ISU FB: Mid-term grade

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Grade ISU's performance through 6 games


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cyclones500

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Typically, I do "Grade the Season" only at the end. But considering some encouraging developments in first-half of regular-season schedule, I thought it'd be fun to give the team a mid-term grade.

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bozclone

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A-
We are 4-2 and getting votes
We beat OU
Fun team to watch
Lots of national attention
Factor in our history
 

spitfyr36

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Dec 19, 2011
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B.

I was assuming we would be 4-2 right now. Just took a different path to get there.

Yep, I said we needed to be 4-2 at the halfway to get to 6 or 7 wins. Still on the table. Gain points for OU, lose points for Iowa game.
Keep the train rolling
 

CysRage

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Oct 18, 2009
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B. I love that we beat OU and are 4-2 but we still lost the Iowa game (when we had it all but won) and didn't show up against Texas which was another very winnable game. Nevertheless, I am still very excited to see what else this team accomplishes this year.
 
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SoapyCy

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Oct 10, 2012
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B-

Mostly good things, but the lost possession vs Iowa and the game plan vs Texas keep me from grading higher. If we win this weekend I'd easily move us to an A-.
 

WooBadger18

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Sep 5, 2012
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A-

Also, I'm not sure we'd ever be undefeated. Because they were looking ahead and not taking Iowa state seriously, and I don't think that would have happened if we had gone into the game 4-0
 
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NWICY

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Sep 2, 2012
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B.
I thought they let the Iowa game get away from them. I have no idea where the offense disappeared in the Texas game.
 

SciClone

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B+; This team has surpassed my expectations. I cannot, however, look past the offense collapsing against Texas, leaving the defense to defend short fields time and time again. That was a very winnable game.
 

NATEizKING

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Feb 18, 2011
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A, I did not see better than 4-2 at this point before the season. The most optimistic may have thought 5-1.
 

Cyclonepride

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Given the recent history of the program, the success so far this year has to be rated an A- in my book. Sure, we even left a couple on the table, but the fact that we could be 6-0 but are still 4-2 still has to add to the positive grade. In short, at 4-2, we're likely better than our record.
 

HFCS

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B. Can’t get over the idea of how easily we could be undefeated right now.

A 4-0 team probably gets rolled in Norman though, they needed a bit of a chip to get that done. Great sign that being 2-2 had them focused and hungry rather than complacent though.
 
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