'08 Win Projection After Iowa?!

**AirWalke** · 09-14-2008, 09:11 AM

I don't know what you guys are smoking, Iowa is not a bad team this year. Wishful thinking on your part, but if you think Iowa is worse than they are last year... well... there's nothing I can do to help.

I still think we stand a good chance against UNLV. Arizona State is overrated again? What a surprise! Last night win changes nothing. They'll be a bit more confident next weekend, but that could lead to over-confidence. Prior to this game, UNLV lost 21 of its last 22 games.

**isuno1fan** · 09-14-2008, 09:12 AM

Said 4-5 at the start and will continue to say that.

I also said we had a better chance to win at Iowa than UNLV. I am sticking to that as well.

I believe we will beat A&M, Nebbie at home. The 5th win will have to come on the road, but that will be hard to come by regardless of the opponent.

**Melvin** · 09-14-2008, 09:26 AM

ok, Iowa might not be a bad team, but they are not a good team also. The Iowa QB (Christensen or Stanzi), is the worst QB, ISU will see all year. Everyone else has someone respectable at that position.

**MontyBurns** · 09-14-2008, 09:36 AM

I said 3-1 nonconference with the one loss being either Iowa or UNLV and 3-5 in the conference with the wins being Baylor, Texas A&M, and either Colorado or Nebraska. I'll stick with my 6-6 prediction.

**Cyclonestate78** · 09-14-2008, 09:49 AM

Not sure why everyone thinks that the sky is falling? We lost to Iowa in Iowa City in less then average conditions. We made a ton of mistakes and failed to capitalize on some big opportunities to put points on the board. Overall I thought the defense did a better job wrapping up and tackling while the offense seemed to drop the ball when the defense came up big. This was a learning experience for our team and I still think this team is capable of great things.

**Istate** · 09-14-2008, 09:50 AM

Anything less than six wins is a step back. While some of us might see 5 wins as acceptable with the youth, most ISU fans aren't going to. If we end up 5-7, god help me 4-8, you can kiss any south endzone bowling good-bye.

**ketchupnmustard** · 09-14-2008, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Cyclonestate78

Not sure why everyone thinks that the sky is falling? We lost to Iowa in Iowa City in less then average conditions. We made a ton of mistakes and failed to capitalize on some big opportunities to put points on the board. Overall I thought the defense did a better job wrapping up and tackling while the offense seemed to drop the ball when the defense came up big. This was a learning experience for our team and I still think this team is capable of great things.

I completely agree, however...

This year the Big 12 (either division) is a scary conference to be in. Wins will not come cheap for the Cyclones. But if the mistakes get corrected, etc, I have no doubt that the 'Clones will beat some teams that they're not supposed to. Something the previous HC hardly ever accomplished.

**Rogue52** · 09-14-2008, 09:58 AM

This is college football. What happens one week means absolutely nothing the next. You can get blown-out one week and upset the next. If we can find a way to win on the road next week and come out of non-conference play 3-1, you can't really ask for anything more.

The UNLV game WON'T be easy. Many thought we'd beat Iowa and lose to UNLV. IF we win next week, I think we can get to 6 wins.

**isuno1fan** · 09-14-2008, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by Istate

Anything less than six wins is a step back. While some of us might see 5 wins as acceptable with the youth, most ISU fans aren't going to. If we end up 5-7, god help me 4-8, you can kiss any south endzone bowling good-bye.

I could not disagree more.

**ajk4st8** · 09-14-2008, 09:59 AM

Ive said all year we will be 4-8.

Two more wins is very realistic

**Dolokaju** · 09-14-2008, 10:29 AM

Iowa has a first class defense, a decent RB and pretty good WRs and TEs.

They are not a bad bad team. I know they're the scum sucking Hawks but its not that hard to give credit where its due...

**Tornado man** · 09-14-2008, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by Istate

Anything less than six wins is a step back. While some of us might see 5 wins as acceptable with the youth, most ISU fans aren't going to. If we end up 5-7, god help me 4-8, you can kiss any south endzone bowling good-bye.

Agree totally. Anything less than 6 wins IS a step back, with our schedule. UNLV, Baylor, A/M, K-State are must wins. C'mon, we're paying our OC almost $300,000.

**ISUonthemove** · 09-14-2008, 10:35 AM

I'll stick with my prediction of 4 or 5 wins. I thought we might be 3-1 in the non-conference though. Still could be, but it will be tough.

**ISUonthemove** · 09-14-2008, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by Tornado man

Agree totally. Anything less than 6 wins IS a step back, with our schedule. UNLV, Baylor, A/M, K-State are must wins. C'mon, we're paying our OC almost $300,000.

Hey guys, wake up. Gene is in his second year. We are playing our first real recruiting class, and there are a lot of freshmen. I think we CAN win 6, but there isn't a lot of pressure to. Next year, anything less than 6 will be disappointing.

**CYdTracked** · 09-14-2008, 10:45 AM

I said 5 wins before the season and still sticking with that. I knew people would get carried away after going 2-0 and what do you think the mood would have been had we gone 3-0 or even 4-0? I figured the Iowa game could be pivotal as going on the road again to UNLV with a loss and now some questions with our kicking game again makes the outlook look a lot different now. Just like coach Chizik said before the season, we'll see some growing pains and I think we saw a few of those yesterday once we finally played an opponent that was more on the same level of competition as ourselves.