Anybody who thinks the series should not continue on an annual basis should be shot.
Ever since ISU went to 9 conference games I've been outspoken in my desire to drop Iowa from the schedule and buy some easy wins.
Don't get me wrong, I like the Iowa game but the 1 big game doesn't outweigh what an easy W every single year could do for the program.
Who would be an "Easy W"? UNI? Toledo? NDSU? Tulsa?
Who would be an "Easy W"? UNI? Toledo? NDSU? Tulsa?
Who would be an "Easy W"? UNI? Toledo? NDSU? Tulsa?
Whenever asked this question, I always go back to Baylors schedule. Look at how they started scheduling in 2012. They bought wins when they were a terrible program trying to get easy wins and build confidence. SOS is irrelevant in college football unless you are a top 10 team trying to make the BCS playoff picture. We aren't even close that conversation, so might as well go and schedule the 3 easiest teams money can find.
OK, thanks, I get it. Living in Omaha I have escaped the pro-Hawkeye bias of Iowa sportscasters and writers. And yet I am still within driving distance to Ames, so it all works out. Now, as I have mentioned, my wife has her degree from Iowa but fortunately she is not really a typical Hawkeye fan. Whenever she claims to be a Hawkeye, I ask her to name 5 players on their team and her standard answer is, "Well of course there's Smith.... and Johnson, and then the other Smith.... and obviously Jones... and naturally Ferentz! There's always a Ferentz." So she is a good sport and actually supports the Cyclones I guess mostly for my benefit. But I lived in Iowa my first 30 years and am well aware of the unsportsmanlike conduct that goes on.Look up the "I Think" segment of SoundOff. He just couldn't get out of his own way and his black & gold flag was flying. Murph tried walking it back a couple of times, unsuccessfully.
Personal bias, I suppose - the smarmy little twerp has annoyed the crap out of me ever since he called us the CyClowns on air during a sports segment on the evening news.
*going back to my corner to knit again*
A poll over on Hawkeye Nation has an 81-19 vote right now on dropping Iowa State! Seems insane to me. Wanted to get this fan base point of view.
https://www.hawkeyenation.com/football/vote-give-isu-game-play-different-power-5-school
And Kansas St. in the early to mid Bill Snyder years
And Kansas St. in the early to mid Bill Snyder years