ISU - Team that will Surprise - CFN

SeattleClone · 08-16-2008, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by Melvin

Collegefootballnews.com has picked "ISU" the team that will surprise in the Big 12. They cited: a)2nd year of Chizik's system b)Easier schedule will result in a improved results.

Nebraska is the team that will "disappoint". They are saying Pelini has a ton of work ahead of him and this year will be rough.

First off- we're not going to surprise anyone if CFN keeps telling everybody!

Second- No matter how bad Nebrasky is this year, or any year, I will never, ever be disappointed

Ficklone02 · 08-18-2008, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by rhillary

I totally agree with you. Kansas isn't going to be as good as last year, but I have a hard time imagining us losing to K-State but beating Kansas. K State is banking waaaay too much on Jucos for them to be much improved. I know it's worked in the past, but more often than not it doesn't.

I was in a softball tournament with a couple k-state alumns and got to talkin' a little pigskin with them. I brought up the fact that their recruiting class was loaded with more Juco talent than I had ever seen....he was telling me that alot of those guys had only played one year at Juco and thus had three years of eligibility left, and with a redshirt year some would still be in the program for four years. So, that made a little more sense to me after hearing that....although we both agreed that Prince's extension was purely a ploy to help him tell recruits that he would be around for awhile, not because they have so much confidence in his coaching abilities.

MontyBurns · 08-18-2008, 11:48 PM

Originally Posted by CycloneErik

2007 Fun Stats:
- Touchdowns scored: Opponents 50 – Iowa State 27
- Passing TDs: Opponents 24 – Iowa State 9
- Time of possession: Iowa State 32:50 – Opponents 27:09

I don't know, but two of those weren't really fun stats.

Just two games -- Texas & Kansas -- accounted for an awful lot of that shortfall.

Bobber · 08-18-2008, 11:50 PM

I hope we do surprise some people and get some respect back!

kingcy · 08-18-2008, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by Bobber

I hope we do surprise some people and get some respect back!

You mean respect. It has been a long time since we had respect. Even in Macs hay days we didnt get too much respect.

isucyclone4 · 08-18-2008, 11:59 PM

I just hope we score more than the other teams.

CyBobby · 08-19-2008, 11:02 AM

All the pre season talk is HOGWASH and doesn't mean SQUAT....the only thing that matters is what happens on the field aka the win-loss record!!

jdoggivjc · 08-19-2008, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by CyBobby

All the pre season talk is HOGWASH and doesn't mean SQUAT....the only thing that matters is what happens on the field aka the win-loss record!!

Nah - I think you judge this season more on player development and whether the players are getting better week-to-week than on W-L record. Because if we judge Chizik and the 'clones on W-L record this year there's going to be a lot of grumbling come season's end...