ISU is returning a ton, have a veteran QB with a big arm, one of the best WR corps in the conference and a lot easier schedule than year's past, but yet ISU fans aren't expecting a bowl game?
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ISU is returning a ton, have a veteran QB with a big arm, one of the best WR corps in the conference and a lot easier schedule than year's past, but yet ISU fans aren't expecting a bowl game?
Starting QB, RBs, WRs, OL. Don't know much about what they are returning on defense, but their Offense should be legit I would expect.
We've won 3,2,3,3 games the past 4 years. I would say "expecting" 6 wins would be a stretch. And will have a tough stretch of games late.
Uh....there will probably be 3 guys who haven't started more than 1 game for ISU on the OL who start....
OL is a question mark, thank the Lord we have Manning. Defense and special teams are a concern for me plus the Big 12 will be much better this year
You think Iowa would be in the Outback Bowl with an 11-2 record and 9-0 B1G record?
Just because your football program has never been relevant outside of Central Iowa, you really should have a better understanding of how the bowl system works.
Production should be pretty good if the O-Line can deliver, but that's a big "if". Hoping for the best here; if we start out near the level where we ended last season, we will be looking pretty good.
Defense is questionable, still transitioning to a new system along with more limited talent. DBs in particular were a very large recruiting target, so hopefully a few of them pan out quickly. DL should be good if the JUCOs live up to hype. LBs will likely be the weakest spot, which is common to us the past few years.
Special teams is a huge question mark, I have no idea where we are going to be here.
Gotcha...thanks for the rundown. I guess looking at your schedule and knowing some of the pieces you have coming back that six wins would be a realistic possibility.
I don't think 6 wins is impossible, but I think it's a little optimistic... It's doable if some things swing our way. The split for "good year/bad year" is probably at 4.5 wins the way I see it.
Yep, we are going to have to get a line with little experience whipped into shape real fast. If or when that happens, our offense should pretty much be complete at that point, though.
How does ISU's schedule become much easier? We always have the same 10 teams and usually have UNI, which means we geneally only have 1 team that changes. We are not like Iowa.
It'll be harder than last year and last year we still had the 32nd toughest SOS in the country
This is kind of perplexing...you're doing what Iowa fans generally do about Iowa every year, but saying it about ISU, in trying to argue with ISU fans that are trying to temper your own expectations for a program that's had one winning season in a decade.
Just looking at their schedule for the first time and reading here about raising the standards and such.
UNI - W
Iowa - L
Akron - W
Texas - W
OK - L
KU - W
TT - W
TCU - Tossup
WVU - L
OK St. - L
Baylor - Tossup
KSU - L
Six wins are very achievable I think.
I'm in the opposite boat. I think all of TCU, BU, and UT will end up being stronger than they appear this year (with Texas being the most questionable).