You are wayyyyyy too optimistic about the Big 12 in your analysis. It is not possible for every team to be as great as you said plus tossing in traditional powers Texas and Oklahoma and always good Texas Tech. You talked about not blowing anyone away, has everyone forgotten last year already? We went through a stretch last year where we were throttling teams like A & M (@ A & M) and Ok St and talking about a January bowl. Everyone is down on ISU, and I admit I had higher hopes for this season-statistically, but the only stat that really matters is W’s. We have 3, exactly where everyone thought we would be. The rest of the Big 12 will not be as good as you think down the road, there are always teams on the bottom like Baylor. ISU is well positioned to be a consistently good team for years to come.
I have watched and supported this team both vocally and fiscally for a decade now. The teams early in Mac’s tenure would have closed up shop, laid down and taken the loss in games like the Toledo and UNLV this year. A Mac team from the mid to late 90’s would have gotten rolled 64-3 at defending national champion Texas, we were competitive and simply lost to a better team in both our losses this year. Hell, Mac had a winning record vs. Iowa prior to the game this year and now is .500 against them. How many past ISU coaches can claim that? Even national powers have down games throughout the year like UNI-look at Miami currently. I am embarrassed that the UNI game was that close, but every team has down weeks.
We were dealt a tough hand this year, we lost most of our defense and play the second toughest schedule in the country-of course our statistics don’t look good. We are 3-2 right now and are on track for a bowl game and the 7 to 8 wins most of us saw at the beginning of this year. With our schedule and starters lost, almost any postseason would be a victory. If we get into a bowl game, this could be Mac’s best coaching job yet.
If we toss Mac, who do we get in his place? By tossing Mac you guarantee two to three years of rebuilding. The way my fellow ISU fans are acting, the new coach would be run out of town after eight games. Christ, a year ago we were talking January bowl game-the almighty Deace predicted BCS bowl game. Now, after the same start we ALL predicted, we are down on him. I am no Mac fan and my buddies and I have called for his head several times. However, I am a realist-he is a solid coach who has our program on solid ground. Everyone knew this season would be hard with the schedule and loss of starters, we are still on the same path to W’s and L’s we all predicted at the outset of this season. I am willing to let the cards fall where they may with Mac.
I have watched and supported this team both vocally and fiscally for a decade now. The teams early in Mac’s tenure would have closed up shop, laid down and taken the loss in games like the Toledo and UNLV this year. A Mac team from the mid to late 90’s would have gotten rolled 64-3 at defending national champion Texas, we were competitive and simply lost to a better team in both our losses this year. Hell, Mac had a winning record vs. Iowa prior to the game this year and now is .500 against them. How many past ISU coaches can claim that? Even national powers have down games throughout the year like UNI-look at Miami currently. I am embarrassed that the UNI game was that close, but every team has down weeks.
We were dealt a tough hand this year, we lost most of our defense and play the second toughest schedule in the country-of course our statistics don’t look good. We are 3-2 right now and are on track for a bowl game and the 7 to 8 wins most of us saw at the beginning of this year. With our schedule and starters lost, almost any postseason would be a victory. If we get into a bowl game, this could be Mac’s best coaching job yet.
If we toss Mac, who do we get in his place? By tossing Mac you guarantee two to three years of rebuilding. The way my fellow ISU fans are acting, the new coach would be run out of town after eight games. Christ, a year ago we were talking January bowl game-the almighty Deace predicted BCS bowl game. Now, after the same start we ALL predicted, we are down on him. I am no Mac fan and my buddies and I have called for his head several times. However, I am a realist-he is a solid coach who has our program on solid ground. Everyone knew this season would be hard with the schedule and loss of starters, we are still on the same path to W’s and L’s we all predicted at the outset of this season. I am willing to let the cards fall where they may with Mac.
