Iowa State to play two road Friday games in 2026

[WIB]

Does anyone ever look around at college sports and wonder what the hell we are doing?

 

[KennyPratt42]

The BYU game is very likely to be a later time slot. UCF is likely to be earlier, but its really anyone's guess.

 

[awd4cy]

Based on the responses so far I’m definitely in the minority here but I loved when we had Thursday/Friday home games

I attended Texas in 2017. Sea of empty seats around me and a flat crowd. Weekday games suck.

 

[theshadow]

Friday Games, 2024-26 (includes Black Friday)
Houston: 7 (6 conf)
Arizona: 5 (3)
UCF: 4 (4)
Utah: 4 (4)
BYU: 4 (3)
Colorado: 4 (3)
TCU: 4 (3)
Kansas: 4 (1)
Arizona State: 3 (3)
Oklahoma State: 3 (2)
West Virginia: 2 (2)
Iowa State: 2 (2)
Baylor: 2 (1)
Kansas State: 2 (0)
Texas Tech: 1 (1)
Cincinnati: 0 (0)

And I assume there may still be some teams that move Week 1 or Week 2 non-cons to Friday.

 

[SuperTrooper]

I attended Texas in 2017. Sea of empty seats around me and a flat crowd. Weekday games suck.

At least our QB was on a high that evening!

 

[VeloClone]

I attended Texas in 2017. Sea of empty seats around me and a flat crowd. Weekday games suck.

I attended OSU in 2011. The crowd was electric.

 

[CYphyllis]

Does anyone ever look around at college sports and wonder what the hell we are doing?

Because a game is being played on a Friday night?

No.

 

[1SEIACLONE]

Based on the responses so far I’m definitely in the minority here but I loved when we had Thursday/Friday home games

I suppose if you are local, those games are great, but when you have to drive a couple of hours or more, they made it impossible to get to the games, go back home and then not be dead the next day at work for Thursday games. I never got to see a Thursday nite game from the stands, always had to watch them on TV, just could not make it work before I retired.

 

[BMWallace]

I don't love that we are getting delt two short turnaround weeks though. Everything gets shortened plus we have to go on the road.

The BYU game follows ISU hosting WVU and leads into the bye week, then the UCF game will be sandwiched between Cinci and KSU, both at home. Not terrible all things considered.

 

[erikbj]

As a HS football ref, really hope the BYU game is a late night kick

As someone that likes to be asleep by 9pm - not a fan

 

[Clonehomer]

I don't love that we are getting delt two short turnaround weeks though. Everything gets shortened plus we have to go on the road.

And one leads into a bye week so we don’t get the benefit of an extra day for the next game.

 

[DesertClone1]

So we expect Steve Sukup to be a massive dbag like Cody Campbell was, yeah?

 

[Jkclone15]

They were coming either way, at least they're road games.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

Love that everyone is behaving normal as opposed to wanna be Texas who is throwing a fit over Friday games

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[BillBrasky4Cy]

Does anyone ever look around at college sports and wonder what the hell we are doing?

I mean Pollard used to willingly schedule Thursday night season openers that weren't even televised. I would argue that was way worse.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

The BYU game follows ISU hosting WVU and leads into the bye week, then the UCF game will be sandwiched between Cinci and KSU, both at home. Not terrible all things considered.

Point still stands.

 

[Clonefan94]

Does anyone ever look around at college sports and wonder what the hell we are doing?

For a lot of things, yes, for Friday Night Games, no, not really. It wasn't that long ago we always had one Thursday night game a year. Friday isn't that bad at all compared to Thursday.

 

[theshadow]

I mean Pollard used to willingly schedule Thursday night season openers that weren't even televised. I would argue that was way worse.

At that time (2006-10) there was a better chance of getting people to a Thursday night game than a 1:00 Saturday game on Labor Day weekend.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

At that time (2006-10) there was a better chance of getting people to a Thursday night game than a 1:00 Saturday game on Labor Day weekend.

I've been a season ticket holder since 05, the only impact that would have had would have been student attendance. Either way there were plenty of empty seats...

 

[Freebird]

For fans I kinda like Friday night games. But it seems like it’s kinda **** for the team that we get two of these and both are away games. And long distance ones at that. Maybe coaches are ok with this, otherwise the conference ****** us on this one.