Positive thoughts

[Pope]

Counterpoint: we play 5 home/5 away P5 games every year against the same 10 teams.

I'm talking about conference standings and the Iowa game has nothing to do with conference standings. Next year 5 of those 9 conference games will be played at home.

 

[cyIclSoneU]

I'm talking about conference standings and the Iowa game has nothing to do with conference standings. Next year 5 of those 9 conference games will be played at home.

You make a good point and one of the road games is Kansas which (hopefully) will be very winnable. Other road games are Texas, TCU, and OSU. Two of those three are also some of the worst teams in the league this season.

 

[cyclone1209]

The floor has been raised where we're disappointed with a 7-5 season. I'm only 30, but I can still remember when we were ecstatic to be 6-6/7-5 and bowl eligible.

If we can win TCU, then win the bowl game, that's an 8 win season. Not what I had hoped, but nothing to sneeze at either.

 

[quasistellar]

If we can win TCU, then win the bowl game, that's an 8 win season. Not what I had hoped, but nothing to sneeze at either.

The odd thing is that 8 wins wouldn't be that disappointing in a vacuum, even considering the expectations going in. It's just who we lost to and how that's baffling and frustrating.

 

[Blandboy]

ISU football used to suck…. it doesn’t anymore…. that’s a fact…. and we should all appreciate that.

But that doesn’t mean this season isn’t very disappointing….. it definitely is. Having basically everyone back from a Fiesta Bowl championship, starting the season ranked 7th, and everyone on here arguing about if we would 10 or 11 games this year……. and instead we might win 6 or 7 games, finish the season not ranked, and likely go to a crap bowl…. that is disappointing folks.

I don’t care if our guys were the best versions of themselves, this season was disappointing.

There’s a big difference between sucking and being disappointing.

so, the season was disappointing?

 

[BCClone]

so, the season was disappointing?

Then clonedude was in heaven. I think he was hating life last season. Some people are just happy when they are PO’d.

 

[cycloneML]

this relationship is working out fabulously for all parties. ISU fans have a product they are proud of, ISU has a brand that is thriving, players have a wonderful leader who is developing them into fine young men. CMC is building multigenerational wealth.

 

[cysmiley]

I don't know about next years schedule but this season two of our losses were the second game of back to back road games.

Yeah, plus one possession losses and inopportune turnovers, that's football but those things can also easily happen on the plus side of the ledger.

 

[convoluteme]

Margins on the losses this year:

Iowa - 10
Baylor - 2
WVU - 7
Tech - 3
OU - 7

Other than Iowa, the losses have been a TD or less. Last year we won a lot of those close games. This year luck went the other way. Frustrating as hell, but it is what it is. Under Campbell we have had way more blow out wins than blow out losses.

 

[BCClone]

Margins on the losses this year:

Iowa - 10
Baylor - 2
WVU - 7
Tech - 3
OU - 7

Other than Iowa, the losses have been a TD or less. Last year we won a lot of those close games. This year luck went the other way. Frustrating as hell, but it is what it is. Under Campbell we have had way more blow out wins than blow out losses.

And with Iowa, we tried a rushed FG to try to get it to one possession to leave time on the clock. Was closer than that.

 

[flander1649]

The OSU game was a very physical game and I really think that ISU got more dinged up than we all know about and it has carried over. ISU will continue to improve their physicality in the future and they will be the team handing out those lumps. This year has been disappointing but again ISU is heading in the correct direction as a program.