Cy-hawk
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When you lose the battle and win the war. But it's the battle you only cared about.
Isn’t the football game the biggest battle?
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2022-2023 CY-HAWK CHAMPIONS!
Crowned before the calendar even turned to 2023!
Crowned before the calendar even turned to 2023!
Pretty good showing overall when you take the title in the year with more events are in Iowa City. Traditionally the "home team" has won most of the years where they host the most events. Difference being we finally won a football game in the series.
As it pertains to the CyHawk Challenge (plus a general question), I didn't think about event sites. Wouldn't that typically skew toward the home team each year as a baseline? (Especially basketball, but football site matters at least a little; not sure how much it affects wrestling).
I doubt scheduling was set based on CyHawk, but is it just a coincidence it isn't staggered at least for the "major" sports (like basketball at opposite sites each season and maybe rotate football/wrestling)?
Wrestling is two points for Iowa every year, IC or Ames. Cross country is usually 4 for us every year. Volleyball is another that we SHOULD win each year but did lose last year in IC.
Next year football, MBB, WBB will all be in Ames. Football is a biggie since it's 4 point points and everything else is 2. No secret they dominate us in football so that's usually four points for them.
Here's a link to a Wiki page that You can see the advantage many years the winner has with "home field". Lately the "visitor" has won though. They slaughtered us 2019-2020 in "Ames" and we've won this year in "Iowa City". Overall we've done great in this head to head considering we spot them 6 or 10 points per years and we get spotted like 6.
Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series - Wikipedia
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The all-sport series is essentially set up to rotate every year, given how unbalanced the home/away schedule is. The "home" team should win it each year.
There have only been 3 "visitor" wins (plus 1 tie) in 18 years.
If Iowa had won it would have been on several sites and local news sources.
After this past week in bigger sports they'll act like nothing else including football happened.
Football is 3 points, 11 other contests are 2 points each for 25 points total. Thus this year ISU winsWrestling is two points for Iowa every year, IC or Ames. Cross country is usually 4 for us every year. Volleyball is another that we SHOULD win each year but did lose last year in IC.
Next year football, MBB, WBB will all be in Ames. Football is a biggie since it's 4 point points and everything else is 2. No secret they dominate us in football so that's usually four points for them.
Here's a link to a Wiki page that You can see the advantage many years the winner has with "home field". Lately the "visitor" has won though. They slaughtered us 2019-2020 in "Ames" and we've won this year in "Iowa City". Overall we've done great in this head to head considering we spot them 6 or 10 points per years and we get spotted like 6.
Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series - Wikipedia
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FB = 3
Soccer = 2
M XC = 2
W XC = 2
VB = 2
Swim = 2
for 13 pts and 13-6 lead in current point totals. there only 3 events left (Softball, Gymnastics, Tennis) so even if Iowa wins all three the final would be 13-12. ISU should have good shot at all three, especially softball and gymnastics.
All I could think about when I heard chants of "Hawkeye State" in CHA over my TV during both the WBB and MBB matchups was how far ahead ISU was in this battle. The fact that swimming & diving clinched the win that very same week makes it even better.
State now has a 9 wins to 8 lead all time in the contest with the home advantage next year. There was also one year they tied and one year it was cancelled due to COVID. Iowa always had the advantage in the series since it started on a year that Iowa had most of the home competitions so since it usually went to the home side they could always brag that they were leading or tied in the all time series even though no one had an upset. With the cancellation due to COVID they finally lost that advantage.