Future Big 12 FB Opponents/Schedule Announced

We should be playing CU 3 times not effing UCF.
I’d rather play UCF. Especially sooner rather than later as Deion could get that thing cookin’. I wish we played them next year then took a year off of him. Then he’ll likely be gone for one reason or another.
 
It's a not the cold, it's the lack of humidity that kills you.
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I’d rather play UCF. Especially sooner rather than later as Deion could get that thing cookin’. I wish we played them next year then took a year off of him. Then he’ll likely be gone for one reason or another.

Deion brings in the NFL talent, wins, moves on, then they rotate onto ISU's schedule.
 
Living that Big 10 west life now. Feels good.
Big this. SOS literally does not matter one drop of a percent in college football. When all you have to do to play in the postseason is meet a number you should absolutely try to get the easiest path to that number. Iowa is considered a good program from years of feasting on losers or good programs having a down season and then getting demolished whenever they play someone good.
 
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So dumb. Here's your protected rivalries. This would've been so much simpler:

Cincinnati
Houston
UCF
West Virginia

Colorado
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State

Baylor
Oklahoma State
TCU
Texas Tech

Arizona
Arizona State
BYU
Utah
I could see this being floated and Houston throwing an absolute hissy fit.
 
If both schools are really that concerned about the nation's longest continuous rivalry being interrupted they can go to the conference office and put them on notice that they will be playing each other as a non-con game in 2027.

I'm pretty sure that won't happen so maybe it isn't that important to these two schools.
 
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2 years later no one remembers who you played to get the # of wins you got.

Really I still bring up the powder puff schedule that KSU had in the 90s etc to pad their win column. Some years playing multiple fcs teams and multiple G5s.


We still remind Iowa that their schedule is weak, and has been for years.

I think bigger, regional, and historic matchups are more important that ISU vs UCF, or ISU vs Houston, but thats just me I guess. I believe that ISU vs KSU history means something and much more than ISU vs Cinci etc. But I guess thats too old school, and believe that either you protect everyones rivals or none, not really a fair deal to protect a handful of teams rivals and not others.

I also think losing games like NU vs ISU, MU vs ISU, and now KSU vs ISU on annual basis has been bad for ISU and for football in general.
 
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Really I still bring up the powder puff schedule that KSU had in the 90s etc to pad their win column. Some years playing multiple fcs teams and multiple G5s.


We still remind Iowa that their schedule is weak, and has been for years.

I think bigger, regional, and historic matchups are more important that ISU vs UCF, or ISU vs Houston, but thats just me I guess. I believe that ISU vs KSU history means something and much more than ISU vs Cinci etc. But I guess thats too old school, and believe that either you protect everyones rivals or none, not really a fair deal to protect a handful of teams rivals and not others.

I also think losing games like NU vs ISU, MU vs ISU, and now KSU vs ISU on annual basis has been bad for ISU and for football in general.
Snyder learned it from Fry, schedule as many cupcakes as you can and build up your win total. It's not who you beat that people remember, but how many wins you get.
 
I could see this being floated and Houston throwing an absolute hissy fit.
Why they still would be playing at least 2 of the TX/OK teams every year, not to mention the Original members should have at least a little preference over expansion teams at least at the start.
 
Why they still would be playing at least 2 of the TX/OK teams every year, not to mention the Original members should have at least a little preference over expansion teams at least at the start.
I don't disagree with your reasoning. That doesn't mean that Houston doesn't feel entitled that if pods were to be put together Houston has an absolute god given right to be in one with the other Texas schools. Because Texas.
 
I don't disagree with your reasoning. That doesn't mean that Houston doesn't feel entitled that if pods were to be put together Houston has an absolute god given right to be in one with the other Texas schools. Because Texas.
Well it didnt happen and only a few schools got a rivalry game, so as usual ISU gets screwed.

I mean what did they protect in BB for us? BYU or some stupid **** like that.

This could have been done so much better. At least in my opinion.
 
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Like others I'm sad the KSU-ISU game continuity thing will end.

That said, realignment has killed huge rivalries, and this will barely register to anyone not associated with those two schools.

Look at OU-NE. One of the top 5 rivalries in the nation. NE to B1G and it's gone. Poooof!

Tradition is no longer a thing in college sports. Only $$$ matters. Not a complaint, per se, but an observation.
 
I could see this being floated and Houston throwing an absolute hissy fit.
Colorado also wouldn't be happy being in a pod with 3 Midwest schools (even if they were old Big 8 rivals).

Best case scenario for ISU would have been a pod with KU, KSU and CO. But the pod idea obviously got vetoed by certain schools like Houston and Colorado (and maybe OSU too). Given that wasn't an option, I think ISU came out of things just fine
 
Like others I'm sad the KSU-ISU game continuity thing will end.

That said, realignment has killed huge rivalries, and this will barely register to anyone not associated with those two schools.

Look at OU-NE. One of the top 5 rivalries in the nation. NE to B1G and it's gone. Poooof!

Tradition is no longer a thing in college sports. Only $$$ matters. Not a complaint, per se, but an observation.
OU vs OSU. Poof!
 
Florida State at 6-0 in the ACC has only 2 conference games left. They play Pittsburgh on Saturday and Miami next Saturday. They finish the season with 2 nonconference games. The ACC will be wrapped up while the other conferences are playing meaningful games.
To be fair, one of FSU's non-ACC games to end the year is @ Florida - which is quite meaningful.
 
Like others I'm sad the KSU-ISU game continuity thing will end.

That said, realignment has killed huge rivalries, and this will barely register to anyone not associated with those two schools.

Look at OU-NE. One of the top 5 rivalries in the nation. NE to B1G and it's gone. Poooof!

Tradition is no longer a thing in college sports. Only $$$ matters. Not a complaint, per se, but an observation.
There is a difference in rivalries where one or both schools leave the conf. Not really possible to protect that rivalry.

But when said schools remain in conference there should be a way to protect them.
 
My first instinct is that everyone should have one rival, but the reality is a some are going to have 2 (ie, K-State with KU + ISU) while others might not have one that really makes any sense at all. It sucks

I'm happy with getting a home & home with everyone at least every 4 years and they didn't go with pods another strategy that means some schools don't see each other very often at all.
One protected rival would not have helped ISU with KU or K-State but ISU vs. Oklahoma State would have been a fantastic protected rivalry based on the history since I have been a Cyclone. Either way, Let's go State and Get her done-*!

*-Big XII Championship!
 
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