Deadspin: ISU preview

[Mr Janny]

http://deadspin.com/nobodys-better-at-maintaining-mediocrity-than-iowa-stat-1797683090

SIAP

pretty brutal. Hard to argue with, though. I'd love to prove them wrong.

 

[3TrueFans]

Wrong link.

http://deadspin.com/nobodys-better-at-maintaining-mediocrity-than-iowa-stat-1797683090

 

[Sigmapolis]

http://deadspin.com/englands-worst-most-snooze-worthy-teams-our-2017-18-p-1797697018

SIAP

pretty brutal. Hard to argue with, though. I'd love to prove them wrong.

I think this is the link you mean to post...

http://deadspin.com/nobodys-better-at-maintaining-mediocrity-than-iowa-stat-1797683090

 

[CycloneErik]

Did I read the wrong article hear? Looks like a lot of stuff about football in England.

 

[CycloneErik]

Wrong link.

http://deadspin.com/nobodys-better-at-maintaining-mediocrity-than-iowa-stat-1797683090

And we let that guy moderate anything.

 

[Mr Janny]

Wrong link.

http://deadspin.com/nobodys-better-at-maintaining-mediocrity-than-iowa-stat-1797683090

Whoops, apparently, if you scroll down to the comments, the link changes. I got it corrected

 

[3TrueFans]

There's no way we're winning the Premier League this year, but maybe next year.

 

[3TrueFans]

Honestly I'd be thrilled if we were somehow the best at maintaining mediocrity. We were solidly mediocre in the early-2000's, and maybe a little in the late 2000's? I'd say we've been something less than mediocre as of late, and pre-2000 we had a long stretch of looking up at mediocrity.

 

[WhatchaGonnaDo]

I'd hardly call the last few years mediocre...

 

[Doc]

I think mediocre is putting it nicely.

 

[Doc]

I see i'm far from the first with that thought...

 

[Stewo]

Some good points made were easily diminished by quotes like:

Allen Lazard was just about the only good thing Iowa State had going for it last year;

Allen had a good season, but the young talent (both sides of the ball) was stark to the upperclassmen. I guess this is what you get from someone that doesn't know much of anything about the program. I'll give them credit for doing some digging on info, but generally, it was all pretty backhanded. I mean, we get it, we have a historically poor football program.

 

[andybernard]

WE MADE THE TOP 25!!!

 

[Stormin]

Not enough profanity in that article.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

"Iowa State tap dances on this line, as it will occasionally flash its fans with a sliver of light when it strings together a couple five-, six-, or seven-win seasons, only to inevitably follow it by at least three-to-four years of blindly bumping into Kansas and the floor in dark, damp basement of the Big 12."

"Defensively, well, there’s just not much to say. Ignoring whatever the **** it was that Texas Tech put on the field, Iowa State was rivaled only by Kansas in terms of ****** Big 12 defenses last year"

Creatively accurate.

 

[jbindm]

Honestly I'd be thrilled if we were somehow the best at maintaining mediocrity. We were solidly mediocre in the early-2000's, and maybe a little in the late 2000's? I'd say we've been something less than mediocre as of late, and pre-2000 we had a long stretch of looking up at mediocrity.

I'd hardly call the last few years mediocre...

I think mediocre is putting it nicely.

I'm picking up on a theme here...

Yeah, I guess mediocre is a flexible term but to me that suggests .500 or close football. And they haven't been anywhere near that since 2012.

 

[Sigmapolis]

Kind of sort of one of these kinds of mediocre...

 

[Cyclonepride]

Nick Martin is a ****.

 

[CTTB78]

Not enough profanity in that article.

I wonder what this kid thought that was adding to his article. He should get out from behind the keyboard and come to a game in Ames.

 

[NWICY]

I wish we were mediocre in football. To me that means .500. As the season draws closer the optimist in me comes out again. Most years I always think we have a shot at .500, and many years I'm disappointed. Thanks to CW and staff for pumping the hype train so I believe every fall. (Well a least always become hopeful,)