When Iowa is playing at home and the first quarter comes to an end, the football game suddenly is out of sight and out of mind for a few minutes for everyone inside Kinnick Stadium and the kids watching from the nearby Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City.

The 70,000 fans along with players, coaches and staff for the Hawkeyes and the visiting team turn toward the hospital and wave to the pediatric patients and parents gathered on the top floor that provides a bird's-eye view of the field. The children wave back and hold up handmade signs.

The tradition, known as the Hawkeye Wave, started with the 2017 opener against Wyoming after it was suggested on an internet message board that fans take a moment each game to acknowledge the kids in the hospital who are watching along with

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