The ISUCF'V'MB pregame show begins as the drum majors enter the playing field and bring the band to attention with the call of "Go State!" The band enters the field to a double-time "X" drum cadence in alternating clockwise and counterclockwise cyclones, the looping imagery reminiscent of the Cyclones' nickname. Straight lines are formed at five-yard intervals before half the band "unfolds" to form a square block for the presentation of the opening "ISU Fanfare". The band launches into "ISU Fights", the school fight song, and forms a gigantic "ISU" (with flanking lines of flags and Sousaphones), then "floats" it down to midfield and faces the west stands of Jack Trice Stadium.