Should Iowa extend the series with ISU?
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Alabama, Auburn, and Texas have all done home and home's with Big 10 teams in the last 6 years.
I put the over/under on threads before the ISU game even gets here at 15.5
That's probably way too generous.........
To this point, they're actually trying to mandate that all P4 programs play at least 10 P4/major teams each season.
Iowa would need to schedule another team from the B12, ACC, or SEC.
And IF the B1G goes to a 10-game schedule?
I believe there actually is a discussion between the two conferences about an annual SEC vs B1G series like the basketball one with the big east
Everyone has an opinion on this, personally I say play ISU every year unless something weird happens regarding conference expansion etc.
Iowa is in a no-win situation playing this game. If they win, it’s viewed the same as beating a MAC team, which is simply expected. But if they lose, it’s treated like losing to a MAC team, making the downside far greater than the upside.
Meh. Hasnt had any effect on them making or not making playoff.
really nobody cares about generic bowl game tiers
This is basically where I am. I’m not a big fan of having this game every season, but there’s enough interest that I’m ok with it. However, it would have to be dropped if the game started holding the program back. For instance, if a 10th conference game or mandatory home/home with an SEC team were mandated, but the regular season remained 12 games, there would simply never be room for an away game at Iowa State without the program losing revenue, so Iowa would have to drop the series or only play ISU at home for the sake of self-preservation.
Why? They could play one SEC team home and home for two seasons and then switch the teams around to new teams every other year. One of their three non cons would be an SEC team. Now if the B1G goes to a 10 game league schedule that's probably won't work.
I would say no. Instead, we should play once every few years. There's never any benefit to beating them. The nation sees Iowa State as a bottom feeder, so beating them doesn't impress anyone.
Why would that need to be the case, for the two conferences to simply schedule one cross-over game amongst the conferences?
Absolutely not….get rid of this series as it has run its course. There is going to be a fairly seismic shift coming in 5 or 6 years and most of the P4 conferences are going to be reorganized, including small market teams in the higher revenue conferences.
The series will die a natural death. I predict the Big Ten and SEC will absorb one independent/ACC school, four or five from the ACC, and one (two tops) Big 12 school. This is for all sports of course.
The more marketable of the remainder of the ACC and Big 12 will merge to form a conference that will be Power Two and a Half. The leftovers will find homes elsewhere.
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It won’t be a power 2.5. It will be a G5 type thing. The distance between the super conference will exceed the difference between current D1 and D2. In 5 years big 10 teams will score 60+ points against any leftovers. This has been coming and it’s finally on the doorstep. ISU sports is going to decline into the same category as UNI. It’s inevitable. And it works out perfectly for a state our population. 20 years from now clown fan decadents won’t exist. They will be Iowa fans and ISU fans similar to the current uni Iowa relationship. Iowa will be the big show. And the whole state will pull for them.
Iowa had to block two field goals in the last 15 seconds to beat UNI in a season where they almost went undefeated. NEVER underestimate the in state rivals, no matter the talent discrepancy.
Cool. Did you also see the last clone team to win a league football title in 1912?
Within 10 years B1G and SEC will split from NCAA with their own commissioner setting the rules. TT, Miami, Florida State and Clemson will join SEC while ND and North Carolina will join B1G.
No, I had developed a revulsion against STATE by that time already.
Whoever the Big Ten adds, you can be sure their addition WILL NOT make current members' piece of the money pie smaller. I also think a school had better be in the AAU if they want Big Ten presidents to vote them in.
The SEC may not care about the AAU, but like the Big Ten they are going to take teams that make everybody money, not lose. There may be six to eight schools total in the ACC and Big 12 that can do that.
The Big 12 screwed up when they panicked with schools quitting the conference. They added new schools that made existing members' piece of the pie SMALLER. Fortunately for them the Pac 12 blew up. If they lose anybody else (Texas Tech) they can always invite North Dakota State to join.
Yeah, that's called having a normal sense of smell- the olfactory factor, if you will.
Many because they just can't stand the JuCo feel of ISU football and its fans.