For five years, former ISU defensive back Ryan Sloth waited for his moment in the sun. The first four years he was denied — turned away with nothing to show for his efforts. In year number five, Sloth hit the big time; he finally won ISU’s three-point shooting contest.Sloth was one of hundreds who gathered at the Lied Rec Center to partake in this yearly homage to the long ball. The competition consists of five racks of four balls scattered equal distances around the three-point stripe. There was a total of 20 points available, and Sloth nabbed eighteen of them thanks to a shooting performance that was hotter than two rodents having relations in a tube sock.Sloth claimed victory, and his prize: a chance to be crowned the “best non-basketball player three-point shooter of all Iowa universities.” I made that title up but it’s kind of catchy.The next stage of the contest was going down at Carver Hawkeye Arena during the halftime show of the Iowa-Indiana game last weekend. Sloth made his way to Iowa City along with the winners from the University of Northern Iowa and Drake University. The winner from Iowa was also competing. Upon arriving on Friday night, Sloth got a chance to check out the hoops of Carver Hawkeye up close as he and the other contestants had a closed-door preliminary shootoff that would establish the shooting order for the next day. Sloth quickly did Iowa State proud by putting up the best score of the night. That meant that he would have to go last the next day in front of a sold-out, hostile Hawkeye crowd.That night Sloth and his girlfriend Heidi enjoyed a free dinner and a hotel room courtesy of the competition sponsors. Sloth’s big revealing was now only mere hours away.The tip-off was scheduled for noon and by about one Iowa fans were ticked off. The Hawkeyes were getting smeared by the Hoosiers, and, to make matters worse, Sloth was about to pour fuel on the fire.As Sloth put it, “The crowd was pretty nice to the people from UNI and Drake. They even applauded for them, but when they started to introduce me and said that I was a former football player, you couldn’t even hear the announcer anymore.”Sloth was pelted by boos, obscenities, and even ice — a sign of true class from the Iowa student section. If the introduction wasn’t bad enough for the Iowa students, Sloth was about to stick dynamite in the hornets nest.Up to that point, Sloth had been wearing a jacket to cover up what he was wearing. When he took it off and revealed his football jersey, the place went bonkers. That took balls. That’s like taking a box of doughnuts to a Weight Watchers meeting — things could turn ugly.The three preceding contestants all put up impressive scores before Sloth had his chance. In his own words, Sloth “choked.” Maybe it had something to do with the piercing profanities. Nonetheless, Sloth managed to remind all Hawkeye fans that ISU players are still proud to wear their jerseys, even in enemy territory.”I was proud to wear my jersey. I wanted it known that this is now the Cyclone state. I expected to get booed,” Sloth said.Iowa did manage to come back and win that game against Indiana, but I would like to believe that the afternoon had already been ruined by the ballsiest Cyclone I know. Sloth’s contributions on the gridiron for Iowa State were definitely noteworthy, but I think he left his biggest impression on ISU athletics by giving the Iowa Hawkeyes a huge, resounding slap in the face.Sloth is moving on from Iowa State, but his antics continue. He was recently seen doing a “schtick” bit on WHO-TV13, during his tryouts for the new Iowa Barnstromers. The purpose of the tryouts was to weed out the non-factors so when real tryouts commence, there will only be solid players in camp. Ryan Sloth made the cut. “I feel that I can be a valuable player because I can play both wide receiver and defensive back,” said Sloth.Sloth’s other goals involve getting into coaching on the collegiate level, a career he will hopefully pursue around a Barnstormer season schedule. The future for Ryan Sloth is still in question but one thing is certain; he will never again be allowed back in Carver Hawkeye Arena. Marcus Charter is a sophomore in journalism and mass communication from Ames. He throughly enjoys listening to Crazy Town music