Why don't we drop UNI

[CloneAbuse]

Let's just drop the UNI FB game....

not because of the competition on the field, lord knows they come to play, but simply for the one reason....

I'm sick of dealing with Iowa fans two different weeks during the season, and now it's back-to-back weeks! Every UNI fan is an Iowa fan and every Iowa fan becomes a UNI fan when we play them...

 

[alarson]

Im no fan of playing them, but its one of our best selling tickets, so its not going away soon.

 

[CysRage]

I don't think we play them next year.

 

[Cyclonz]

Too big a gate to not play them. We just need to learn to come out and pound them early and give them no life.

 

[cyclone83]

Im no fan of playing them, but its one of our best selling tickets, so its not going away soon.

Aren't our top three gates against UNI? If we would had played Tennesse Tech we would have been lucky to draw 45,000.

 

[JD720]

I don't think we play them next year.

Correct,the game is currently scheduled for 2014, 16, 17, and 18.

 

[jdoggivjc]

As outright opposed as I have been about dropping Iowa, strangely enough I'm not that opposed to dropping UNI permanently (or at least not playing them 2 out of 3 years). If the goal is to schedule an FCS team to play a "warm-up" game before the season, why play an FCS team such as UNI that is better than a lot of FBS teams out there?

 

[ISUCyclone06]

I disagree completely with the OP. In-State games are great, I love the rivalry and there are just as many UNI fans that wish us the best of luck against Iowa.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Aren't our top three gates against UNI? If we would had played Tennesse Tech we would have been lucky to draw 45,000.

I don't know - what were the gate totals for NDSU and SDSU (keeping in mind those were Thursday night games)?

I'd like to see ISU schedule WIU, EIU (E. Illinois, not Iowa :wink, SIU, Missouri St, etc.

 

[huntt26]

LOL this thread is funny.

Correct, next year we do not play UNI. Instead, UNI plays Iowa and Wisconsin.

 

[JD720]

I think technically "gate" means money, so the gates are likely bigger against Iowa, but the UNI games have had higher attendance.

 

[dabears32]

As outright opposed as I have been about dropping Iowa, strangely enough I'm not that opposed to dropping UNI permanently (or at least not playing them 2 out of 3 years). If the goal is to schedule an FCS team to play a "warm-up" game before the season, why play an FCS team such as UNI that is better than a lot of FBS teams out there?

Except that UNI sells tickets and given our current financial situation we need all the ticket sales we can get.

 

[CloneAbuse]

Too big a gate to not play them. We just need to learn to come out and pound them early and give them no life.

No TV revenue from the match up. I have to admit, I'm kind of glad that game wasn't televised last night.

I know the in-state event is the good for the gate and it's not going away, my point was that I'm sick of the two fanbases.

 

[Wesley]

As outright opposed as I have been about dropping Iowa, strangely enough I'm not that opposed to dropping UNI permanently (or at least not playing them 2 out of 3 years). If the goal is to schedule an FCS team to play a "warm-up" game before the season, why play an FCS team such as UNI that is better than a lot of FBS teams out there?

To BE the best, you have the BEat the BEst. Big East, here we come.

 

[acgclone]

No way. We just need to recruit players and coaches that can beat an FCS team like UNI soundly.

 

[RING4CY]

Im no fan of playing them, but its one of our best selling tickets, so its not going away soon.

Pretty much. Last night's crowd was the 4th biggest in JTS history, and 3 of the 4 top crowds in JTS history have been games against UNI.

 

[CycloneVet]

Hey Im alumni of both ISU and UNI and they need the cash badly right now. I'll you one thing we know alot about what we can do compared to what Iowa knows right now. UNI always comes to play and typically push us recently, Mark Farley is a hell of a coach and exposed plenty of weaknesses, weaknesses that has everybody in the programs attention right now. Tennessee Tech didnt show Iowa anything except Marcus Coker may be a touch overrated. UNI should schedule Iowa and ISU every year, keep money in the state.

 

[alarson]

Though, as a counterpoint to what i said above, in 09 we sold 49k for North Dakota State.

UNI sells well, but september sales are usually fairly good regardless. And you have to keep in mind that the additional UNI tickets are mostly hillsides, which are worth a bit less than your average ticket.

 

[dualthreat]

There are a ton of reasons why we should keep playing UNI. First of all, I love the game. Its kind of a rivalry game. A lot of ISU students and Alum obviously know a lot of UNI people, making for a great way to get together and tailgate and meet up.

The game always has a great crowd.
UNI is a great warm up for our schedule.
UNI is a team that will give ISU or Iowa their best shot.

College football is based on rivalries!! If we didn't play Iowa, UNI, Nebraska, K-state, missouri, etc. Who would we play? We would just be playing various opponents and winning and losing games. Kind of hard to describe, but college football is all about tradition and old rivalry games and playing teams geographically close to you and trash talking and bragging rights. Without all of that all your left with is ... playing some big east team.

 

[RING4CY]

As outright opposed as I have been about dropping Iowa, strangely enough I'm not that opposed to dropping UNI permanently (or at least not playing them 2 out of 3 years). If the goal is to schedule an FCS team to play a "warm-up" game before the season, why play an FCS team such as UNI that is better than a lot of FBS teams out there?

This I do agree with. UNI does draw big crowds to JTS, but at times I wonder why we schedule a top 10 FCS school and not a "Tennessee Tech" (sub .500 FCS school.)