Athlon Prediction

[ISUFan22]

Originally Posted by Cyclonesrule91

Who gives a rip about preseason rankings. All they are are the opinions of this guy or that guy. I have never put much faith in them.

I do! They make for great TP!

Well, except for them heavy, glossy pages.

Anywho, I think they have ISU ranked about right. Iowa, even with that easy sched. I think they're overrated.

[CrossCyed]

If we've learned nothing from years past, NEVER predict based on possible strength of schedule.

[SouthernHawk]

Iowa vs. ISU in the national championship baby! YEAH!

That's my pre-season prediction. Who wants to subscribe to my publication?

[ISUFan22]

Originally Posted by SouthernHawk

Iowa vs. ISU in the national championship baby! YEAH!

That's my pre-season prediction. Who wants to subscribe to my publication?

Is your publication some sort of trippy union between Cyclone Times and HawkeyeNation?

[SouthernHawk]

Originally Posted by ISUFan22

Is your publication some sort of trippy union between Cyclone Times and HawkeyeNation?

Yeah, it's called HawkloneNation Times.

[ketelmeister]

I'm an Iowa State fan...the lower I State is picked preseason, the better. I'd much rather have teams look as us like a patsy until be beat them, then be looking for us.

[StLouisClone]

Originally Posted by hoosman

Phil Steele's magazine has us as rated 82nd. He had a huge amount of backup data. I've seen us now predicted as 81, 82, and 81.
We were one of the least injured teams last year, and PS says this is an anomaly which will catch up with us this year.

I don't know how they would measure something like that, but it's probably not too far off. Hopefully, that is more a reflection of Shepp's training and Chizik's philosophy of rotating players in and out on defense than just pure luck.

[jdoggivjc]

As far as our prediction goes, it's probably not far from the truth, although it's a truth I'm getting tired of hearing (hopefully for not too much longer). As far as Iowa's prediction, if you think that one is bad, well, wait until Mark May and College Gameday get around to doing their preseason special...

[CyBobby]

Originally Posted by DJK15

Maine - W
FL Int'l - W
ISU - W
@ Pitt - L
Northwestern - W
@ MSU - L
@ Indiana - W
Wisconsin - W
@ Illinois - L
PSU - L
Purdue - W
@ Minnesota - W

Hawks go 8-4 this season.

this state is full of people like U who are isu grads and are hawk fans....Houston I think we have a problem...Jamie Pollard I think we have a problem here right in our own state of ioa!!!!

[jaretac]

Originally Posted by kingcy

Iowa's QB is ok, I thought he did good against ISU. His line is a problem and signs dont point to it being much better.

Does this sound like another QB we knew?

[cycloneryan]

Did you see their game by game predictions for us. Basically the only big 12 game they said we "could" win was Baylor. I used to think that they were a pretty great magazine but it started to dawn on me that there is no way the writers there could get very indepth with over 100 teams to cover. I think they look at very basic things when they make predictions.

[TedKumsher]

Originally Posted by travman23

We won 3 games last year and lost several key contributors to graduation on both sides of the ball, what did you expect to see us rated at?

People need to stop talking about 3 wins last year like that's a comparable reality (I'm not meaning to pick on you--travman). In my book, 5 wins this year is equal to last year because I'm giving us a bye on Kent State and UNI. We got 2 conference wins last year. We lost some people--we gained some people. 2 conference wins this year would be . . . the same. No improvement. So 3 non-conference wins is . . . what? Technically it's better than 1, sure--but I'm not going to buy into that. Last year's team that won 2 conference games would not have lost those 2 non-conference games.

So last year we improved dramatically over the season. Realistically, I think 5 wins this year is equal to last year's team at the end of the season. Sure that means I'm hoping for 6 wins this year. I'm not going on a witch hunt if we don't get it--I'm just saying that I don't believe 5 wins is any REAL improvement over the END of last season.

[Palmer]

Originally Posted by DJK15

Maine - W
FL Int'l - W
ISU - W
@ Pitt - L
Northwestern - W
@ MSU - L
@ Indiana - W
Wisconsin - W
@ Illinois - L
PSU - L
Purdue - W
@ Minnesota - W

Hawks go 8-4 this season.

someone is drinking homer juice....but I give you credit for backing your team.