Not saying to bring back baseball

[VeloClone]

Iowa States hockey team has been doing pretty good right now. They won the ACHA championship a few years ago and they're currently ranked as of right now. I think they'd be best off joining the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) than the B1G though.

Right now the B1G has some top notch teams and while you obviously want the big dogs, you have to be realistic. Also right now ISU uses the Ames Ice Arena which is nothing compared to the enormous stadiums used by teams like Michigan, Ohio State, and Wisconsin. There are only 3 current conferences that are close enough for ISU to join: the B1G, the WCHA, and the NCHC. Like I said the B1G is very hard but the NCHC is een harder to compete in with teams like Western Michigan, North Dakota, Denver, and Minnesota-Duluth. The WCHA is the best option, offering decent teams that are competitive but at ISU's level. The biggest problem to getting a team will be building a stadium big enough for the DI level and the only way I see that happening is by using Hilton.

Believe me, I love Hilton, but the sight lines for hockey suck in Hilton.

 

[cyowa]

Didn’t students recently repair the baseball field? It’s dissappointing Iowa State doesn’t have a baseball team, but I am hopeful it gets reinstated at some point in my lifetime. With the Big 12 fielding a decent amount of baseball teams, we would likely get destroyed

Anybody that has attended the CWS knows just how much fun it is. I fully expect Iowa to make an appearance there soon, and be competitive, maybe even win it with all the close by state of Iowa support they will enjoy. But I can remember when Iowa baseball was mediocre to really bad. I think ISU could be as successful as Iowa with the right commitment.

The College World Series enjoys wall to wall coverage on ESPN, and the exposure to the universities is invaluable. I just think ISU misses the boat on this sport - I really do.

 

[jmb]

Anybody that has attended the CWS knows just how much fun it is. I fully expect Iowa to make an appearance there soon, and be competitive, maybe even win it with all the close by state of Iowa support they will enjoy. But I can remember when Iowa baseball was mediocre to really bad. I think ISU could be as successful as Iowa with the right commitment.

The College World Series enjoys wall to wall coverage on ESPN, and the exposure to the universities is invaluable. I just think ISU misses the boat on this sport - I really do.

How do they get around Title 9 matters. To be clear they is the ISU athletic department?