I wouldn't trade it for anything. That game was a great memory. Also, following that game, Rhoads ineptness has be shown big time. A few more wins just prolongs an inept coach leading the Cyclones.
Trading Wins
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Essentially, the thought experiment is, how many wins is the memory of the OSU upset worth? (Because that win apparently didn't help create upward momentum in the program).
Assuming all other results would remain the same outside of the swapping, I’ll set some boundaries:
1. Allowed to swap W/L only in games that were within one TD (i.e., games realistically winnable in real timeline).
2. Limited to Rhoads era.
3. Regular season only (swapping W/L would change specifics of bowl locale and opponent).
4. No more than 5 W’s. (Otherwise, you could trade that singular night for 3 straight 10-win seasons).
In roughly this order:
1. KSU 2012
2. West Virginia 2012 (1 & 2 combined and ISU is 8-4 that year)
3. KSU 2011 (without OSU win, ISU would not have been bowl-eligible)
4. Nebraska 2010 (bowl eligibility and a sweet, thrilling end to that otherwise dreadful Big 8/12 series)
5. Either KSU 2014 or Texas 2013.
1. Allowed to swap W/L only in games that were within one TD (i.e., games realistically winnable in real timeline).
2. Limited to Rhoads era.
3. Regular season only (swapping W/L would change specifics of bowl locale and opponent).
4. No more than 5 W’s. (Otherwise, you could trade that singular night for 3 straight 10-win seasons).
In roughly this order:
1. KSU 2012
2. West Virginia 2012 (1 & 2 combined and ISU is 8-4 that year)
3. KSU 2011 (without OSU win, ISU would not have been bowl-eligible)
4. Nebraska 2010 (bowl eligibility and a sweet, thrilling end to that otherwise dreadful Big 8/12 series)
5. Either KSU 2014 or Texas 2013.
We were so close to really turning the corner in 2012; a win over WVU in the last game gets us to 7-5 and would have sent us to the Holiday Bowl. We would have gotten a shot at a beatable UCLA team.
Maybe we could trade that win for a win against Misery in 2004 and Kansas in 2005 so it could have been ISU that got whipped in the Big 12 Championship game those two years 42-3 and 70-3.
Curious, who is talking about that game in college football circles? I don't think I've heard it mentioned outside of CF in years.
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You shouldn't want to trade that win for any thing. What should have happened after that win and going into 2012 should have catapulted this program. Instead, some very poor decisions were made by leadership and we're still feeling the effects 3 years later.
CEO's make poor descusions all the time and ruin good products and great companies.
“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.†- Steve Jobs
This... The sporting world does not revolve around Ames Iowa and I haven't seen mention of it in any publication outside of googling the exact words ISU upsets OSU...
The OSU win didn't cost the Big 12 a dime. The Big 12 wasn't going to get two teams in BCS bowls whether OSU won or lost.
