I agree. As long as the scrimmage doesn't last longer than 4 hours, should be no reason to call their doctor.
This year's "secret scrimmage" is against...
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I agree. As long as the scrimmage doesn't last longer than 4 hours, should be no reason to call their doctor.
I don't think it would do ISU, or Drake/UNI any good at all to play a team in a "secret" scrimmage that you are already scheduled to play against in the regular season, in this case ISU vs. UNI this upcoming season.
I don't know for sure, but I think the usual formula for these "secret" games is to play a regional opponent that you don't have games scheduled with in the real seasons to come, like our game against Creighton a couple of years ago. There's a rumor from valid sources on PantherNation.com that UNI is playing Wisconsin in their "secret" scrimmage this preseason.
I will agree that it does seem odd for a Southern school like Tulane to play us, but I think that's the exception rather than the norm.
After what happened to the Gophs in our secret scrimmage last season, I get why they wouldn't want any part of it this year. Hard to take much away from a beatdown .
Just out of curiousity, would there be any rules against playing the Iowa Energy? Is it any different than when they played EA Sports? That was a team of paid players too, was it?
I think we know how ISU starters are going to preform when the lights come on but it allows the staff to get some real time line-up and game rotation experimentation for the new players with starters. For example Prohm can give Ernst/Carter some minutes with the First team when McKay needs a breather and see who appears more comfortable in the lineup vs D-1 competition. Same situation for Naz/Hallice at the backup PG for MM. More difficult to do that if your going 1st team vs 2nd team in practice.
I'm sure it's way more beneficial than adding an exhibition game against a D3 school.
What does "owned" mean in this context? (These scores usually leak out right?)
But, we do have some new players AND a new coach pulling the strings. Plus we have a very anxious fan base that wants to hear/read about Cyclones kicking some serious ***** especially after football season.
I think this will be good. It gives the players and coaches a chance to get into a game like situation to see how plays are called and coaches react to situations. I think they'll get more out of the game mechanics than they will from the actual opponent.
What is seriously going on right now? We've resulted to complaining about who the secret scrimmage is against? "I have to admit I'm a little disappointed in this"??? What do we care?
For all we know, Prohm's wife was a college roommate of the wife of the assistant coach and they all heard Iowa State's Campus was beautiful in late October early November and they elected to show their Louisiana players to something they dont see everyday.........since it means absolutely nothing.
For all we know, Prohm's wife was a college roommate of the wife of the assistant coach and they all heard Iowa State's Campus was beautiful in late October early November and they elected to show their Louisiana players to something they dont see everyday.........since it means absolutely nothing.
