That surprises me. Tech is trending the wrong direction, was just on big Monday and WVU is awful away from home
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That surprises me. Tech is trending the wrong direction, was just on big Monday and WVU is awful away from home
I think we have to go 7-2 for us to get a share of the conference, We already have one more loss than Baylor and KSU, and are tied with Kansas at the halfway point. Go 7-2, that puts us at 5 conferences losses, no way we get a share with 6 losses.
Baylor is the team that could end up winning it, they have Texas twice, and its a horrible matchup for Texas, then OSU, OU and WV all at home, there should be 4 wins. They have to come to Ames, but we struggle with Baylor, go to TT, but they are in freefall. And have 2 games with KSU and a away game at Kansas. They can easily go 7-3 the rest of the way and finish up 13-5.
That earlier lost to Baylor may come back to bite us in the ass.
If Baylor goes 2-0 this week I'll take them serious as a title contender. They already have 1 home loss and still have the Top 5 teams in the conference on the road. This is a game we need Texas to pull off at home.
Baylor has road games against Texas, ISU, KSU, TTech, and KU...pretty easy front end schedule so far. Their depth may also come to hurt them as the season grinds on...we will see.
Agreed, but they also only have 2 losses to our 3, and have 5 home games left, mostly against the bottom half of the conference. TT is slipping and we do not play well against Baylor home or away. They can get to 7 wins, putting pressure on everyone else to try to stay at 5 losses with no more.
I’m personally not worried about us losing to Baylor at home.
we all have skin in the game (from the bottoms of our feet due to all the pacing)
My Fitbit heart rate monitor thinks I'm exercising during games, so I must be doing something right.
Watching Tech try to play offense is painful. It's like watching a Big 10 game.
To win or have a share, Iowa St has to win all home games, and I think, at minimum 3-2 on the road. Which looks pretty tough to do with OK, TCU, KSt, TX, and WVU on the road.
I think they can win any of those games, but also there's always a chance of being flat, and losing any of them. So what I'm saying is, please don't go into meltdown mode if they lose tomorrow night. I'll be disappointed, but it's not the end of their chances if they do. Reserve judgment until early March, then we can say "what could have been."
I think they can win any of those games, but also there's always a chance of being flat, and losing any of them. So what I'm saying is, please don't go into meltdown mode if they lose tomorrow night. I'll be disappointed, but it's not the end of their chances if they do. Reserve judgment until early March, then we can say "what could have been."
Also, I can not see how Baylor is still in the race. Once they lost Clark, I wrote them off. Since then they've gone 6-1. However, the best win in that stretch was home against Tech, with road wins at OK, WVU, and OkSt, the 3 bottom teams in the conference.
I look at it this way:
KU has four more home games, so they get to 10 wins. They also have OU and OSU on the road, which they also probably win. So that's 12. Then they have at KSU, at TTech, and at TCU, and they probably win one of those. So I think there's a good chance KU gets to 13 wins.
Baylor has the toughest 4 road games left, and KSU has to play baylor twice.
If we continue to play well, it comes down to us vs KU.
KU has four more home games, so they get to 10 wins. They also have OU and OSU on the road, which they also probably win. So that's 12. Then they have at KSU, at TTech, and at TCU, and they probably win one of those. So I think there's a good chance KU gets to 13 wins.
Baylor has the toughest 4 road games left, and KSU has to play baylor twice.
If we continue to play well, it comes down to us vs KU.
Credit to Drew, but it does seem odd, given that our entire defensive plan was centered around Clark. As strange as it sounds, I think we match up much better with them now.
Tech is slipping. If they can't pick up the slack, then I think KU takes that one, too, putting them at 14 conference wins.
KU won't win 14 games. Or 13.
They have to win on the road, which they have not been able to, even against a really bad WVU team.
Looking through Baylor's on-line records, I was wrong, they have only won twice in Ames, there were 3 years that they did not come to Ames for a game. Our record down there is much the same. Looks like each team wins on their home floor.
K State is 2-0 in their last 2 in Ames alone. I’m guessing they didn’t lose the previous 14
