ISU vs EIU Ticket prices

mwitt · 04-18-2008, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by CarolinaCy

In 2002 it was awesome to go to Arrowhead and see us play against Florida State.

It was awesome going to Kinnick in 2002, too, if you recall.

SouthernHawk · 04-18-2008, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by clone2011

Take a look at your schedule down the road--pretty sure you face UNI. Flaming ISU for scheduling a team that your team has also scheduled? Ooookay.

Gosh, I'm sure Maine and Florida Int'l are gonna be real barn-burners too!

Ahem, note the smiley face. 'Twas a joke. It's rare to find a BCS team that schedules a tough OOC.

Originally Posted by mwitt

It was awesome going to Kinnick in 2002, too, if you recall.

It was fun going to the Orange Bowl too!

DJK15 · 04-18-2008, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by CarolinaCy

Honestly, I think the ISU-Iowa series holds back both teams. Let's face it, in today's college football world, you're only going to schedule probably 1 non-conference game against another BCS team (if even that many, right Texas Tech?). Having to play Iowa every year really limits who we get to see the Clones match-up against, and vice versa. In 2002 it was awesome to go to Arrowhead and see us play against Florida State. I would like to see a home and home with some other teams once in a while. I just get tired of seeing Iowa and UNI on the schedule all the time.

Agreed. Like I said above, I'd like to see a Nebraska vs. Iowa series but it's pretty unlikely that Iowa will schedule 2 Big 12 opponents. Nebraska vs. Iowa just makes too much sense, they could play for a golden ear of corn or something.

It'd be nice to see ISU take on someone from the Big 10. Say...Minnesota, Illinois or Wisconsin.

CarolinaCy · 04-18-2008, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by mwitt

It was awesome going to Kinnick in 2002, too, if you recall.

Dude, it's never awesome going to Kinnick, but I know what you mean. I had way more fun at Arrowhead that year, and let's face it, 1 win over FSU would have carried a lot more weight nationally than our 5th straight win over Iowa. Yes, I know, Iowa was probably a better team than FSU in 2002, but it still would have been a win over a "name" team.

I'd still rather see us spread it around a little to other BCS conferences. I'm not saying we go after USC or Florida, but I think it'd be fun to see us play teams like Wash St, Arizona, Ole Miss, Vandy, Georgia Tech, UNC, etc. We'd get to see what it would be like to play other conferences and get to travel to some other destinations once in a while. I know a lot of people had fun travelling to New York for the Army game a few years back. Anyway, just my opinion on the matter.

BryceC · 04-18-2008, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by DJK15

Pollard is playing with fire. Barta will get the last laugh when he chooses not to renew the Iowa-ISU series. In fact, it wouldn't bother me at all, I'd rather Iowa start a new series/rivalry with Nebraska or Mizzu.

I don't know why people say things like this. It might be fun to discuss possibilities on message boards, but the series is not going away. It just isn't, and in fact they are finishing up contract talks regarding the series and JP has said this.

DJK15 · 04-18-2008, 10:52 AM

Interesting article:

hawk central | Hawkeye Football

cys_av8r · 04-18-2008, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by DJK15

Interesting article:

hawk central | Hawkeye Football

I didn't know Fort Madison had a website.

cardinal&gold · 04-18-2008, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by SouthernHawk

It was fun going to the Orange Bowl too!

Wouldn't it have been more fun going to the Fiesta Bowl?

And how much fun was it really at the Orange Bowl, getting wiped out by USC?

BryceC · 04-18-2008, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by DJK15

Interesting article:

hawk central | Hawkeye Football

I'm glad they were able to write that and reiterate things that have been said roughly 9 bazillion times.

Cyclone711 · 04-18-2008, 10:58 AM

Donations to ISU athletics are no where nere as much as EIU. How else do you expect us to make money? Are we going to have the football players going around selling chocalate bars so they can buy new j's?

cys_av8r · 04-18-2008, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by Cyclone711

Donations to ISU athletics are no where nere as much as EIU. How else do you expect us to make money? Are we going to have the football players going around selling chocalate bars so they can buy new j's?

We will never catch EIU in fund raising. With BluRay out now, the black market on DVDs is hot as ever.

SouthernHawk · 04-18-2008, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by cardinal&gold

Wouldn't it have been more fun going to the Fiesta Bowl?

And how much fun was it really at the Orange Bowl, getting wiped out by USC?

I thought ISU fans are convinced that Iowa wouldn't have jumped OSU? :D

That was a fun year for Iowa and ISU. I hope we can have more of those soon.

Phaedrus · 04-18-2008, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by DJK15

Pollard is playing with fire. Barta will get the last laugh when he chooses not to renew the Iowa-ISU series. In fact, it wouldn't bother me at all, I'd rather Iowa start a new series/rivalry with Nebraska or Mizzu.

Yeah, those grapes were probably sour, anyway, said the Fox, errr, I mean Hawk.

Mizzou will just cancel on you guys again anyway.

Phaedrus · 04-18-2008, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by keepngoal

glad you finally came around and admitted that the UofI is not a difficult opponent.

-keep.

BEST POST OF THE MILLENIUM!!!!!!!

And true.

cardinal&gold · 04-18-2008, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by SouthernHawk

I thought ISU fans are convinced that Iowa wouldn't have jumped OSU? :D

That was a fun year for Iowa and ISU. I hope we can have more of those soon.

Perhaps, but some people in the media -- like Mark May and Trev Alberts -- would have run over their own son if it meant voting Iowa into the Top 2 to be in the championship game. There was plenty of love for Ferentz and Banks, I don't doubt for a moment that had you not lost to ISU, you would have had a great chance to get into the championship.