Even after today's loss, Iowa State still controls its own destiny* to make it to Dallas for the Big 12 championship game.
It's crazy that this is the case with just three games to go - and only one of those three against a top-tier team (which will be played in Ames!).
If Iowa State wins out and finishes with a 7-2 conference record, it would have tiebreakers over Oklahoma, TCU, and Oklahoma State with head-to-head wins and would also have the next tiebreaker of a win over the #1 team if either OU or TCU finishes 8-1.
Next Saturday is going to be a huge game in Ames. This team still has more to play for in November than any Iowa State team in recent memory. Today was a bump in the road, but these guys have three Saturdays to give Iowa State a chance that it hasn't had in 105 years to win a conference title.
*Not exactly, but close enough. The scenarios where ISU finishes 7-2 in the Big 12 and doesn't make the CCG are very unlikely. But if you're worried, just root for Texas and West Virginia to lose one more game each and that should basically take care of it.
It's crazy that this is the case with just three games to go - and only one of those three against a top-tier team (which will be played in Ames!).
If Iowa State wins out and finishes with a 7-2 conference record, it would have tiebreakers over Oklahoma, TCU, and Oklahoma State with head-to-head wins and would also have the next tiebreaker of a win over the #1 team if either OU or TCU finishes 8-1.
Next Saturday is going to be a huge game in Ames. This team still has more to play for in November than any Iowa State team in recent memory. Today was a bump in the road, but these guys have three Saturdays to give Iowa State a chance that it hasn't had in 105 years to win a conference title.
*Not exactly, but close enough. The scenarios where ISU finishes 7-2 in the Big 12 and doesn't make the CCG are very unlikely. But if you're worried, just root for Texas and West Virginia to lose one more game each and that should basically take care of it.