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Best sports loss ever?

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daphins

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Alright, I feel the pain of Clones fans everywhere. For the first 10 seconds after the failed 2 point conversion I was screaming at the TV and shaking my first. But then I stopped..thought about it....and I think that could be the best sports loss I've seen...EVER....

1. Statistically we had no business being in that game. With our record vs. ranked opponents this year, Nebraska coming off an embarrassing loss to us last year, and what our schedule looked like.....we should be DAMN proud of our team for standing Toe to Toe Nebraska.

2. This team proves week in and week out that it is SCRAPPY. They stood toe to toe and exchanged blows with Nebraska when any previous Cyclone team would have crumbled after Nebraska went up by 2 scores.

3. The risk/reward of going for that play was too high not to take it. The W in this game would have been HUGE as far as bowls and recruiting go. Paul Rhoads did what I love best in a coach...he played to win. Kept his foot on the gas and went for it. Losing this game is fairly negligible as far as bowls go...we're right where we expected to be...going to Colorado with a shot becoming bowl eligible and a game against Missouri at home.

4. That play was THERE. The play WAS the right call, the execution wasn't there. Paul Rhoads was one well executed play from beating a ranked Nebraska in the last game they may play against each other.

5. We lost on our OWN terms. Iowa state didn't get out run, out passed, or out muscled. Iowa State lost because they were going for it all. There is NO shame in going for that. Ballsy calls (50+ yard FG shots) are what kept us in that game. It's part of the Iowa State culture now..and it's a good thing.

I can't quit smiling right now. Incredible game by OUR team.

Congratulations Cyclones!
 
daphins said:
Alright, I feel the pain of Clones fans everywhere. For the first 10 seconds after the failed 2 point conversion I was screaming at the TV and shaking my first. But then I stopped..thought about it....and I think that could be the best sports loss I've seen...EVER....

1. Statistically we had no business being in that game. With our record vs. ranked opponents this year, Nebraska coming off an embarrassing loss to us last year, and what our schedule looked like.....we should be DAMN proud of our team for standing Toe to Toe Nebraska.

2. This team proves week in and week out that it is SCRAPPY. They stood toe to toe and exchanged blows with Nebraska when any previous Cyclone team would have crumbled after Nebraska went up by 2 scores.

3. The risk/reward of going for that play was too high not to take it. The W in this game would have been HUGE as far as bowls and recruiting go. Paul Rhoads did what I love best in a coach...he played to win. Kept his foot on the gas and went for it. Losing this game is fairly negligible as far as bowls go...we're right where we expected to be...going to Colorado with a shot becoming bowl eligible and a game against Missouri at home.

4. That play was THERE. The play WAS the right call, the execution wasn't there. Paul Rhoads was one well executed play from beating a ranked Nebraska in the last game they may play against each other.

5. We lost on our OWN terms. Iowa state didn't get out run, out passed, or out muscled. Iowa State lost because they were going for it all. There is NO shame in going for that. Ballsy calls (50+ yard FG shots) are what kept us in that game. It's part of the Iowa State culture now..and it's a good thing.

I can't quit smiling right now. Incredible game by OUR team.

Congratulations Cyclones!
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Did that moral victory count as a win? :skeptical:
 
If you say rhoads played to win that game i think its false. He would have played to win if he would have taken at least one shot in regulation to end the game. Your special teams is for kicks not throwing passes. Dumb call and I would never agree with it ever
 
This thread is pathetic and embarassing. I guess I'm in the minority which surprises me, but I'm not happy at all. ISU should have won this game and again found a way to lose. There are certainly positives, but I think if Nebraska has Martinez, we probably get rolled. Great effort by our guys though and while I would have kicked the extra point, I don't fault Rhoads for trying the fake. It was wide open.
 
Sorry, too many screw ups to be a great loss. Excited we were able to get back in the game, but its not a great game when you have a pick-6, fumble, and two HUGE missed field goals. It was a great game no doubt, but that throw has to be made in the end zone. Maybe I'm am still in rage/shock of the game, but I wish we would have just manned up and went for two. Obviously my opinion would be different had we converted.
 
cycub51 said:
If you say rhoads played to win that game i think its false. He would have played to win if he would have taken at least one shot in regulation to end the game. Your special teams is for kicks not throwing passes. Dumb call and I would never agree with it ever
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You would have agreed had it been complete for 2 :smile:
 
I can't believe people thought we should have gone for the win in regulation. Have you watched Austen Arnaud at all during his career? From drive to drive, you have no clue what you're going to get. Kneeling was absolutely the right call.
 
