Even worse then. They were able to rebuild themselves in that timeframe.
And in our last three years:
two bowl losses and a 4-8 season. So basically the same result in the end.
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Even worse then. They were able to rebuild themselves in that timeframe.
And in our last three years:
two bowl losses and a 4-8 season. So basically the same result in the end.
Ah yes, Indiana, the quintessential “big boy” that we just can’t recruit against.
Well their coach was able to bring an entire roster from his old school. They have a lot of depth and veteran players. Most of their roster starting is SR transfer. They don't play freshmen.
That James Madison group, was a high level team last year
I suppose you can try to hire say the Boise guy and get all his starters to come over
LOl. 4-8 was their best year in the previous three years. Surrounded by a 2-10 and a 3-9. Yeah you guessed it no bowl eligibility.
You have to be realistic. CMC isn’t an elite coach and ISU isn’t recruiting/affording high-level talent overall. For ISU, win/loss is going to be more about the schedule and winning some games where things fall into place.
A talented, well-coached team comes out and imposes their will - it’s pretty awesome. For the most part, ISU isn’t going to be a team that does that.
A talented, well-coached team comes out and imposes their will - it’s pretty awesome. For the most part, ISU isn’t going to be a team that does that.
What Indiana did this year is remarkable and would be extremely difficult to replicate.
New coaching staff; tons of transfers. They basically started from ground zero this year. With that said, it worked. But the same scenario would lead to 4 or fewer wins the vast majority of the time
So, we can focus on the one big success story, or we can look at the big picture to see how likely it would be to replicate Indiana’s success this year
Same. The way I look at it is, at least we have a very good basketball team and coach.
Should ISU go 3-9 so they can get to Indiana's level for one season?
We did go 4-8 two seasons ago, so we pretty much did. I think anyone in here would trade a 3-9 to go host a CFB playoff game the following year. We're used to 3-9 seasons anyways.
We do not have NIL at the level as the rest of our league, not even close.
How is Rocco going to do next year without his security blankie of Higgins an Noel?
ISU has a terrible football history but wishing they were a team that has had three winning seasons in three decades is something.
Yes, because everyone knows going 3-9 means the following year they will host a CFP playoff game
Huh? He asked if we needed to trade going 3-9 one season to go 10-0 the next.. and I said I'm sure anyone would trade for that because we were used to poor seasons in the past. Nowhere did I say I wanted us to become a consistently bad team.
