Kansas and West Virginia

**UNIGuy4Cy** · 11-11-2012, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by Judoka

You are seriously the worst poster on this entire board, and that's saying something.

Why would say something like that, normally I am too high on our team? Just lost a lot of hope after yesterday not sure why you would say something like that I am never down on this team and have been told by some I am too much of a cyclone fanatic. Yesterday brought me back to some of the bad days in ISU history.

**Cyrok** · 11-11-2012, 09:50 AM

I like putting my predictions in terms of percentages. At the beginning of the season I would have put beating KU at 80% and beating WVU at 25%.

Today I'm going with 50% for both.

Help me out ISU stats people - I think that means our chance of winning one and going to a bowl is 75%. I feel pretty good that we will win one of those. Hell if we could pull out both and win a bowl game that means we finish the year 8-5. That is within reach and a strong accomplishment for a team predicted to go 3-9!

Hugs4ISU · 11-11-2012, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by isuno1fan

LOL

So, you disagree?

We lose to Kansas, we likely don't go bowling. To keep moving forward, me need to go to a bowl game every year. We are not in the kind of situation as a football institution to afford to not go bowling. Our recruiting is not very good at all, it needs to improve -- WAY too many 2-star recruits (more than half of our signees for 2013). If we can't get 4-star recruits, then at least we need to make 3-star players predominate in our recruiting, and we are not doing that. And it would be difficult to do that without going to a bowl game.

**cyclonepower** · 11-11-2012, 09:59 AM

The way I see it is even with a 6-6 finish we should get a better bowl than the Pinstripe...Cheer for TCU to finish 6-6 (they play @ Texas and home to OU) and Baylor to finish 6-6 or worse (if they lose to KSU they would need to sweep Tech and Okie St and I don't see that)

**Judoka** · 11-11-2012, 10:04 AM

Baring something weird happening the Big XII will get two teams in the BCS this year (K-State for sure and either Oklahoma or Texas). That'll help our bowl position a lot.

**Palmer** · 11-11-2012, 10:05 AM

KU is going to run, run and run all over us.

getting to 6 wins now will be very difficult.

**Clonefan94** · 11-11-2012, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by enisthemenace

Don't bring that **** here.

Normally, I wouldn't argue with you, being I'm a half full kind of guy. That is until I heard about 20 commercials yesterday for some company running a contest to win a trip to ISU's Bowl game. Similar to the "Lack of Injury" post in week 3, this gave me a feeling of doom and gloom. (sorry, you don't run a contest for something we aren't even eligible for.)

**UNIGuy4Cy** · 11-11-2012, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by Palmer

KU is going to run, run and run all over us.

getting to 6 wins now will be very difficult.

You are going to get told by Judoka you are one of the worst posters on this site even though yesterday was a dose of reality for those that have had their head in the clouds since spring ball. We simply can't score points with either quarterback that has played this season and you have to score points in this league. Yesterday we ran the ball to a tee but we can't throw the ball to keep the defense honest.

**TXCyclones** · 11-11-2012, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by Cyrok

I feel pretty good that we will win one of those. Hell if we could pull out both and win a bowl game that means we finish the year 8-5. That is within reach and a strong accomplishment for a team predicted to go 3-9!

I think you bring up a good point that many have forgotten. At the beginning of the season we were picked to be a 3-win team. We weren't picked to beat Iowa and certainly not TCU or Baylor. The team has come a long way, with a long way to go in just two short weeks.

**cyclonepower** · 11-11-2012, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by Judoka

Baring something weird happening the Big XII will get two teams in the BCS this year (K-State for sure and either Oklahoma or Texas). That'll help our bowl position a lot.

Do you think if we beat WV we could get jumped by them in the bowl selection order since they are new to the Big 12? Same with TCU, although they would have to have a huge upset to beat Texas or Oklahoma...

**Erik4Cy** · 11-11-2012, 11:09 AM

If we can't find a way to finish drives in the endzone we won't win either. No excuse for our offense only putting 7 points on the board. We sputtered once we got into enemy territory every time. Our endzone allergy needs some serious antihistamines.

**TXCyclones** · 11-11-2012, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by cyclonepower

Do you think if we beat WV we could get jumped by them in the bowl selection order since they are new to the Big 12? Same with TCU, although they would have to have a huge upset to beat Texas or Oklahoma...

WVU will be playing us for bowl eligibility. If they beat us we are both 6-6. They won't be jumping us. They'll be above us straight up.

That said. I think the NYC bowl would love to have WV in it to play against a Big East team.

**klamath632** · 11-11-2012, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Luth4Cy

If I'm wrong I apologize, but you really think we will open as an underdog to Kansas? Playing them scares me but we have won five games, four against FBS teams, three against BCS conference schools, and two against teams already bowl eligible. I don't see how we open as an underdog next week.

Sagarin has ISU -7 at Kansas as of this week's ratings.