*** Official #2 Houston vs IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

[carvers4math]

Anyone in Hilton yet? Your phones will probably be working well if the crowd is light.

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

I love Jamie, I really do, but I will never understand the "let's have the Junior Cyclone Club members sit in the student section instead of actual college students" thing during break.

No other athletics department does this stuff.

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

Am I the only one who doesn't think lack of students is a big deal? They suck most of the time anyway unless it's KU or Iowa.

I definitely agree they could be better but when students are not there at all, the environment is not good

 

[t-noah]

How are the roads, conditions in central Iowa? Looks like you got about 6 inches, snow has stopped, but winds still strong at 25 mph or so?

Here in southern MO at the moment, it's about 28-28 d, 20 mph winds, light snow, but nothing really accumulated (less than .25 inch) and not much more expected. Had a lot of rain yesterday.

Roads aren't great but drivable. 9 inches of snow in Ames. Wind gusts were supposed to get up to 40 mph.

Thanks for the update. Sounds like eastern IA is quite a bit worse, not that Ames is great. Especially with the wind.

Well, I'm ready for some BB. Hopefully we can welcome Kelvin Sampson back to Ames with a cold and snowy Loss.

And stupid me for posting this in the wrong thread. It should be here.

 

[alarson]

I love Jamie, I really do, but I will never understand the "let's have the Junior Cyclone Club members sit in the student section instead of actual college students" thing during break.

No other athletics department does this stuff.

I get it given how many students are out of town.

But it makes less and less sense as we started seeing more conference games during break when we moved to the 18 game (and soon to be 20 game reportedly) schedule.

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

Yes, dorms still closed. Class is not in session yet. I believed they offered students the opportunity to buy some tickets, so they'll be interspersed with the families that buy up those sections as part of the Jr Cyclone Club, but it won't be the rowdy baselines you're used to.

Baylor and Kansas in recent years have benefitted from playing ISU early in the year before the students get back and have pulled off wins. Always irked me. This year the top team getting the break is Houston. At least we get Okie State for the last break game on Saturday and hopefully don't need that extra boost from the crowd in it.

our AD could simply put the games over break on the student package.....problem solved. No other athletics department gate keeps their students from attending like we do

 

[t-noah]

I went from Nevada to Ames earlier today to go into work. Both new 30 and old 30 Nevada to Ames were not good. Even slid a couple of times. Appreciate the offer but fine watching from home.

Can't blame folks for staying home.

Hope we can make it a huge win, live or stay home.

Go Cyclones!

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

I get it given how many students are out of town.

But it makes less and less sense as we started seeing more conference games during break when we moved to the 18 game (and soon to be 20 game reportedly) schedule.

I mean I watched a Purdue game the other night and there was not an empty seat to be found in their arena......student section was packed and filled to the brim. Only Iowa State does this to their students

 

[charlie_B]

Pretty empty 15 minutes before

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

I mean I watched a Purdue game the other night and there was not an empty seat to be found in their arena......student section was packed and filled to the brim. Only Iowa State does this to their students

Jamie squeezing blood from a turnip.

 

[t-noah]

Forget the roads, open the roof!
Snow on the court and I like our odds.

And Abu Sama as first sub in game.

 

[packattack425]

#survivedthedrive

 

[t-noah]

Pretty empty 15 minutes before

Well, beautiful anyway. And all worth it when we beat Houston!

 

[madguy30]

our AD could simply put the games over break on the student package.....problem solved. No other athletics department gate keeps their students from attending like we do

You sure about this? I've been to two Bucky games including B1G conference game vs. Iowa and there were not very many students there at all.

It was just kind of regular folks in the student section.

 

[Raiders70]

Yikes guys. At the game very, very small crowd. Maybe 3k

 

[madguy30]

I mean I watched a Purdue game the other night and there was not an empty seat to be found in their arena......student section was packed and filled to the brim. Only Iowa State does this to their students

That doesn't mean it was students though.

 

[madguy30]

Yikes guys. At the game very, very small crowd. Maybe 3k

Nice and awkward for the visiting team.

 

[t-noah]

Houston, soon to be 14 - 1.

I hope

 

[67CY]

Hope they let fans fill empty seats but probably won’t

 

[alarson]

Hope they let fans fill empty seats but probably won’t

It'd be about impossible to do in any area other than GA. Especially since there will be late-arriving fans due to weather.