At least there's now a chance to get 5 wins. That was a long losing streak that is thankfully over. Nice to feel like there's a chance now vs. OSU. TT clearly the likely W and no chance @ TCU. Is anybody coming back for OSU just in time to play us?
Could Iowa State go bowling at 5-7?
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So is 5-7 essentially bowl eligible for Iowa State this season?
Given...
-- sounds like lots of slots for 5-7 teams will be available
-- Campbell and the staff wouldn't turn down the extra practices
-- Pollard isn't turning down the check
-- ISU is going to rate highly in APR because most teams higher than it are either obviously bowling or they are not even close to the 5-7 line where they might compete with the Cyclones
Right?
Given...
-- sounds like lots of slots for 5-7 teams will be available
-- Campbell and the staff wouldn't turn down the extra practices
-- Pollard isn't turning down the check
-- ISU is going to rate highly in APR because most teams higher than it are either obviously bowling or they are not even close to the 5-7 line where they might compete with the Cyclones
Right?
It definitely feels like an ISU thing to do to **** over the conference and knock out our playoff contender.
That would amuse me greatly if it was Oklahoma or Texas. Totally worth it.
Doing it to TCU would be less satisfying even if a huge win.
Agree on all except Pollard and the "check". Couldn't one of these bowls actually cost us money?
A weird/semi-ironic possibility: ISU upsets TCU, but the win doesn't improve its bowl position (due to knocking TCU out of CFP).
CycloneErik
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Not really. It mostly depends on transportation choices, number of people, and who stays how many days (especially band, cheer, and non-working tag-alongs). They try to make it as close to zero-sum as possible.
I'm still smarting over having to take a bus from Ames to Tempe because it was cheaper to haul the band down there in 5-6 travel coaches instead of chartering a flight for all of us.
I don't feel much different about 6 win bowling either where you end up with a losing record if you drop the bowl game. Honestly, outside of the playoff all bowl games are a participation trophy of some sort.
This program could really use it this year. Added practices would be good for all the newer players. And honestly we could use a little good news and momentum going in to the off-season. Being able to brag about a school record bowl streak would be nice no matter how it happened. So would claiming a bowl win even if it is bearing up some G5 lightweight in some made up game that didn't exist 10 years ago.
Have you seen their home crowd? They would have had like 6 people travel to it.
Agreed, especially if we do beat up on some G5 school. Gives the fan base something to take into the offseason and creates some momentum for next season. Also, a bowl game/trip is a reward for all the players. Just because we may be 5-7 doesn't mean the players haven't been working their a***s off. In this case they'd also be getting rewarded for their work in the classroom. Let them go and enjoy it.
Although tough to take a player vote, I generally agree that you go if the guys want to. Let em get a swag bag
Worse bowl trip -- taking a bus to Tempe (full band), or flying to Boise (but with only 60 band members)?
I don't mind the traditional bowl games even if they aren't part of the playoff. It's just that ESPN keeps creating bowl games with too little payout to make playing good financial sense. I'm all for the kids getting the free trip though.
