Home field advantage

[jsb]

It would be a shame if it wasn’t for TCU. One last ride for Brock, Breece and Co.

No doubt. Get your tickets now. Students will be gone. But your kids won't have any activities on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Leave Grandma's early and get to Ames.

I have high hopes for this program if we can keep the band together. But it will be the end of an era. 5 straight bowl games? We never thought that was possible. The second most Big 12 wins of any team in 5 years? We never thought that was possible. One coach having over 40% of all of the Big 12 wins? No way.

 

[MisterO]

I’m taking 6 to the TCU game- let’s pack the Jack!

 

[MisterO]

Even as recently as 2010 we had no football building, no SEZ, and just one tiny ass screen in the south end zone. The last decade has been ISU football’s best and most important in every way.

100% right.
Our team, our fans, all played their roles- but the person who deserves the tip of the hat is JP. JP drove the bus and had the vision. We’ve got a terrific AD.

 

[jsb]

So what would they have done with the fireworks if we had lost last night?!?

It was a really great night. It was pretty magical.

 

[bluestarcyclone]

So what would they have done with the fireworks if we had lost last night?!?

It was a really great night. It was pretty magical.

Saved them for TCU?

It'll be dark when that one finishes too.

 

[cyclones12321]

That's great to hear! It used to be a feeling of doom like we were all waiting for the other shoe to drop.

One bad play and the energy would evaporate

The osu game and Texas game that’s how the first half’s felt but you could just feel that one play was going to really get the place rocking

 

[jsb]

The osu game and Texas game that’s how the first half’s felt but you could just feel that one play was going to really get the place rocking

I thought the first half crowd last night was better than OSU.

 

[nrg4isu]

I was going to start my own thread, but this fits well enough.

I went to both the WVU game and the Texas game. While the crowd was awesome for the Texas game, it absolutely could have been better in some respects. And it's not really the crowds fault.

In Morgantown, the PA/video board did a MUCH better job at hyping the crowd at the right times to get that place absolutely rocking. They had roughly 45,000 where we had 65,000. It was also colder and rained a little at the beginning of the game. I'm not a guru of hype or game day production... but the difference is absolutely real. This is a margin that Jamie Pollard should be addressing asap. One simple thing is at WVU they have a bell that sounds on every 3rd down - kinda hokey, but it worked.

 

[8bitnes]

I think we’ve sold out every home game this year. Can anybody confirm that?

We got to do it one more time against TCU.

Definitely not happening. Tickets can be purchased below face value in the resale market which makes it tough for ISU ticket office to compete. Being Friday after Thanksgiving is a poor date to bring in 60,000 and the uninspiring opponent doesn't help matters either

 

[cyman05]

Definitely not happening. Tickets can be purchased below face value in the resale market which makes it tough for ISU ticket office to compete. Being Friday after Thanksgiving is a poor date to bring in 60,000 and the uninspiring opponent doesn't help matters either

Yeah TCU won’t hit 60,000 due to those factors but overall season average should be above 60,000 for a new season record. Will be interesting to see how it goes next year as even numbered years are typically lower with now UNI and Iowa on the schedule plus expectations won’t be as high going into next year.

 

[cyIclSoneU]

Definitely not happening. Tickets can be purchased below face value in the resale market which makes it tough for ISU ticket office to compete. Being Friday after Thanksgiving is a poor date to bring in 60,000 and the uninspiring opponent doesn't help matters either

I don't think we will hit it either - but we might get close if we win the next two games and are playing for a CCG spot against TCU.

 

[MisterO]

The last decade has been ISU football’s best and most important in every way.

To piggy-back on this:
Let’s make this decade even better than the last one. How do we do that?:

1. If you don’t have season tickets, buy season tickets next year.
2. If you have season tickets, upgrade your tickets.
3. Give, and then give some more.
4. Take a kid to a game- we all have kids or a niece or nephew or a family friend. Take the time to take a kid to a game and grow the next crop of Cyclones. Many of our players were kids throwing a football on the hillside- you just never know who you impact.
5. Support good leadership. Don’t badmouth our coaches or AD- support them…even after bad games.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Horns down, *******!

 

[cyrocksmypants]

I was going to start my own thread, but this fits well enough.

I went to both the WVU game and the Texas game. While the crowd was awesome for the Texas game, it absolutely could have been better in some respects. And it's not really the crowds fault.

In Morgantown, the PA/video board did a MUCH better job at hyping the crowd at the right times to get that place absolutely rocking. They had roughly 45,000 where we had 65,000. It was also colder and rained a little at the beginning of the game. I'm not a guru of hype or game day production... but the difference is absolutely real. This is a margin that Jamie Pollard should be addressing asap. One simple thing is at WVU they have a bell that sounds on every 3rd down - kinda hokey, but it worked.

WVU was breaking the rules with how they played their music.

 

[cyclones12321]

I thought the first half crowd last night was better than OSU.

I agree second half definitely osu

 

[VeloClone]

WVU was breaking the rules with how they played their music.

Agreed. After games like that the AD should be contacting the head of officiating for the Big 12. They should be warning the home sidelines when it happens and be throwing the flag after that. Not being able to audible because of piped in music is a real disadvantage. Officials should NOT be looking the other way on that. You never see that flagged and you almost never see defenses simulating a snap count flagged either and they both are a problem.

 

[83cy]

Definitely not happening. Tickets can be purchased below face value in the resale market which makes it tough for ISU ticket office to compete. Being Friday after Thanksgiving is a poor date to bring in 60,000 and the uninspiring opponent doesn't help matters either

I don't know about uninspiring, TCU has a new QB and this game could be close.

 

[isufbcurt]

WVU was breaking the rules with how they played their music.

We need to also. What are they going to do fine us?

 

[Isualum13]

I think we’ve sold out every home game this year. Can anybody confirm that?

We got to do it one more time against TCU.

When was the last time a game in November sold out at jack trice?

 

[Cy Hard]

Yesterday