Happy Days Are Here Again...Except for that elephant in the room....

[cyfanatic1968]

The realigned Big 12 Conference:

What does this mean for Iowa State?

3 non-conference games every year instead of 4 with one always being Iowa.

9 game round-robin Big 12 schedule...

Meaning:
6 games every year against:
Texas, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, and Texas Tech

3 games every year against:
West Virginia, Kansas State, and Kansas

Matt Campbell is going to have to be one pretty special coach to overcome the horrible conference/recruiting set up that ISU faces in the realigned Big 12.

I will continue buying season tickets, tailgating, and hope for the best like the other faithful/hopeful Cyclone fans here...But my expectations are in check - I've seen this show before. There may be great "one-off" seasons but year over year over the longhaul we lose with this conference set up.

 

[HiltonSouth]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz........

 

[SCNCY]

9 game conference schedule is not going anywhere. The Big Ten will be doing it soon, and I expect the SEC to do it when their TV contract is up. Because TV networks continue to throw lots of money at live sports, they need more good games to add to their supply. Adding another conference game was an easy way of adding another good game to the schedule, making the TV contracts bigger.

 

[im4cyclones]

The realigned Big 12 Conference:

What does this mean for Iowa State?

3 non-conference games every year instead of 4 with one always being Iowa.

9 game round-robin Big 12 schedule...

Meaning:
6 games every year against:
Texas, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, and Texas Tech

3 games every year against:
West Virginia, Kansas State, and Kansas

Matt Campbell is going to have to be one pretty special coach to overcome the horrible conference/recruiting set up that ISU faces in the realigned Big 12.

I will continue buying season tickets, tailgating, and hope for the best like the other faithful/hopeful Cyclone fans here...But my expectations are in check - I've seen this show before. There may be great "one-off" seasons but year over year over the longhaul we lose with this conference set up.

 

[JimmyChitwood]

You hit it right on the head with this post. I know we're all feeling love struck over this hire. My opinion is that it's a great hire. We as a fanbase need to realize that with this schedule, it's going to be tough going no matter who the coach is. We just need to hope that the powers to be wake up and add another 2 to 4 teams so we can go to playing in divisions like the other P5 conferences.

 

[CycloneErik]

It ain't that tough a schedule. Find something new to cry about.

 

[klamath632]

Isn't this the guy that wanted to take the least desirable football programs in the Midwest and have them all walk away from around $25mil per year to join up in a real piece of **** conference of their own?

Man, the trolling just never ends with this guy.

 

[cyfanatic1968]

It ain't that tough a schedule. Find something new to cry about.

ha ha ha ha....says the ostrich as he pops his head out of the sand.

 

[swarthmoreCY]

A competent staff in place probably wins 7 or 8 games this year. Get one or two of those type seasons, or better if we are lucky enough to find a gem at the QB spot, and the ball can start to roll down hill.

Would 4 non-conference games be easier? Of course, but we have not come close to realizing the potential of this program.

 

[kentkel]

It ain't that tough a schedule. Find something new to cry about.

As it turns out, this was exactly correct this year. Baylor and Okie were the only two games that we probably weren't going to have a chance in this year. Despite all the chest-pumping Hok fans, that team was not the same team early in the season & we SHOULD have won that game had we had decent 2nd half coaching. KSU, OSU, Toledo should have all been wins. Tech was a complete and total coaching failure - but was definitely a very winnable ball game. WVU was winnable - as our Defense showed. IMO, Coaching ineptitude on the offensive side of the ball was the common denominator for most, if not all, of our losses.

 

[cmjh10]

Every other team in the conference plays this schedule as well, and you dont see them ******** about it everyday.

 

[alarson]

It ain't that tough a schedule. Find something new to cry about.

Um... its consistently a top 10 schedule. #1 according to sagarin right now.

 

[CYphyllis]

 

[CRcyclone6]

Yay! More schedule crying!! White helmets!

 

[Cy$]

It ain't that tough a schedule. Find something new to cry about.

Do you donate enough to make such comments?

 

[cyfanatic1968]

Every other team in the conference plays this schedule as well, and you dont see them ******** about it everyday.

LOL...I suppose there are 4 TX teams and 2 OK teams that sure don't mind it.

 

[Spam]

The 3 non con games and the 4-5 games against the worst teams of the B12 are rarely that difficult.

It's the top 4 or so games of the B12 that make our schedule difficult- games we aren't even looking to win with the new coach.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Every other team in the conference plays this schedule as well, and you dont see them ******** about it everyday.

Well, except Baylor who schedules nobody with a pulse. The toughest non-con game they have is SMU.

 

[inCyteful]

ha ha ha ha....says the ostrich as he pops his head out of the sand.

Was it the schedule this year that lost winnable games against Iowa, Toledo and KSU?

Thanks for 'Popping' in quick observation, see you again next year.

 

[SpokaneCY]

The realigned Big 12 Conference:

What does this mean for Iowa State?

3 non-conference games every year instead of 4 with one always being Iowa.

9 game round-robin Big 12 schedule...

Meaning:
6 games every year against:
Texas, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, and Texas Tech

3 games every year against:
West Virginia, Kansas State, and Kansas

Wait - why weren't we informed of this!?!? rabblerabblerabble...