are we a basketball school again?

**colbycheese** · 04-17-2012, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by IdahoCyclone

I always thought Iowa State was more of an Agriculture and Engineering school?

Nice! +1

**AlleyAddict** · 04-17-2012, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by Rabbuk

I predict a very bad season in football. Not to put the cart in front of the horse, just a gut feeling. Not trying to be negative though.

How is this not negative?

**Cycl1** · 04-17-2012, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by AlleyAddict

How is this not negative?

Didn't you know that if you say something extremely negative and then follow it with a statment saying you aren't trying to be negative it negates all negativity. Just like saying "no offense" and then saying something offensive.

**Dryburn** · 04-17-2012, 12:20 PM

I don't think ISU is necessarily a basketball school again.....if it ever really was one and then lost it somehow.

I think both football and basketball are headed in the right direction. I think basketball will get back faster because it is a little bit easier to re-build a basketball program than it is a football program, imo. I say that because a couple of really good players in basketball can carry you. It takes many more players, and much more development time to build a football program.

I want to see all of the programs at ISU succeed. I see programs like Volleyball, Gymnastics, Track and even Golf on the right track. But then I also see programs like Wrestling slipping drastically, and programs like Softball, Tennis, etc. just sort of floundering. I know these are minor programs, but wouldn't you still like to see ISU be better than average in all of them?

**cyhiphopp** · 04-17-2012, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by Cycl1

Didn't you know that if you say something extremely negative and then follow it with a statment saying you aren't trying to be negative it negates all negativity. Just like saying "no offense" and then saying something offensive.

You're the biggest piece of **** on the face of the earth...

no offense.

See, works perfectly.

**cyclones500** · 04-17-2012, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by cyhiphopp

You're the biggest piece of **** on the face of the earth...

no offense.

See, works perfectly.

No offense, but now you're just being defensive.

**CYVADER** · 04-01-2013, 08:48 PM

Thought I'd bump my own thread. This year makes me feel the trend moving even more toward bball at least for me. We bought season fb tix for the first time in 3 years because our kids finally old enough to go to some games and maybe that will change my perspective. How the rest of you feel?

**Rabbuk** · 04-01-2013, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by CYVADER

Thought I'd bump my own thread. This year makes me feel the trend moving even more toward bball at least for me. We bought season fb tix for the first time in 3 years because our kids finally old enough to go to some games and maybe that will change my perspective. How the rest of you feel?

im more optimistic about basketball than I am about football just my 2 cents.

**Wesley** · 04-01-2013, 08:54 PM

With a couple of breaks we could have been in the Final Four. If we had the same amount of help, we would still have lost our bowl game.

**mtowncyclone13** · 04-01-2013, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by EYEoftheSTORM

watching the spring game got me back into the football rhythm but until about a week ago I was still all BB...

I think both of our BIG athletics are on the rise causing me to be excited for everything ISU. Which in return is getting my girlfriend more and more mad at me for spending so much time on CF...

once youre married she'll watch abc family and itll all be good.

**spitfyr36** · 04-01-2013, 09:29 PM

Imo the majority of the fan base would love for isu to be a football school but you have to look at results. 3 bowl wins and No conference championships means there's a long way to go before isu would even b considered.

**aeroclone** · 04-01-2013, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by Rabbuk

im more optimistic about basketball than I am about football just my 2 cents.

I'm in this camp too.

**Cyinthenorth** · 04-01-2013, 10:09 PM

Yeah, I've gotta be honest here, basketball is clearly taking precedence in Ames. You've got the Mayor running the show, NCAA Tournament appearances and wins, 20+ win seasons, good recruiting classes, just tons of things to be excited about in Ames for basketball. Then in football....

another .500 season and no-show in a bowl game. I love the bowl games don't get me wrong, but one of these years, Rhoads is gonna have to get the boys up over that .500 mark or people will be calling for his head just like they did with McCarney a few years back. Word is he's bringing in great recruiting classes and likes to red shirt most, if not all, freshman, so hopefully the player development is coming along nicely and we can maybe get a little Bill Snyder-north thing going. Otherwise, yes, we will always bow knee to the Texas schools as clearly we aren't going to recruit that state as well as TTU, UT, and TCU or probably even Baylor. We get all the Texas kids that those schools don't want (i.e. Jared Barnett) but as for this year, I'd expect much of the same results as the previous 2 years. Maybe only 5 wins even. But I think 2014 could be big.