Iowa State vs TCU History

**Cychotiic** · 10-10-2011, 09:18 PM

I think the first football game I ever remember watching and actually caring about was us playing them in the Houston Bowl. Tough loss

**cyguytillidie** · 10-10-2011, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by Cyclone06

Also known as the Jason Berryman game. He had something like 6 sacks and was all over the field. The loss was tough to swallow, but I won't forget how Cyclone fans in the parking lot following the game were so excited for 3 more years of JB. Of course in typical Cyclone fashion, things went downhill very quicly from there.

I thought that was his senior year?

**Icky_Mettle** · 10-10-2011, 09:27 PM

We are 1-5 against them in basketball.

**BigM** · 10-10-2011, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by cyguytillidie

I thought that was his senior year?

nope he just got kicked off for the last time in a month or so after that

**Go2Guy** · 10-10-2011, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by Cychotiic

I think the first football game I ever remember watching and actually caring about was us playing them in the Houston Bowl. Tough loss

Wow - welcome to the Cyclone world. I was at that game.

Kinda unusual, but the TCU fans were rather smug.

**Cychotiic** · 10-10-2011, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by Go2Guy

Wow - welcome to the Cyclone world. I was at that game.

Kinda unusual, but the TCU fans were rather smug.

I was probably 12 at the time, and neither of my parents are football fans

**khaal53** · 10-10-2011, 09:51 PM

Football (0-3):

Year...ISU...TCU
1995...10.....27
1998...21.....31
2005...24.....27

(Berryman was a junior in the 2005 Houston Bowl).

Basketball (1-5):

Year.........ISU....TCU
1974-75.....91.....90
1975-76.....83.....95
1981-82.....63.....72
1982-83.....66.....74
1991-92.....52.....53
1997-98.....54.....93

**CtownCyclone** · 10-10-2011, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by cyclonedave25

First off, they need to stop doing that stupid "horned frog" hand signal. During the Houston Bowl we gave them a lot of crap for it. It looks like they are trying to make 2 nubbed fingers and give us the peace sign.

I prefer "Little Bunny Foo-Foo" to "Nubbed Finger Peace Sign" as a description of this hand sign.

**cyclones500** · 10-11-2011, 12:18 AM

I think an interesting comparison is this:

ISU set a record this season with 37,000, with 55,000 capacity (67 percent), following a 5-7 season and zero BCS bowl appearances.

TCU set a record for season-ticket sales at 22,000, with a current seating capacity of 34,000 (64 percent) after winning the Rose Bowl. TCU's stadium is set to expand to 40,000 next season, meaning it'd need a 2,500 ticket increase to stay at the same percentage.

I'm sure ticket sales will skyrocket as an addition to the Big 12, so the percentages will probably change. And yes, having the SWC implode and being kicked into the backyard couldn't have helped matters.

This is not a knock on TCU whatsoever (I think the invitation made sense geographically, if nothing else). But if Realignment Madness blows the conference apart again in the near future, and Iowa State is viewed as a rinky-dink program with a marginal fan base and the argument is "it's all about football success," I want this as Exhibit A.

**JUKEBOX** · 10-11-2011, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by cyclones500

I think an interesting comparison is this:

ISU set a record this season with 37,000, with 55,000 capacity (67 percent), following a 5-7 season and zero BCS bowl appearances.

TCU set a record for season-ticket sales at 22,000, with a current seating capacity of 34,000 (64 percent) after winning the Rose Bowl. TCU's stadium is set to expand to 40,000 next season, meaning it'd need a 2,500 ticket increase to stay at the same percentage.

I'm sure ticket sales will skyrocket as an addition to the Big 12, so the percentages will probably change. And yes, having the SWC implode and being kicked into the backyard couldn't have helped matters.

This is not a knock on TCU whatsoever (I think the invitation made sense geographically, if nothing else). But if Realignment Madness blows the conference apart again in the near future, and Iowa State is viewed as a rinky-dink program with a marginal fan base and the argument is "it's all about football success," I want this as Exhibit A.

You should clarify 37,000 season ticket sales.
Each game has sold 56k+ tickets I believe.

**cyclones500** · 10-11-2011, 12:41 AM

Originally Posted by JUKEBOX

You should clarify 37,000 season ticket sales.
Each game has sold 56k+ tickets I believe.

I did my search quickly (one link below, Sept. 21) ... I'm not a ticket-sales expert, so i wasn't taking into account how many actual tickets were sold for each game.

Iowa State shatters football season ticket record | TheGazette

(I assume the TCU numbers were calculated similarly ... that was via ESPN).

**TruClone** · 10-11-2011, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by khaal53

Football (0-3):

Year...ISU...TCU
1995...10.....27
1998...21.....31
2005...24.....27

(Berryman was a junior in the 2005 Houston Bowl).

Basketball (1-5):

Year.........ISU....TCU
1974-75.....91.....90
1975-76.....83.....95
1981-82.....63.....72
1982-83.....66.....74
1991-92.....52.....53
1997-98.....54.....93

I remember the football game in 1995 well. TCU would just run the option outside and run right by us to the end zone. Seems like we were always a few steps behind. I thought the score was much higher for TCU.

**cycloneG** · 10-11-2011, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by khaal53

Football (0-3):

Year...ISU...TCU
1995...10.....27
1998...21.....31
2005...24.....27

(Berryman was a junior in the 2005 Houston Bowl).

Basketball (1-5):

Year.........ISU....TCU
1974-75.....91.....90
1975-76.....83.....95
1981-82.....63.....72
1982-83.....66.....74
1991-92.....52.....53
1997-98.....54.....93

I was at the 98 game amd remember this skinny runningback shred our defense all game. Damn you Ladanian Tomlinson!

**jay moe** · 10-11-2011, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by cyclones500

I think an interesting comparison is this:

ISU set a record this season with 37,000, with 55,000 capacity (67 percent), following a 5-7 season and zero BCS bowl appearances.

TCU set a record for season-ticket sales at 22,000, with a current seating capacity of 34,000 (64 percent) after winning the Rose Bowl. TCU's stadium is set to expand to 40,000 next season, meaning it'd need a 2,500 ticket increase to stay at the same percentage.

I'm sure ticket sales will skyrocket as an addition to the Big 12, so the percentages will probably change. And yes, having the SWC implode and being kicked into the backyard couldn't have helped matters.

This is not a knock on TCU whatsoever (I think the invitation made sense geographically, if nothing else). But if Realignment Madness blows the conference apart again in the near future, and Iowa State is viewed as a rinky-dink program with a marginal fan base and the argument is "it's all about football success," I want this as Exhibit A.

I've been to a game at TCU's stadium, while it is old and quaint, it's tailgating and gameday atmosphere are very lame. I was there for senior night late in the season when they were assured of a bowl game, and there was maybe 30,000 there tops. It was odd actually, we showed up about 3 hours before kickoff expecting an atmosphere like in Ames, but there was hardly anybody there!

**cycloneG** · 10-11-2011, 08:31 AM

Here's a link about the stadium renovation that will be finished by the beginning of the 2012 season:

TCU announces $105 million renovation of football stadium - ESPN Dallas

$105 million renovation that was funded by only 34 donors!

They are actually lowering seating capacity from 44,358 to 40,000, but they're adding 2,500 in club seating along with a 20,000 square foot club area. The seating is expandable up to 50,000.

Edit:

Looks like they received more donor funding and will have a capacity of 43,000.

http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/08...n-stadium.html

$143 million in funding all from donors. Crazy.