7-0 to start...

[kingcy]

Did I sleep through the 2008 seasons? It must have been a good one with all the talk around here to how good 2009 is going to be.

[everyyard]

Originally Posted by ISUonthemove

...the 2009 season.

NDakotaS - W
Iowa - W
Kent State - W
Army - W
K State - W
Kansas - W Lose a lot of seniors
Baylor - W
Nebraska - ? We should be ahead of them in rebuilding
T A&M - ? Same thing
Ok State - ? Tough one
Colorado - ? Hawkins might have them in first place
Missouri - ? If we played them early, I would give us a win because they're bringing in a new QB.


Possible to win 10-11 games. Texas and Oklahoma off the schedule again. Should have an experienced, and dominating OL. A TON of talent at the skill positions (Bo, Austen, Phillip, Sed, J Carlson, A Rob, Schwartz, Hamilton, Darks, Harper, Franklin, Lonzie Range and don't forget Tiller). I can't ever remember being that loaded all over the field. I know most still have to prove themselves though.

I really don't have any doubts about our defense with Chizik in charge. Could be the year we get on the map again. Actually, it NEEDS to be the year since we will have Texas and Oklahoma in '10.

Disclaimer:
I'm definately not saying they will win 10-11 games. I'm saying there's a chance. I predict 8-9 wins. Just like this year I predict 4-5 wins, with a chance to get 6-7.

I am so with you. New for '08 I am debuting my homemade Iowa State 14-0 shirt. I will wear it until we lose. Going to start every year with it.

[superdorf]

Originally Posted by everyyard

I am so with you. New for '08 I am debuting my homemade Iowa State 14-0 shirt. I will wear it until we lose. Going to start every year with it.

It would be way funnier if the first game it said 14-0 and then after every loss you crossed out the previous then wrote 13-1, 12-2, 11-3... etc, etc...

[scottie33]

Right now I'm just hoping to start the season 1-0, and once we start 1-0 then we can worry about going 2-0 and so forth. I think the best way to go about it is 1 game at a time and move on to the next one.

[Benny34]

I like the way the OP is thinking. I am in the same boat with him for the 09 season.

[AnkenyCy24]

Originally Posted by cyfan15

First, let's remember that he's talking about 2009, not 2008. If you haven't checked your calendar lately, that's next year, not this year. Second, predicting wins this early is stupid because we don't know how good certain teams are going to be. A year ago we might have predicted Kansas to be an easy game for us in 2008, but Kansas was great last year and looks like they will be good again. That kind of thing could happen with any number of teams.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to see kansas struggling to be 7-5 this year. They actually play difficult teams this season, and they lost more talent than they'd like to admit. I see them going 7-5 this year, and probably 6-6 the following season...if not worse... Not that that makes us any better. But, it helps...

[rworkman83]

Originally Posted by ripvdub

Would anyone take a 10 win season in exchange for losing Chizk? Cause if we do win 10 games in his 2nd year, HE GONE!

In a heartbeat I would. If we had a 10 win season next year and Chiz left, I think we could get some pretty good people in for our job.

[ISUFan22]

Originally Posted by cyfan15

First, let's remember that he's talking about 2009, not 2008. If you haven't checked your calendar lately, that's next year, not this year. Second, predicting wins this early is stupid because we don't know how good certain teams are going to be. A year ago we might have predicted Kansas to be an easy game for us in 2008, but Kansas was great last year and looks like they will be good again. That kind of thing could happen with any number of teams.

So while it's crazy to W and L the 2009 schedule this early, it's not crazy to be optimistic. We lose 17 scholarship seniors after this year. However, of those 17, six have seen little playing time throughout their careers (Joe Blaes, Wallace Franklin, Jason Harris, Chris Weir, Travis Ferguson, Joe Vanstrom) and two have been mostly back-ups (Nick Frere, Brandon Hunley). That means that unless one of the above players has a breakout year, we lose only nine players who have been or are expected to be big contributors (JJ Bass, Michael Bibbs, Chris Brown, Doug Dedrick, Jason Scales, Chris Singleton, Kurtis Taylor, Brandon Johnson, RJ Sumrall). If I had to guess right now, that's only six starter spots that need to be replaced (4 on defense, 2 on offense).

In short, 2009 could be setting up like 2005. 2006 and 2007 were sort of like our late 2002-2003 period where we lost a lot of games. I'm hoping this year (2008) can be kind of like 2004 where we were led to a minor bowl game by an underrated defense and young skill players. Once we get to 2009, the schedule is basically the same as it was in 2005 except North Dakota State replaces Illinois State, we play Army at home instead of on the road, and we have a road game at Kent State. Hopefully by then we have stronger depth and better coaching to lead us to more than seven wins.

This is a good synopsis, the original post a bit more far-fetched.

But, if we win a game or two we're not supposed to this fall - we'll see a lot more of the 10+ win predictions for '09. And who knows - maybe it'll finally be our time...

[The_Architect]

Holy crap that schedule looks very nice for us!

[TxCycloneFan]

Originally Posted by kingcy

Did I sleep through the 2008 seasons? It must have been a good one with all the talk around here to how good 2009 is going to be.

2008 was GREAT! We won the North (finally) but lost to A&M in 4 OTs of the B12 Championship game. We still managed to get a BCS bid, The Orange Bowl, where we beat the Hawks 72-6!

[Palmer]

big gulp of kool-aid

hellz ya!!

[aeroclone]

Ahh, a beatdown of the hawks in the Orange Bowl, those were the good old days....

[isucyclone4]

If Chizik can win 10 games, we need to pay the man! Plus like others have said, hopefully he and his family become really attached to Ames (which actually isn't too far off.)

[TedKumsher]

Originally Posted by TxCycloneFan

2008 was GREAT! We won the North (finally) but lost to A&M in 4 OTs of the B12 Championship game. We still managed to get a BCS bid, The Orange Bowl, where we beat the Hawks 72-6!

You had me until "Hawks". I could believe the rest.

(Couldn't resist )

[TedKumsher]

Originally Posted by cyclonekj

Football 2009? No idea. I've been too busy penciling out our 2014 men's basketball season. I'll spare you the details, but it's looking pretty good.

Don't hold out on us! How will we do?