Pat Forde ranks all Power Five Schools based on Five-Year Directors Cup Average

[JP4CY]

It has been 3 years since isu has finished above Iowa in the Directors Cup.

Now back to your regularly scheduled selective reality.

Can you help me out with all time reality and how many ISU-Iowa games have been played in IA City?

 

[MVCchamps]

Can you help me out with all time reality and how many ISU-Iowa games have been played in IA City?

38 with isu losing most of them. But at least isu has won 8 out of 26 in Ames.

Yikes.

 

[JP4CY]

38 with isu losing most of them. But at least isu has won 8 out of 26 in Ames.

Yikes.

38 to 26? How can that be?

So there have been 4-5 more games played in Iowa City than in ames.

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[Tornado man]

They gain ground by offering sports that few other schools offer (water polo, women's lacrosse, rowing, beach volleyball, etc.).

Women's lacrosse is offered on a widespread basis nationally.

 

[theshadow]

Women's lacrosse is offered on a widespread basis nationally.

21 P-5 schools and a bunch of mid- or low-majors. Florida and Vanderbilt compete in the Big East. The Pac-12 schools compete in the MPSF because there aren't enough for the Pac-12 to sponsor it.

 

[theshadow]

It has been 3 years since isu has finished above Iowa in the Directors Cup.

Better send thank-you cards to your men's gymnastics and women's rowing teams, because they're the ones that put you over the top.

 

[Tornado man]

21 P-5 schools and a bunch of mid- or low-majors. Florida and Vanderbilt compete in the Big East. The Pac-12 schools compete in the MPSF because there aren't enough for the Pac-12 to sponsor it.

My point was that it certainly is not a sport with a Pac-12 focus...

 

[Bret44]

Pat Forde owes us all a beer. Sumbitch better pay up.

 

[Tornado man]

It should be a priority for Pollard to revive men's swimming and men's tennis, plus add men's soccer and women's lacrosse. Very hard to recruit top female athletes to swimming, tennis and soccer without having the commensurate men's programs.
It sends a message that we're not serious about those sports, that ISU just needs the women's squads to balance out the sport offerings. Just ask the coaches.