AM. The absolute asscrack of dawn. In my nervous hands, I held a beautiful cardinal and gold shirt. I felt my friends’ gaze from both fan bases as I decided…