Moral victories don't mean a lot when you're a pass away from a win over a #7 team you're never going to play again and becoming bowl eligible.

That being said, I don't think there is such a thing as a "good loss." Only ones that look better in comparison to others.
 
best loss ever? I don't get that logic. This loss is devastating IMO. This ranks right up there with Missouri in 04 in my eyes.
 
While this game certainly stirs up the "Woulda couldas" I am with the OP. I have never been prouder of our team. I do feel a bit that we beat ourselves with those interceptions but honestly, I've never been prouder to be a cyclone fan. Go rewatch that fake PAT on ESPN's recap. You can see the wind take it, and even the announcers said it was a good call.
I certainly fall a bit into the sad because it's a loss and I was there and I thought that we were going to be rushing the field with a win over a top 10 team and I was absolutely excited.
However, I feel this is a turning point in our program. Yes we lost, but to hear students understanding that we can compete with top 10 programs because our coach is phenomonal, I can't wait to see what happens when he gets the guys that fit his schemes.
Any fusker fan I ran into touting that win got rebuttled hard on my way home. I give Nebraska credit for the win, but as far as I am concerned, we proved that we can and will compete with any team.
 
Now I understand completely what Danny Mac used to say about "No moral victories". Unlike his program, CPR's is at the stage where it doesn't need them.
 
I don't know if there's such a thing as a "good loss". But it's one of the few times I've left the stadium after a loss and didn't feel like we could have done something more, or that we didn't lay it all on the line. We did everything we needed to do to win the game, the ball just didn't bounce the way we needed it to at the end. No shame in losing like that to the #7 team in the nation.
 
Most fans are giddy and we lost.

We could've beat them outright in OT. Instead, we put it on a backup punter to pass the ball. He looked as though he'd never thrown a pass before.

I'm not blaming the holder, but PR greatly over-estimated that kid's ability if he thought that he was capable of making that play. He threw it as poorly as anyone I've ever seen on a football field.

Wrong foot, limp wristed...awful. Again, not the kid's fault at all to be in that position.

There's a reason he's a backup punter.
 
daphins said:
Alright, I feel the pain of Clones fans everywhere. For the first 10 seconds after the failed 2 point conversion I was screaming at the TV and shaking my first. But then I stopped..thought about it....and I think that could be the best sports loss I've seen...EVER....

1. Statistically we had no business being in that game. With our record vs. ranked opponents this year, Nebraska coming off an embarrassing loss to us last year, and what our schedule looked like.....we should be DAMN proud of our team for standing Toe to Toe Nebraska.

2. This team proves week in and week out that it is SCRAPPY. They stood toe to toe and exchanged blows with Nebraska when any previous Cyclone team would have crumbled after Nebraska went up by 2 scores.

3. The risk/reward of going for that play was too high not to take it. The W in this game would have been HUGE as far as bowls and recruiting go. Paul Rhoads did what I love best in a coach...he played to win. Kept his foot on the gas and went for it. Losing this game is fairly negligible as far as bowls go...we're right where we expected to be...going to Colorado with a shot becoming bowl eligible and a game against Missouri at home.

4. That play was THERE. The play WAS the right call, the execution wasn't there. Paul Rhoads was one well executed play from beating a ranked Nebraska in the last game they may play against each other.

5. We lost on our OWN terms. Iowa state didn't get out run, out passed, or out muscled. Iowa State lost because they were going for it all. There is NO shame in going for that. Ballsy calls (50+ yard FG shots) are what kept us in that game. It's part of the Iowa State culture now..and it's a good thing.

I can't quit smiling right now. Incredible game by OUR team.

Congratulations Cyclones!
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You can't quit smiling right now? Quit bogarting the doob.
 
Lots of talk about the #7 team in the nation. While true on paper...they had their 3rd string QB.
 
And we are beat up from Texas, it is what it is. I've gotten to the point where I look beyond injuries when talking about a team. It is what it is. They're still #7 in the nation.


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