I think we sold less than half the bowl tickets. And I'm pretty sure season ticket sales are struggling. At least I hope they are.
The problem with your last point is that nobody outside the state of Iowa knows that ISU wins half the time. You really think people outside of our fanbases care enough about our series to remember who wins year to year?
You know though. It is not considered an upset because people do not really care. So Iowa played in a low tier bowl last year. Nobody noticed that either.
When you lose at least half the time or more to Iowa State, you should not be talking smack. Iowa fans trying to say they went to a bowl game makes them good, really need to look at their schedule. Iowa State actually defeated just as many bowl teams last season than Iowa did.
Kind of comical seeing Iowa fans saying that Iowa State sucks because we finished with a lousy 2-10 record. Just think Hawkeyes, you LOST to that lousy team at Kinnick Stadium.