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theiacowtipper said:
Yes. Away game. We have a bit of a winning streak against them and there newish coach has t beaten the Hawks. I think they’ll come out firing and Iowa won’t be able to answer. Same as my prediction for the clones, except ISU will do it on defense vs offense. Nebraska 32 Iowa 27. ISU 20 Iowa 9.
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You act like Nebraska is a good home team
 
mikesright said:
Curious why ISU fans suddenly think Nebraska and Minnesota are crap teams. ISU is 18-86-2 against Nebraska and 3-22-1 against Minnesota all time. The Big Ten West is gonna be a tough mother this year with Minnesota, Nebraska, and Purdue set to move up. This is the most loaded coaching group I’ve seen in any league outside of the SEC in the Big Ten this year. I wouldn’t favor Iowa St over any West team outside of Illinois this year being dead serious. And Iowa gets two tough crossovers at Michigan and vs Penn State, while having a brutal home/away split in the West @Wisconsin, @Nebraska, @Northwestern.

I do think ISU will do well this year as there is so much transition in the B12 this year. Kansas State is gonna be a multi-year teardown and rebuild as Snyder’s recruiting fell off so bad. TCU is rebuilding its offense after last year’s disaster and essentially will be doing American Idol QB edition. Kansas is still Kansas - yet to win a conference road game in the last 10 years plus.

Continuing, Oklahoma State needs answers on defense that aren’t coming in one offseason. Baylor is fine but they’re a 7 win type of team right now in their post Briles era where they held parts of the roster up with paper mache and transfers. WVU is going through a coach/philosophy/recruiting transition. Neal Brown is good but Holgo left the roster in bad shape and with lots of players that were castoffs. Tech is in roughly the same shape but at least they were left with a good QB.

I do admire ISU’s coaching staff compared to many in the Big 12, they’re a lot less dependent on transfers and JUCO players (the summer-entering, not academically qualified ones specifically) than their brethren.

Literally Texas and Oklahoma are the only good teams standing in Iowa State’s way in conference this year - hence the accolades and preseason projections.
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Fleck sucks and Nebraska has won 8 games the last two years combined. Why should we think they're good?

Oklahoma State was way better than Nebraska last year and you're talking about their defense not being able to be fixed in one off season but Nebraska's awful defense will be? Lol
 
mikesright said:
Curious why ISU fans suddenly think Nebraska and Minnesota are crap teams. ISU is 18-86-2 against Nebraska and 3-22-1 against Minnesota all time. The Big Ten West is gonna be a tough mother this year with Minnesota, Nebraska, and Purdue set to move up.
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This might be the least relevant point in this whole thread...and that is saying something.
 
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Stewo said:
Did you know that Army has 5 national championships? Three of those were consecutive. They're up there with Clemson and Alabama.
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CyTwins said:
Fleck sucks and Nebraska has won 8 games the last two years combined. Why should we think they're good?

Oklahoma State was way better than Nebraska last year and you're talking about their defense not being able to be fixed in one off season but Nebraska's awful defense will be? Lol
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I don't think Minnesota will ever be close to a power house and will only be as good as multiple 6 win seasons with MAYBE an 8 win one thrown in there. However, I do believe Frost is going to figure things out at Nebraska and be a contender to win the B10 West year in and year out. I don't think they'll be like they were back in the day, but with the guys Frost is bringing in and the culture he's trying to build, I think they're going to be a solid program again. The only way all of that happens though is if he can figure his defensive situation out.
 
dexterhawk said:
Considering the Hawks will be at a huge disadvantage this year....if they win they’re without question the better team.
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That's not always how it works. Iowa could win this game and Iowa State could end up being the better team at the end of the year and vice versa. When we were beating Iowa with 1, 2, 3 win teams, we were not the better team overall or at the end of the year.
 
Statefan10 said:
That's not always how it works. Iowa could win this game and Iowa State could end up being the better team at the end of the year and vice versa. When we were beating Iowa with 1, 2, 3 win teams, we were not the better team overall or at the end of the year.
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You guys get a week 1 scrimmage against a FCS team. Get your bye the next weekend for a 2 week prep for the Hawks at home.

If the Hawks win they’re most definitely the better team.
 
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dexterhawk said:
Your Super Bowl bye week is huge IMO. Pollard and MC pulling out all the stops this year!
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I could be wrong but I don't think teams in college football play that great coming off a bye if you look at the numbers. I'd much rather have two games under our belt than one and a bye honestly but one is better than none like last year
 
dexterhawk said:
You guys get a week 1 scrimmage against a FCS team. Get your bye the next weekend for a 2 week prep for the Hawks at home.

If the Hawks win they’re most definitely the better team.
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I'm not necessarily talking about Iowa State vs. Iowa.. it's every team. Any team can beat anyone on any given day. If Iowa beats Iowa State this year, that means they were better than Iowa State that game. If Iowa ends up having a similar overall year or better, they were a better team no doubt. I'm saying just because you lose to someone, it doesn't necessarily make them the better team.
 
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CyTwins said:
I could be wrong but I don't think teams in college football play that great coming off a bye if you look at the numbers. I'd much rather have two games under our belt than one and a bye honestly but one is better than none like last year
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Pollard and MC obviously disagree.
 
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