Scheduling agreement with Northern Iowa

[gocubs2118]

UNI SHOULD be a cupcake for us every year. Every FCS team should be a cup cake for most of the BCS schools. Some years might be harder than others depending on how good we are but like it's been already said, if we lose we have no one to blame but ourselves. It's not like we're playing them every year either.

[CycloneErik]

For those who mentioned that this really does take away variety in our schedule, I think that's a valid complaint. Only one game each year might be a new opponent. It is nice to see something and someone different.

[CynadoAlley]

I won't complain about this until we lay an egg and have to hear UNI fans proclaim that they are a "real" big time university. If we lose, it's ISU's problem, but I'll be highly annoyed when UNI thinks they're big time. (I have some distant family that're big UNI fans, and it annoys the hell out of me when they try to put UNI in the same category as ISU and Iowa.)
But if we can take care of business as we should every year and pound them and their idiot coach, then I'm not complaining too much. Other than the lack of variety in scheduling.
You look at it like a game that improves our schedule over a team such as WIU, but this isnt basketball, strength of schedule isn't nearly as important as total wins. I guess I'm indifferent.

[Cybyassociation]

If he really wants to be the next Iowa coach he better leave UNI for an FBS school tomorrow. No way the pride of Iowa fans will accept hiring an FCS coach, even if he were the most successfull FCS coach ever, as the HC at Iowa.

Pretty sure Ferentz came from Maine...which is FCS.

Also, for those of you who are complaining about UNI and how only UNI benefits, you realize that something like 3 of the top 10 are UNI games. Say what you want about UNI fans being "purple hawkeyes", but they come out every time these two teams play. Its good for the gate at ISU, its good for the state and its good for the sport.

[Rhoadhoused]

I won't complain about this until we lay an egg and have to hear UNI fans proclaim that they are a "real" big time university. If we lose, it's ISU's problem, but I'll be highly annoyed when UNI thinks they're big time. (I have some distant family that're big UNI fans, and it annoys the hell out of me when they try to put UNI in the same category as ISU and Iowa.)
But if we can take care of business as we should every year and pound them and their idiot coach, then I'm not complaining too much. Other than the lack of variety in scheduling.
You look at it like a game that improves our schedule over a team such as WIU, but this isnt
basketball, strength of schedule isn't important in any way whatsoever. I guess I'm indifferent.

Fixed that for you.

Honestly, at first I was not happy, but then I realized that the odds are in 8-10 years UNI might not be that good any more and it is good for attendance. Especially because these games will be played with a completed SEZ.

[WhatchaGonnaDo]

I just can't believe that people actually care about what Farley has to say at all. Some people are getting way too worked up over those comments.

[CycloneErik]

Pretty sure Ferentz came from Maine...which is FCS.

Also, for those of you who are complaining about UNI and how only UNI benefits, you realize that something like 3 of the top 10 are UNI games. Say what you want about UNI fans being "purple hawkeyes", but they come out every time these two teams play. Its good for the gate at ISU, its good for the state and its good for the sport.

The attendance thing really doesn't matter any more. We show up for every game in huge numbers. We don't need UNI for the attendance.

[Rhoadhoused]

The attendance thing really doesn't matter any more. We show up for every game in huge numbers. We don't need UNI for the attendance.

We don't need them to get to 55k, but if the ceiling was higher they would definitely help.

[VeloClone]

The Western Ill game is a perfect example of why we don't need to schedule UNI that much. 4th highest attended game for WIU? We don't need the purple hawks to sell out. Id rather have the easy win over a no name FCS team

I'm hoping by 2019 we have a few more seats to sell so this series helps assure a sell out with the larger capacity.

[Cyrok]

UNI SHOULD be a cupcake for us every year. Every FCS team should be a cup cake for most of the BCS schools. Some years might be harder than others depending on how good we are but like it's been already said, if we lose we have no one to blame but ourselves. It's not like we're playing them every year either.

I think there are different types of cupcakes. Western Illinois was a delicious, fresh from the oven, covered in melting cream-cheese frosting, sprinkles on top, get the reserves plenty of playing-time, cupcake. UNI is a healthy "cupcake" that your girlfriend wants to try out of one of her annoying magazines that combines vegetables and quinoa and, "hey it's organic!", and you bite into it and find a pebble, and your starters have to play the whole game, type of cupcake.

For those who mentioned that this really does take away variety in our schedule, I think that's a valid complaint. Only one game each year might be a new opponent. It is nice to see something and someone different.

I'd be interested to get an FCS team from Texas/Florida/California up to Ames to increase exposure in our recruiting areas.

[carvers4math]

My son, a sophomore at ISU, was confused by why most of the kids in high school who were really rabid Hawk fans never go there, but go to UNI. I've tried to explain it to him. One girl he knows at UNI has only gone to one UNI game, the one last week. She has gone to every Hawk game, even the one in Chicago. She told him UNI was perfect because its smaller for classes, but you can still go to Hawk games all the time and party in Iowa City. He's still very confused. He says she always sits in the student section at Kinnick. He wonders if UNI has some reciprocity thing with Iowa like community colleges do with the Regents schools.

[CycloneErik]

We don't need them to get to 55k, but if the ceiling was higher they would definitely help.

I actually don't think they would anymore. Demand from ISU fans and bandwagon jumpers is just going to increase and increase. We don't need UNI's fans for any #, even with a 2nd deck in the end zone.

[Rhoadhoused]

I think there are different types of cupcakes. Western Illinois was a delicious, fresh from the oven, covered in melting cream-cheese frosting, sprinkles on top, get the reserves plenty of playing-time, cupcake. UNI is a healthy "cupcake" that your girlfriend wants to try out of one of her annoying magazines that combines vegetables and quinoa and, "hey it's organic!", and you bite into it and find a pebble, and your starters have to play the whole game, type of cupcake.





I'd be interested to get an FCS team from Texas/Florida/California up to Ames to increase exposure in our recruiting areas.

I agree with everything in this post.

Question: Do we pay UNI and more or any less to come to Ames than Western Illinois? I know we paid them $350,000.

[CynadoAlley]

Roommate and I were talking about this at the game Saturday. Not that we "should" lose next year (because by no means should we ever lose to them) but how good will they be next year? Are they returning playmakers? I just wonder how our defense looks in the first couple weeks adjusting to life after Knott and AJ.

Note for those that jump on that comment. *Not worrying about the future, just curious. I'm still thoroughly enjoying/will enjoy this season*

[JMCato]

What I don't get is y they don't alternate years between ISU and Iowa?