Sagarin this week

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Originally Posted by IsUaClone2

If the game starts out like it will be a 38 point decision, I'd expect the coaches to transistion the plays and players to a glorified practice. I'm always leery of large point spreads especially when they involve Iowa State. We may have a sufficient "killer instinct" but I don't think we have a "let's embarrass them" instinct. (I'm torn whether we should)

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I don't have a problem with running up the score, but if you're trying to...if you've got the game won...why not give your studs a rest, and screw with anyone looking for patterns in your play calling.

If we find ourselves up by 30 points in the 3rd quarter... I would hope we see a bunch of 2nd stringers come in, but Cyclone football needs to lay the wood to someone just to remember how it feels. I'm talking about a good ol' fashioned 55-3 ballgame. We don't see those often and they need to be fresh in our mind.

I have ISU winning this game 34-10 in my ISU preview. I assume there will be some sort of let down after last week. If 34-10 is a let down, I am going to take it.
I think there is a slight chance ISU is ranked going into the Texas Tech game. ISU wins that game and there will be a matchup of ranked teams between TCU and ISU. By that time we will be close to BCS ranking being released and all the rankings, including Sagarin will be much more reliable.