We lose a game and............
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Exactly. 4 or 5 good seasons out of 30 does not a good program make. We are a losing football program, that's just the truth. I hope that we can turn it around with PR, but fans have every right to be down, this isn't exactly our first visit to this neck of the woods. By now most of us are used to it and it's just life as a Cyclone fan. You show up, tailgate hard, root for your team, and at the end of the day more often than not you're disappointed.
I would hope that players dont get on these boards. Great to know that the Cyclone community still stands behind their team after a dismal game.
One dismal game. We are going on 4 years of dismal games. It is getting old. As for the players I feel for them, I know they are doing what they can and giving it their all, and it has to suck not to get the results they want.
Jamie Pollard rush chairman dam glad to me you!
That Jamie Pollard rush chairman and he is dam glad to me you.
That Jamie Pollard rush chairman and he is dam glad to me you.
The players still see 40-45k or more at every game; even last year during a 10 game losing streak. That by itself shows that this fan base stands behind them. If you ever went to a football game at KSU before Snyder, or at KU before Mangino, or a basketball game lately at Colorado, you'd know what it looks like when a fan base doesn't stand behind their team.
Well from what it sounds like on here, most of you go to games still because you own season tickets and you just want to get your money's worth. This team is not 20 years worth of failures. It is a new team with great opportunities and great potential.
I am not sure your example is reflective of the situation in 09. In 02 the Clones beat a very good Hawk team. Remember the joke. "How can the Hawks expect to be #1 in the nation when they came in 2nd in the state?" I don't recall the score, but I doubt we throttled the Hawks in 02. The problem is Cyclone fans have invested their hearts and money in the promise of the Clones going to the "next" level and it is frustrating to watch the program sink to lower levels than we have seen in recent years. Coach KF is on his way to becoming a Fry-like coach icon in Iowa, while we showed the door to our potential coach icon. This process is going to take time. ISU students will graduate without ever having gone to a bowl game. Jamie P. took a huge risk, hoping for a greater reward. The problem is J.P. did not prepare the fan base for the potential of disaster and program set back. Now the question whether the $$ will keep coming in long enough to allow J.P. the necessary time to get our sports programs back track. My point is that this might be a good time to hope to exceed lower expectations as opposed to failing to meet higher expectations. The program is not "in ruins", but the fans certainly have earned the right to be frustrated...
What's more embarrassing, at least for ISU, is that students will graduate without having been to the Big Dance.
Its getting old???? Its been old for the last 50 years or so................
Winning football and iowa state just doesnt seem to ever go together.....
All I know is Basketball has sucked for a few years now and football has gone 10-28 in the last 3 years with 2 VERY tough years of a schedule coming at us. I have had 2 children since we won on the road last....
People are just looking for any signs of a heart beat right now. I think its very important we start 4-1 this year.
People are just looking for any signs of a heart beat right now. I think its very important we start 4-1 this year.
I know! I actually attended ISU back in the "glory days". You know, back around the turn of the century. :smile: When we were beating Iowa year after year in fball, winning our first bowl game, and our bball team was winning Big 12 titles. Honestly, I almost started taking it for granted. But those sure were great times. I feel sorry for the students today. Guess I got lucky!!
Typical Cyclone rollercoaster...believe me: we'll all be sane again come the weekend. Bring on the damn golden flashes and knock these pieces on their ***** Cyclones. Get 'em ready Rhoads
