We are only scheduled to play them through 2027 season. Does it continue after that or does Jamie cry and leave?
How do you think ISU football will be next year?
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If the Big Ten-SEC crossover challenge happens, no we won't. For both conferences that would be ten P4 games a year, not to mention ten P2 games.
I see HC just posted an article that both Jamie and Beth want it to continue and are just waiting on the details of the week 0 thing and having the 14 week regular season. That way they can see what week it best slots into. It has always been week 2 for us, so possible it could go to week 3 in that 14 week reg season (we still only play 12 games and two byes)
Very possible, but Beth may be holding her cards close to the vest. Ross Dellenger says Big Ten at least talking about ten conference games.
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For decades playing Iowa State has done nothing for Iowa. When Iowa wins it's the expectation. When Iowa States wins it's their Super Bowl.
For this reason I do not like playing this game. I'd prefer Iowa goes and schedules and SEC opponent. Let's not do Iowa State any favors by giving them their biggest game of the year.
For this reason I do not like playing this game. I'd prefer Iowa goes and schedules and SEC opponent. Let's not do Iowa State any favors by giving them their biggest game of the year.
I think the Super Bowl crap is a great excuse to justify losing to an inferior team. Makes all so neat and excusable.
on top of that they would replace Iowa state with a bottom feeding MAC team.
It's pretty funny Jamie brought up how fun it would be to play baseball against 20 teams. Well...I'm guessing its infinitely more fun than if you don't even field a team
Iowa and other P2 teams are always going to need a couple of extra home games. Its been made clear that seven home games are necessary. The question is about the tenth game. A lot of smoke about it being another Big Ten foe or SEC team.
According to the Numbers, Iowa has a bigger athletic department debt than Iowa State. How can that be?
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Some debt is strategic and makes sense. Not that you'd understand that. Your Freudian slip is amusing though, considering the Subject line
According to the numbers, Iowa State's athletic department is going to have significant financial debt soon. How can that be?
Pollard only 3 games (actually 2) so hopefully the season starts with a loss against SWMo followed by a loss to Iowa ad on and on.
Clearly the clown athletic department is hoping for a Wisconsin-style solution. Have the taxpayers of Iowa pay 14.6 million to service athletic facility debt, freeing up the same amount of money for NIL. Do you suppose the Iowa legislature will go for that?
Have you not observed the difference in how Iowa players and fans react to winning this game vs how clones and their fans do? It's not a myth.
Breaking: Clown Athletic Department reportedly exploring a Wisconsin-style strategy in which taxpayers magically inherit $14.6 million in debt and everyone pretends that the exact same amount suddenly appearing for NIL is merely a coincidence.
As an Iowa fan, I fully support equal treatment. If the state is handing out athletic stimulus packages, I assume Iowa gets one too. I’d hate for the legislature to create a precedent where “public benefit” is legally defined as “things that help Ames.”
meanwhile the water quality issue put on the back burner.
Iowa played 10 P2 teams last year. Iowa State played… one. So yes, naturally this game means more to the clowns. It’s not complicated. For Iowa, it’s another game on the schedule. For Iowa State, it’s their annual field trip into the big-boy sandbox.
And as the gap continues widening between the P2 world and everyone else, this game becomes increasingly important for them. Not emotionally important. Existentially important. This is becoming less of a rivalry and more of a yearly opportunity to briefly touch the hem of relevance.
I think the series eventually ends anyway, or at minimum loses much of its luster. Especially when, not if, the BIG moves to a 10-game conference schedule. And until that day arrives, the game should be in Iowa City every year. Why inconvenience everyone by pretending this is a meeting of equals?
And I have to admit, this entire thing is absolutely delicious. This train has been rumbling down the tracks for years. People just kept insisting they couldn’t hear the whistle.
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My two cents worth to the original question/title of this thread is, I think that Iowa State has fallen off dramatically afer the events of late last fall, so my guess would be another Hayden-style whipping, similar to Matt Campbell's first year. I just think that they have lost way too much in coaching and roster talent to be decent.
If we struggle at all in this game, then 2026 will probably not be the year that Hawk fans want it to be.
If we struggle at all in this game, then 2026 will probably not be the year that Hawk fans want it to be.
If we struggle at all in this game we'd better drop our drawers and bend over for games four to six, at Michigan, Ohio State and at Washington.
Never enough money. 100 million dollars and it still is never enough. Gets old. Somebody could give Iowa a trillion dollars and they would still say they need the extra home games.
The merchants in Iowa want the business from a seventh game. Hotels, restaurants, bars, gas stations, etc. etc. They are tryng to make a living too.
Also, when Iowa plays Iowa State, most fans drive in for the game, watch the game, then drive home. Merchants make a lot of money for one day. Not as profitable compared to visitors coming from Indiana or Pennsylvania.