Why would you drop your main rival if you believe they are one the easier games on your schedule?
Iowa State vs Iowa game "not enjoyable" for Iowa Fans
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What are you talking about? Our main rivalry is the Farmageddon game vs. Kansas State. We don't care about the Iowa game nearly as much as all of you Hawks do. It's your Super Bowl and we have nothing to gain from it.
What...the guy committed to Iowa State who only left because he would have been like in 6 deep position here? If i were him I would have left for anywhere where you would have been able to play right away. Didn't have to be Iowa, if Wisconsin had Iowa's problems at RB and they talked to him he would have likely gone there.
That situation had nothing to do with the team, only playing time.
Yep, they hurt our "Strength of Schedule" rating. We used to be #1 in the nation for SOS and now since the hoks have imploded, we are down around #4 or #5 in the nation. Sucks.
UNI is no joke, they haven't been for at least 7 years now. If they were FBS I think it would be a great rivalry game.
They should be really afraid of the following week when UNI comes to Kinnick to ruffle some tail feathers.
KSU is bigger because it's a conference game but Iowa and ISU is the biggest rivalry game for each school and I think fans on both sides would agree.
this game is important to ISU, not because it is the Hawks, but because, like it or not, Iowa is becoming one of the easier teams to beat on the Cyclone's schedule. With OK, OSU, TCU, WV, KSU, even Baylor on the schedule there is not a lot of room for error for the Clones.
You originally pointed out how beating Iowa would help you get better recruits. My point was that most recruits don't care whether you beat Iowa or not. I brought up an example of a player who went to Iowa who had an ISU offer even though ISU beat Iowa.
This is an excuse as well when they lose, Iowa was looking ahead to UNI since they played Wisconsin so well.
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The Iowa game is not the biggest rivalry for us, not even close. I know that I forgot we were playing Iowa this week until I saw something on Facebook from one of my Hawkeye friends today. I would imagine the same is true for most Cyclones - hell, most of us probably still don't know that we play Iowa this weekend. It's just not that big of a deal.
I'm already looking ahead to a true test from Western Illinois.
Iowa is our biggest rival, as it should be, it keeps us up posting stupid **** on forums like I'm doing now. Without that, college football has the level of interest of water polo. Ignite the hate, it's passion, people care when it's fun and there's competition.
Yes easier than the Fry years when ISU looked like a dying FCS school, I remember going to games then. Empty seats all over the place. ISU doing better is great for both programs, competition breeds inspiration for greatness.
Go Cyclones
