We Are the Champions!

[HFCS]

What is the ISU historical equivalent of this? The moon landing? Polio vaccine? Discovery of fire?

I am just speechless and in awe of how good this team is.

I was thinking about it earlier today.

If we beat OU, I'd say it becomes very comparable to the '00 basketball season.

Started with a really bad non-conf loss, then started demolishing the Big 12, regular season title, left no doubt in B12 Tournament, then played out the NCAA tournament in a way that the team was top 2-3 in the nation at worst.

This team may not have a legit shot at an NC like that basketball team did, but when you look at where ISU football came from, it's equally impressive.

 

[HFCS]

I'll add that it's not just that we went 8-1. It's that we're alone at the top of the standings.

Yeah, outright champions in the round robin format of just a few years ago.

 

[MIClone]

What is the ISU historical equivalent of this? The moon landing? Polio vaccine? Discovery of fire?

I am just speechless and in awe of how good this team is.

Their confidence and poise is something we've definitely never seen at ISU. Oklahoma will come out completely geared up in the championship game, and while past ISU teams would have melted, these guys will maintain composure. It's so fun to watch!

 

[cyowa]

For most of my 24 years of ISU fandom 8-1 in conference isn't even something I would have thought of.

I would think of a Big 12 championship back in the old Big 12 divisions like maybe we could win the North at 4-4 or 5-3 and get an upset in the title game. 8-1 or even 7-1 wouldn't have even seemed like a possibility.

I am 75. Thought I didn't have enough years left to see this happen.
Happily, I did!! So Happy!

 

[Fishhead]

Moved to Ames in 1984. Been a long wait!

 

[superiorcyclone]

What is the ISU historical equivalent of this? The moon landing? Polio vaccine? Discovery of fire?

I am just speechless and in awe of how good this team is.

Iowa State notable achievements:
1. 2020 Big 12 champs.
2. Inventing the computer.

 

[cycloner29]

F$&@ yes!!

 

[wintersmd]

I am just amazed. No one has EVER seen ISU win a conference championship. THUS IS FREAKING UNREAL!!!!

 

[jmb]

Do we have to win in Dallas to be recognized as Big 12 champs? Or is there a regular season champ?

Need to win in Dallas As the ccg crowns the champion.

 

[CycloneErik]

Do we have to win in Dallas to be recognized as Big 12 champs? Or is there a regular season champ?

I don't care what the nation does on this. It's a title in everything else, so I say we claim it.

 

[IASTATE07]

When the Big 12 announced the round robin, how many of us thought 8-1 was ever possible?

Getting to 5-4 once in awhile was my goal if things broke right.

 

[CycloneErik]

I'll add that it's not just that we went 8-1. It's that we're alone at the top of the standings.

And no fluky victories, weird tiebreakers, or technicalities. We just lined up and took everyone down.

 

[atlantacyclone]

I don’t think it’s hit me yet. I am so happy .... wish my father was here to see this...

 

[Cyched]

Getting to 5-4 once in awhile was my goal if things broke right.

And that was considered somewhat of a tall order. Even Rhoads' good teams were going 3-6.

We're a long ways from looking forward to the two off years we didn't have to play OU or Texas

 

[CloneGuy8]

When I was a student, I watched in person Texas and Colt McCoy beat us 56-3. Years later I watched Baylor beat us 71-7. We've all watched a lot of crappy football throughout the years, we deserve this.

 

[hawthorncourt]

Iowa State notable achievements:
1. 2020 Big 12 champs.
2. Inventing the computer.

nuclear bomb, k

 

[cytown]

This is just the beginning

 

[JM4CY]

Big 12 Regular Season Champs....

 

[Aclone]

Y’know, whoever the new stadium announcer is, I think that I could get used to a slightly difference call down the road:

“That’s another Cyclone...Conference Crown!”

 

[HFCS]

Need to win in Dallas As the ccg crowns the champion.

Has a team won the title game yet and finished with a worse record than the loser of the title game?

Those are the years it will seem incredibly stupid to have the title game. I mean if OU wins the CCG at least they'll have the same record as ISU, not a worse record. Imagine if a 6-3 that tied for second with two other teams team beat a 9-0 team...that's kind of a meaningless "conference title" and more just a gimmick for the Big Ten Selection Committee's ever changing criteria.

Really though, if we don't win the title game it'll be basically an exact tie with OU. The only difference being OK State is a little better than KSU.