I'd just like to see some games other than 9 Big 12, UNI, and Iowa. That leaves ONE new team every year. And with home-and-home arrangements we see the same teams all the time.
Stop Playing Iowa
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And Iowa State isn't anywhere close to .500 against Iowa overall.
Iowa State has been really good at pulling out some close wins in ugly games in recent years. The probability of winning almost all of those close games in future years going forward is very very unlikely. Iowa starts pulling out some of those close ugly wins and the series is going to flip (again) dramatically in their favor.
I think it would be beneficial for both schools to play each other every 3-4 years.
They have a lot to lose playing most of their games because they play so many bad teams.
Wouldn't bother me if we quit playing Iowa (although it and KU are our best series lately) but I think what MC should do is focus on the B12 North. TCB against KU, KSU and WVU and we'll be in good shape. But if not Iowa I think it's gotta be SOME P5 team in that slot just for the profile of the program.
We are the worse one probably. I don't know if we would beat Northwestern or Rutgers at this point.
didyou notice we beat you and dropped in the polls?? Point made
According to Sagarin we're better than Rutgers and Miami of Ohio. Iowa should drop those two games too. Might as well throw in Purdue since they have a lot more to lose in that game as well
You moved up three spots Breck. Cmon man don't be this dumb on a Monday
So what polls did Iowa drop in? I saw the meaningless coaches won where they were ranked too high to begin with but I'm curious the other ones you are referencing
It has nothing to do with them being a rival. At best, we can probably hope to have a .500 record with them over the long haul. I want to get all of our noncon opponents up to 90%. I want to go 3-0 or 4-0 in the noncon every year possible.
According to Sagarin, Iowa State vs. Western Illinois is a toss-up on a neutral field.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/sagarin/
1) Iowa hardly compares to Oklahoma and Ohio State, correct.
2) In the Ferentz Era (1999-Present), Iowa has finished the season in the AP Top 10, five times (2002, 2003, 2004, 2009 and 2015). The 2008 Edition of the Iowa Hawkeyes (9-4) finished 20th in the AP. Hell, it's not much of a stretch to say the 2008 version of Iowa would be considered one of the best teams in the history of Iowa State Football (certainly on par with Iowa State's 1978 and 2000 teams).
Your definition of 'decent' warrants further explanation.
Ferentz has been at Iowa for 18 years and has 6 top 25 finishes. Iowa was pretty good in the 2000's though
Iowa States best shot at improving is scheduling 3 wins during non conference, there's no debating that. But Iowa State doesn't want to win.
I agree but you could argue we already do. I think going forward conferences not named SEC are going to want members to have at least one P5 OOC game.
Noted. Since this thread is about whether or not to play Iowa and the vast majority here want to do it you can GTFO now. This isn't ISR.
We for sure need to stop scheduling schools like UNI and North Dakota. I'm sure Appalachian State will be next though, while every other Big12 school continues to schedule much easier FCS schools.