2021 schedule...
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OU is getting the tOSU treatment. Gotta protect the big dogs. God forbid a non blue blood gets favoritism.
CycloneErik
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When do we start the threads where we look at the schedule and predicts wins for every game?
Note: Not asking sarcastically. That's viable now.
Note: Not asking sarcastically. That's viable now.
Does that include the playoff victories over Bama and Clemson?
I'm gonna say BAMA and tOSU. After all, the B1G will do ANYTHING to ensure their spot in the CFP
You must be new here... Early season woes have been a problem. This team took care of the late season woes last year. Would love for them to do the same for early season this fall
CycloneErik
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Yes. Yes it does. Nothing is unwinnable for this bunch.
Might not happen, but it sure might.
I LOVE this schedule.
1. Two in state rivals games at home.
2. Awesome road trip to NFL stadium in Vegas, hoping to make the 5.5 hour drive if it works out.
3. Texas, TCU and OK State at home, potential tough games we need to get.
4. The way our conference "championship" works out losing @Oklahoma late in the year.might be the best path to a title. Even if we lose to them on the road they have to turn around and beat us a few games later if we can make the title game.
1. Two in state rivals games at home.
2. Awesome road trip to NFL stadium in Vegas, hoping to make the 5.5 hour drive if it works out.
3. Texas, TCU and OK State at home, potential tough games we need to get.
4. The way our conference "championship" works out losing @Oklahoma late in the year.might be the best path to a title. Even if we lose to them on the road they have to turn around and beat us a few games later if we can make the title game.
Please, don't ever refer to UNI as a "rival". "In state" is fine. It's accurate. They aren't a rival.
I guess I'm stuck in the long gone era where UNI guaranteed a sellout of our smaller stadium ;-) Now it's just a date against an FCS program where there's a 100% chance of getting their A game.
Still, this has to be the year we stomp UNI and Iowa 2-0.
It's nuts that the only thing we haven't checked off the list is beating Iowa, B12 title game win, and CFP.
- Beat every Big 12 team multiple times, check
- Beat Oklahoma a few times, check
- Make Big 12 title game
- Make BCS bowl
- Win BCS bowl
I don't actually know much about what Iowa brings back yet, where I have a pretty good idea what Big 12 teams look like. It seemed like they could have been solid this year if they had a qb who could throw it, I know their schedule didn't really provide any opportunities to impress.
The whole early season woes thing is over played. Last year was a really weird and tough situation for Iowa State, they didn't even hardly practice. In 2019 we struggled to beat UNI so I'll give you that. In 2018 we didn't even get a home opener, and in 2017 we curb stomped UNI. This will honestly be the first year where we match up with Iowa in the trenches on both sides of the ball. Again, offensively we have way too much balance for UNI to be able to hang with us. Unless a bunch of weird stuff happens we will roll the panthers.
Anyone have the date in Jan 2022 when we play BAMA?
Or on January 1st at 7:30 p.m.Either 31 DEC or 10 JAN.
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Iowa lost a lot of horses and just lost Kallenberger. Couple that with the o-line coach and RB coach jumping ship and it's starting to feel like the beginning of the end of the Ferentz era in Iowa City. Even my Iowa friends agree that the way too early top 15 rankings for Iowa are WAY too high. It's going to be an interesting off season for the Hawks, I can see some guys jumping ship.
Agreed. It is a rival game fan wise though. On these years, It’s always Two weeks in a row of dealing with hawk fans in JTS.
I don't blame voters for just assuming they should be ranked around 15-25. They're one of the more consistent teams in that range for a long time. Incredible longevity for KF. He took over when I was a sophomore at ISU I believe and I'm a middle aged guy now.
I still have 90s/early 00s memories where that was one of the more crowded and fun games. A lot of it just nice weather early in the year and we needed the extra 5-8k fans back then.
Pretty different now that we sell out for late season Big 12 games even with bad weather.
Just realized that the Big 12 is kicking off conference play with Baylor @ Kansas... Did they forget this is a football schedule?
