I've watched every game. Your either a Cyclone fan or your not. You don't get to pick and choose.
And yet I'm still feeling the urge to take BaylorI saw Iowa State was 24 point dogs against Baylor and thought “I bet Chizik and the boys get a late field goal to cover”. Then I realized it wasn’t 2009 and wasn’t football.
24 points is the largest spread I can remember
It's entertainment. If I'm not enjoying it, I'm not going to spend my time on it.
I'm not going to switch allegiances and pretend I'm a fan of some other school just because they're winning, or act like I'm not a huge ISU fan because they're losing, but I'm not going to schedule my free time around watching absolutely pathetic basketball that doesn't entertain me or give me anything back out of some sense of obligational fanhood.
I am still excited for the madness. Even though CBB as a whole seems really tough to watch this year.If there ever was a year to have our worst team ever, this is the year.
Looking forward to fans in the stands, a real conference season, holiday tourneys, and a legit NCAA tourney for true March Madness in 2022.
And a new coach of course.
I have watched every game except one. I didn't know they were playing during the day a few weeks ago. I tink it was Okie state.
I am still excited for the madness. Even though CBB as a whole seems really tough to watch this year.
I watched a little bit of our last game against Oklahoma when I saw that we had pulled it close and even had gone ahead for a bit ...and then was pretty much immediately reminded why I haven't watched an MBB game since December of 2020. It was the same old:
- Go down big initially
- Pull within 5 or maybe even take a less than 5 lead
- lose in a fiery storm of a bazillion turnovers and just overall mismanagement on Prohm's part
I used to be much more of a basketball fan than a football fan and used to watch or listen to every MBB game I could and now that's completely reversed. I'm at the point where I hope we lose out the season because I think that's the most realistic scenario in which Prohm would be canned which at this point is just the best thing for this program in the long-term (and trust me, before 2020-21 I would NEVER have been this apathetic that I'd unironically think losing out would be the thing that would save the program)
I know what you mean. ISU sucking definitely contributes some to me not wanting to watch. Also just seems like talent is down compared to recent years. If there is an obvious can't miss next level talent, obvious #1-lottery pick out there I have yet to hear about it or see it. Nothing against Luka Garza and Ayo Dosunmo, but they just aren't huge needle-movers.I haven't watched a single non-ISU game. I probably won't watch a minute of the NCAA tourney. It's honestly just sapped my entire appetite for CBB, I watch the NBA when I sit down to fold clothes and stuff.
It's a weird year. I would not be surprised if they do something goofy like put UNC, Duke, Kentucky in the First 4 or something. Better yet, watch them run the table in the conference tournaments and seal auto bids despite being like 13-15.My kind of favorite thing to do is watch Kentucky, Duke, and UNC get beat. THen to watch the announcer talk about what Kentucky needs to do to stay in the hunt to make the tourney, even though they have a losing record. Same with Duke. They are very average and the announcers talk the whole game about them making it, even though they don't deserve it. They just expect them to be in and so they figure out a way to get them in.
It's a weird year. I would not be surprised if they do something goofy like put UNC, Duke, Kentucky in the First 4 or something. Better yet, watch them run the table in the conference tournaments and seal auto bids despite being like 13-15.
Back when Johnny was the coach, I'd drive three miles on eastern Iowa rural roads during subzero January deep-freezes to find an a.m. signal to catch the games. Sometimes, I'd connect a radio antenna to the cold-air-return ductwork, in an attempt to hear the game. Yeah, I used to love ISU basketball. Haven't watched a game this year. Last year showed me all I need to see. Done till Prohm is replaced.
I mostly quit watching last year. I really don’t understand why some people keep dragging themselves through this.