You don’t become a contender in a Power 5 conference overnight. The baseline has to be 6-6 every year and then we can jump up and go 9-3 or 10-2 every few years. With enough success the baseline can be moved to 7-5 or 8-4. It’s not like playing NCAA Football on your PlayStation.
Getting over it
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You don’t become a contender in a Power 5 conference overnight. The baseline has to be 6-6 every year and then we can jump up and go 9-3 or 10-2 every few years. With enough success the baseline can be moved to 7-5 or 8-4. It’s not like playing NCAA Football on your PlayStation.
Watching the Sunday morning political shows to cheer myself up.
Their starting QB was injured and couldn't even make it through the game, plus they had a bunch of other players missing that game for various reasons.
I think MS St lost a lot from last year, especially on Defense.
I remember the days I would have killed for 7 wins
Not only did they lose alot, but Dan Mullen moved on and his players are cycling through. Each year they get a bit less talented.
The alternative is 1990's ISU football. That wasn't much fun either, though will agree much less stressful knowing your team was just going to get rolled.
That's not just sports, it's human nature, period. There's research that bears this out in other areas, like investing. Losing hurts much more than winning feels good.
I'm mad that I lost a whole Saturday of beautiful weather sitting inside dedicated to watching college gameday and this game. I cant imagine how people who spent thousands on parking, tailgating, and were up from 3 am to set up and driving to midnight trying to get home.
I might just start taping this game.
Fortunately I dont live in iowa and work with hawks. All I have to do is avoid Facebook and Instagram for a week.
But more than likely you won't, we'll start drinking the KoolAid and all be ready for FB. You'll be back
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Miss State had their chance last year to be really good. They lost 3 first round draft picks from that nasty defense. Their current defense won’t be able to mask subpar QB play. I predict MSU to finish 5-7 this year at best. They’ve got some athletes but haven’t put it together on offense yet.
KSU looks a lot like NDSU style wise. They run the ball well when they have to.
I may go a similar route including the basketball game too. Too wrapped in a game that involves toxic behaviors.
Just watching any other football game yesterday during the delay was more enjoyable.
The thread is called "getting over it."
Honestly, the loss stings, but it doesn't feel as bad as last year's game.
The better team lost from poor execution in situational football (giving up 3rd and 21 that leads to FG, fumble, muffed punt, slight overthrow to TE for TD, etc.).
We outgained them by what.. 150 yards? Our defense gave up a touchdown only when they started on the 25.
Our offense consistently moved the ball and our O-line actually played incredibly well by our standards. Iowa has a LOT of talent on their d-line and it was pretty much mitigated the entire game.
It sucks to take a loss, but this doesn't feel like last year's Iowa game; after that game I was wondering if we would score a point all year. This one sucks and people at work will be insufferable for a few days, but I don't feel that bad about the team.
Hopefully they can get things together for Baylor, when it really starts to count. Texas lost to LSU. Oklahoma looks less elite than the last few years. There's a ton of upside for this team in the big 12 this year.
Honestly, the loss stings, but it doesn't feel as bad as last year's game.
The better team lost from poor execution in situational football (giving up 3rd and 21 that leads to FG, fumble, muffed punt, slight overthrow to TE for TD, etc.).
We outgained them by what.. 150 yards? Our defense gave up a touchdown only when they started on the 25.
Our offense consistently moved the ball and our O-line actually played incredibly well by our standards. Iowa has a LOT of talent on their d-line and it was pretty much mitigated the entire game.
It sucks to take a loss, but this doesn't feel like last year's Iowa game; after that game I was wondering if we would score a point all year. This one sucks and people at work will be insufferable for a few days, but I don't feel that bad about the team.
Hopefully they can get things together for Baylor, when it really starts to count. Texas lost to LSU. Oklahoma looks less elite than the last few years. There's a ton of upside for this team in the big 12 this year.
This is the unhinged rant of someone with an axe to grind, but no point on which to grind it.
I was at a softball tournament with the daughter all day. She played great, the team went 3-1, and the weather was awesome. I got a nice tan and enjoyed time with the other parents. I even got to watch some of the Cy-Hawk game on my tablet.
Both of us would still rather have been in Ames though. We're both also already well past thinking about the Iowa game. Seriously, it's just another game. Enjoy it while it's here, but then move on. We've got ULM and that one weird new trash-talking ULM poster to deal with now.
That's the spirit!
The whole point is that we don't actually have to get over it. It's OK to hate this one.
Let's take it up (or down) a notch.
Let's revisit our most hated or worst moments from yesterday, and why we hate them.
