2016 Big 12 Schedule
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We also tend to get the 11am kickoffs late in the season, especially if Tech and WV aren't compelling national attention.
That is also an awful schedule for making a bowl game. They will almost have to win the final 3 games in a row to bowl. When was the last time ISU won 3 conference games in a row? Putting our 3 most winnable conference games all in a row and all at the very end of the season is nearly worst case scenario.
Best case scenario those final games are at 11:00. Do you want another night game in the middle of November?
I was already on the fence about season tickets (mainly family conflicts and the long drive) but this pretty much cinches it...next year will be my first without season tickets. I'll go the single ticket route for 3-4.
I don't hate this schedule. Very likely start 2-2. Get a bye before KSU...hopefully they play the week before that game. Get OU at home on a short week...I am curious who OU has after us. That short week also means an extra couple days to prep for KU, which we know will be a must win roadie. 4 of last 5 games at home, with one road trip to Lawrence. That's great.
I know people aren't going to be happy with all the mid-late season home games, but it's one of the few advantages ISU might hold over a team like Tech. The colder the better IMO.
If ISU can sneak an upset somewhere in CONF play early, the season would look pretty good on the back side with a 3-3 or 3-4 start.
Surprising on Oklahoma.
Gotta wonder what Tech did to the powers that be to get sent to Ames that late?
I wonder why the bye week isn't before OU? I don't know the last time a team played on Saturday/Thursday. Most of the time they have a week off before.
TCU losing Boykin will look similar to when we lost Seneca. They had a tremendous drop off when he got injured.
Does anyone know how "hand-crafted" the Big 12 schedule is? I've heard people talk about it being "computer-generated," but it can't be entirely generated by random. For instance, it has "rivalry" games at the end of the season, except for Texas/Oklahoma which is always mid-season. And all the Texas teams play each other in Texas during Thanksgiving week.
I can tell you from BITTERLY COLD experience that we may be sitting in snow for the last 2 games but who in the Heck Cares.....................
Go Cyclones Crush the Mountain Men from West Virginny
Before this year they have beat us by 3, 7 and 9 points since our last win. The 9 point loss was a closer game then the 7 point loss too. Seems like close games to me, especially when in Ames.
Still odd that the Big 12 does not have all teams play on championship weekend to get maximum exposure, although they do have 3 games scheduled for 2016. Only 4 teams that dont play on Dec 3 or ISU, KU, Tech and Texas.