Am I alone?

**CYCLNST8** · 11-18-2012, 01:14 AM

Originally Posted by CYCLNST8

Nope. I fully expect to be embarrassed tomorrow to the tune of about 35-3. Throw their record out the window. Here's why:

1. KU is coming off a confidence building performance in Lubbock. ISU rolled over and died last week against TX.

2. Senior day- last chance to get a big 12 win at home.

3. KU students who don't have tix already get in for free for this game. There may actually be a KU crowd that cares.

4. Who's hungrier? ISU needs to go bowling, but KU hasn't won since September.

5. Lenz & Knott were the heart and soul of the team. Losing their on-field leadership has effectively cut the head off the snake.

6. We need to the run the ball, but rather than starting Barnett, Jantz will get the nod and once again render the zone read useless.

I'd love to be wrong, but for these reasons I won't bother watching the game tomorrow. Rip me all you want. I just wished we could have played them a month ago.

Mmm... Delicious crow. In my defense, Sam Richardson was not a part of the original equation. Happy to be wrong. Here's to a new chapter in ISU quarterback history!

**CYCLNST8** · 11-18-2012, 01:38 AM

Originally Posted by Orion

So if you knew Sam Richardson was going to play you would have picked diff?

Good question. I don't know. The thought of him playing never entered my mind. I was kind of hoping for Barnett because then at least the zone read might have worked and there'd be fewer turnovers. Hopefully tonight was more about Richardon's potential and less about KU's lack of defense.

**SyracuseCyclone** · 11-18-2012, 01:39 AM

I waited until 15 minutes before kick and with buying the hook was able to get ISU -3.

People were putting way too much stock into KU playing unmotivated teams tough.

Would be nice to see a win vs WVA and a top notch bowl game.

**cyrocksmypants** · 11-18-2012, 02:33 AM

Well, I'm glad my "crazy" comment that we'd beat a crappy 1-9 team by at least two scores came to fruition. Seriously, guys, CPR coached teams are not the same as Mac teams. I feel he's given us enough in the last four years to give him the benefit of the doubt.

**cymate** · 11-18-2012, 02:44 AM

I think the days of let downs are over

**leroycyclone** · 11-18-2012, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by Cydkar

I expect us to show up and lose a nailbiter. Missed FG or dropped pass near the end.

Of course, none of the three occurred. That's the whole point of thinking its a lost cause before the game is played. It's reverse psychology. It worked. Just keep thinking it before each game.

Being superstitious.

**Palmer** · 11-18-2012, 07:00 AM

A QB that can hit most of the throws makes all the difference in the world...

**Stormin** · 11-18-2012, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by Palmer

A QB that can hit most of the throws makes all the difference in the world...

Exactly. Plus Richardson is very adept at handling the football and confusing the defense. And he read his blocking when he scrambled very well. Many times the cameramen and commentators had no idea whether it was Richardson or the running back who had the ball. And the accuracy of Richardson's throws and the touch he put on them was amazing. Don't want to pick on anyone after a great win like that. But Richardson's great play at QB was the difference in this game.

**TXCyclones** · 11-18-2012, 08:42 AM

Originally Posted by TXCyclones

I am gut-wrenched over this game right now. Losing to KU would be like finding out you got Chlamydia, and then kicked in the nuts.

Good news! No STD's!! And the nads are perfectly fine too!

**Frak** · 11-18-2012, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by CYCLNST8

Mmm... Delicious crow. In my defense, Sam Richardson was not a part of the original equation. Happy to be wrong. Here's to a new chapter in ISU quarterback history!

I'll have some crow too. Although, I don't know whether ISU would have won that game with Jantz/Barnett. Maybe, but it wouldn't have been nearly as comfortable. I don't know why there's a backlash for predicting ISU to lose...KU was playing close games against teams that blew ISU out. Honestly, they were playing better than ISU the past few weeks and they were at home. Saying we should beat KU because we're ISU and they're KU reeks of hawkeye.

**CyDude16** · 11-18-2012, 09:58 AM

lololol so much crow on this site.

**Rural** · 11-18-2012, 11:02 AM

The teams "you should beat" meme is exclusive property of the University Of Iowa. Please cease and desist.

**Cyrocks** · 11-18-2012, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Rural

The teams "you should beat" meme is exclusive property of the University Of Iowa. Please cease and desist.

I am putting Iowa on the "teams ISU should beat every year" list from now on.

**DrClone** · 11-18-2012, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by Frak

I'll have some crow too. Although, I don't know whether ISU would have won that game with Jantz/Barnett. Maybe, but it wouldn't have been nearly as comfortable. I don't know why there's a backlash for predicting ISU to lose...KU was playing close games against teams that blew ISU out. Honestly, they were playing better than ISU the past few weeks and they were at home. Saying we should beat KU because we're ISU and they're KU reeks of hawkeye.

Ouch - that's a sucky comparison. Don't even think it's close to the same thing.

**HFCS** · 11-18-2012, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by Frak

Saying we should beat KU because we're ISU and they're KU reeks of hawkeye.

How about, "because KU had only beat South Dakota State and ISU has beaten Tusla, Iowa, TCU, and Baylor"?

Way to many of our fans still completely baffling me here even after the game. KU got BLOWN OUT by Baylor just a couple weeks ago, the same Baylor team ISU handled quite comfortably. This was not a "shocker" no matter how bad our embarrassingly scared fanbase wants it to be.