8-4 Best Case.. 2-10 Worse

[Clonegrad07]

I'm biased, but there is just no chance in hell I see us going 2-10. I'd bet my house on it almost...

[cyclones500]

I'm biased, but there is just no chance in hell I see us going 2-10. I'd bet my house on it almost...

I wouldn't do the house-bet part, but I'm pretty much with you on the likelihood.

I'm torn about whether I think 8-4 is more/less imaginable than 2-10.

8-4 is a good best-case scenario cutoff, but it would most likely require at least one significant upset and all the swing games would have to go our way.

3-9 seems like a better worst-case level. Wins over NIU, UNI, and the other win over Utah/CU/KSU/KU.

[CyFan987]

8-4 honestly wouldn't blow me away, with the direction this program is moving in and all the returning offense we have i'd say we're gonna be right at 6-7 wins, any less would be alarming IMO

[Tedcyclone]

Video: Best case/worst case -- Iowa State - Big 12 Blog - ESPN

Not exactly breaking down any games just sounded like he was making off the hip guessing with no real analysis.

But its a video on ESPN so I dont care that much about the quality

Tech wouldnt best case be undefeated, and worst case no wins?

[synapticwave]

If you look at all the years we have had the UT/OU rotation in our schedule here are our records:

98-99: 3-9
99-00: 4-8
02-03: 7-7
03-04: 2-10
06-07: 4-8
07-08: 3-9

Not very impressive really Our mean number of wins is 3.83, and a median number of wins at 3.5. If we end up with more than 4 wins I will be very happy. If we end up with 3-4 wins I will be slightly disappointed but with a second year coach and replacing an entire defensive front 7 I will still be OK and still have lots of hope for the future. If we end up with 7 or more wins then it will be one of the best performances by an ISU team in our history and certainly one of the best in our brief big12 history.

[CycloneNC2015]

I'm biased, but there is just no chance in hell I see us going 2-10. I'd bet my house on it almost...

Ive seen your house and thats not much of a bet.

[CycloneNC2015]

I wouldn't do the house-bet part, but I'm pretty much with you on the likelihood.

I'm torn about whether I think 8-4 is more/less imaginable than 2-10.

8-4 is a good best-case scenario cutoff, but it would most likely require at least one significant upset and all the swing games would have to go our way.

3-9 seems like a better worst-case level. Wins over NIU, UNI, and the other win over Utah/CU/KSU/KU.

I think 2-10 is more imaginable than 8-4. In the last 20 years we have finished .500 and under 15 times. With our best finish in 2000 of 9-3, which sadly is the only time we have finished 8-4 or greater in that same time span. However we have finished with 2 wins or less 5 times and there are several other years with 4 or less wins. Granted CPR is at the helm, but with our schedule I see 2-10 much more imaginable than 8-4. I think a 4-5 win season is a realistic expectation.

[CPRsavedMYlife]

With CPR at the helm, we surprised a lot of people last year, and that will continue this year. I say 9-3 with losses to Iowa, Oklahoma, and Texas. Nebraska doesn't scare me, we beat them in Lincoln last year without our two best players. I don't care what anyone says, our defense FORCED those turnovers.

[HtownCyclone]

Nebraska doesn't scare me, we beat them in Lincoln last year without our two best players. I don't care what anyone says, our defense FORCED those turnovers.

I am with ya

I say 9-3 with losses to Iowa, Oklahoma, and Texas. those turnovers.

Um drinking a little early arnt we?

[CPRsavedMYlife]

I am with ya





Um drinking a little early arnt we?

I don't think many fans would have thought 6 wins was realistic last year, particularly a win in Lincoln.

[dualthreat]

Likelyhood of winning: Northern Illinois-UNI-Kansas-Colorado-Kansas State-Utah-Texas Tech-Missouri-Nebraska-Iowa-Texas-Oklahoma

In that order

That means we have to beat NIU, UNI, KU, @ Colorado, KSU and Utah to go to a bowl game. + Texas Tech with a bowl win to get 8 wins. 7/8 of those games we aren't the visting team!

[ksclone]

we will not do worse than 4 wins, you can quote me on that

Quoted.

However, with a tougher sched this fall, ISU could be better team and win fewer games.

[Chitowncy]

I'm hoping for the best for the season but I'll have to disagree with some of the overly optomistic posters on this board. We lost many key defensive players from one of the Big XII's worst defenses last year, caught many more lucky breaks in the turnover battle than people like to remember and combined with a killer upcoming schedule - I think it's fair to expect about 4 wins on the year.

My happiness quotient based on W/L record:

0 Wins = suicidal
1 = uttlerly confused
2 Wins or less = disappointment
3 Wins = a little disappointed
4 = somewhat indifferent as it should be expected
5 = slighly surprised and pleased
6 = pleasantly surprised
7 = ecstatic
8 = flat-out giggling like a school girl
9 = Pinch me, we're in uncharted waters