Cole out for season ACL

ajk4st8 · 12-31-2007, 12:31 AM

Iowa's next stretch in the Big 10 is brutal. To win any of these 5 games, they really needed him.

isucyclone4 · 12-31-2007, 12:37 AM

do they only have 8 on their roster now? i know it was 9 last time i checked...

jumbopackage · 12-31-2007, 10:55 AM

While I love watching Iowa stink, I'd rather watch them stink with a healthy roster. One less "we had injuries" excuse.

As far as other conferences being scared off their own networks - I don't think any other conference would have the audacity to say "put us on the basic tier or else", and so I don't think this hurts anyone else other than the Big 10. They've done this to themselves.

rbrook · 12-31-2007, 11:02 AM

Why they went ahead and launched the B10 network without the cable companies already in the fold is beyond me.

Just foolish.

wonkadog · 12-31-2007, 11:16 AM

Anyone hear Dolph the other day on KXNO somehow spinning it that if Iowa could pull off the upset of Indiana (which he claimed is a 50/50 chance since it's a home game??!?!?) then that could catipult them into having a chance at Wisconsin?? He was also babbling on about somehow they could end up fighting for 5th-7th in the conference!! I think he had started his New Year's party early.

travman23 · 12-31-2007, 11:20 AM

I'm not going to celebrate this injury like some of you are. We should know first hand how injuries to key players really sucks. I'd rather they lose with a healthy roster but they were going to stink this year regardless. Lickliter is not Alford and I do think he's a good coach that will eventually turn it around there and do it the right way. I doubt he had any idea just how bad Alford left the program though and it's going to take them time just like it's going to take us too after all the LE and WM fallouts.

rbrook · 12-31-2007, 11:29 AM

Fortunately, I think we are one year ahead of EIU in our development.

Hopefully more, but I doubt it.

jumbopackage · 12-31-2007, 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by wonkadog

Anyone hear Dolph the other day on KXNO somehow spinning it that if Iowa could pull off the upset of Indiana (which he claimed is a 50/50 chance since it's a home game??!?!?) then that could catipult them into having a chance at Wisconsin?? He was also babbling on about somehow they could end up fighting for 5th-7th in the conference!! I think he had started his New Year's party early.

I heard him on Cotlar the other morning. Holy cow. Someone must have spiked the kool-aid, and he must have drank the whole vat. I've never heard such babbling lunacy on the radio EVER. According to him, Lick is going to have the team turned around by next year and they will probably be ranked in the top 10 going into 2010.

thunderdave · 12-31-2007, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by jumbopackage

I heard him on Cotlar the other morning. Holy cow. Someone must have spiked the kool-aid, and he must have drank the whole vat. I've never heard such babbling lunacy on the radio EVER. According to him, Lick is going to have the team turned around by next year and they will probably be ranked in the top 10 going into 2010.

And people wonder why the hawks have so much hatred toward them?

BryceC · 12-31-2007, 12:05 PM

I feel awful for them, I really do. I hate seeing kids go down.

SouthernHawk · 12-31-2007, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by thunderdave

And people wonder why the hawks have so much hatred toward them?

*Gasp* The Iowa radio broadcaster was speaking positively of the Hawks??? And *double gasp* predicted that they may be significantly improved in 3 years?

Wait, what are your predictions of where Iowa State will be in 2010 in either football or basketball? Is it ridiculous to assume that they'll be significantly improved by then? Because I think they will be.

BryceC · 12-31-2007, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by SouthernHawk

*Gasp* The Iowa radio broadcaster was speaking positively of the Hawks??? And *double gasp* predicted that they may be significantly improved in 3 years?

Wait, what are your predictions of where Iowa State will be in 2010 in either football or basketball? Is it ridiculous to assume that they'll be significantly improved by then? Because I think they will be.

I think they'll be improved, but I think outside of a few homers I don't think anybody thinks we'll be a top 10 team.

SouthernHawk · 12-31-2007, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by BryceC

I think they'll be improved, but I think outside of a few homers I don't think anybody thinks we'll be a top 10 team.

No. That's a bold prediction. Maybe top 25 - but even that would be expecting a lot. There's a lot to improve upon, and in 2010, the team will be very young unless there are some JUCO tranfers.

BryceC · 12-31-2007, 12:29 PM

That's what they were making fun of. If you agree with it, why do you feel the need to jump on and defend Dolph? It's a ridiculous statement he made.

SouthernHawk · 12-31-2007, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by BryceC

That's what they were making fun of. If you agree with it, why do you feel the need to jump on and defend Dolph? It's a ridiculous statement he made.

I'm not defending his prediction. I'm defending the fact that he's an Iowa broadcaster, and it's not any more far out than ISU fans predicting winning a Big 12 North championship by 2010 after the past few seasons in football.

Top 10? No. Top 25? Maybe.

And I didn't hear the comment, so I don't know if he specifically said "They will be a top 10 program", or "This team could be contending for a top 10 spot in a few years."

There is a big difference.

But no, I don't think that a Hawkeye radio broadcaster being a homer is as big of a deal as some are trying to make it out as.