ISU falls to 14th. UNI 13 in AP
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Many voters look at more than just what happened last week. Our losses to SC & Maryland look worse than they did a few weeks ago. The beat down on TTU makes the earlier loss look even worse. Some earlier wins such as against ALA & WVU are also not quite as impressive. Ironically, the win over IA looks better.
The current ranking is not as important as what the team does from here on out. If they can improve consistency and bring it on every possession, they could end up being the best team in school history. If they take plays off, especially on defense, it will be a story of what might have been.
The current ranking is not as important as what the team does from here on out. If they can improve consistency and bring it on every possession, they could end up being the best team in school history. If they take plays off, especially on defense, it will be a story of what might have been.
It's almost like you're enjoying ISU being ranked below UNI. Did you lose out on some business or something because we did away with playing them every year? Blame that idiotic Big 4 Classic instead.
Maryland has some pretty aggressive message boards. My cousin played football for them and I used to frequent their 24/7 site. They're a kooky bunch over there.
We get a game or two a year where we don't have a fair shot already when we play KU. Not interested in adding another every other year with very little incentive. Fran played up there, saw his team got homered in a laughably obvious manner, and said "wtf are we coming here for?". That's why it ended. You probably have to go back decades to find an ISU/Iowa game where horrible officiating affected the outcome, when Iowa and ISU went to CF recently it was about half the time and that's why road games there gave way to just neutral site. Who knows how or why but it was what it was.
I get a sense they'll be a 3 or 4 seed. But that's assuming they win out with the exception of what will probably be two games against Wichita.
The night of the Fran meltdown featured three refs that do a ton of Big 10 and Big 12 games. The 'homered' argument is ridiculous. Fran having a bad team and acting like a ******* is the reason that happened.
The crew that night was John Higgins, Bo Boroski, and Paul Janssen.
The Valley uses the same refs that the Big 12 and Big 10 do.
The crew that night was John Higgins, Bo Boroski, and Paul Janssen.
The Valley uses the same refs that the Big 12 and Big 10 do.
For those griping about Kansas not dropping, remember that they beat #11 to offset their loss to Oklahoma State.
I said who knows how or why but that was one of most one sided games you will ever see in terms of horrid officiating. Iowa got screwed very obviously. Fran being an outsider looked at it somewhat rationally weighing pluses and minuses and said 'done'. That simple.
Also remember KU has the clear top schedule in the nation. Makes me vomit but KU is likely underrated slightly for the same reason UNI and WSU are overrated slightly.
Honestly, Kansas is overrated. I don't for one second think they are one of the 8 best teams in the country. They definitely have one of the 8 best resumes in the country. They're still a year away. I kinda feel the same way about ISU this year as well. Both KU and ISU are going to be monsters next year.
You'd rather play Mississippi Valley State or Oakland? Not me.
I think ISU definitely should play Drake and UNI each season, there is no reason not too.
Playing UNI this year would have significantly boosted our non-conference schedule, that's for sure.
And win or lose we would still end up with a 3 or 4 seed in the tournament, so for me it's not really a significant boost.
What irritates me the most is UNI's fans ignoring facts that put UNI in a bad light.
Why should we play UNI? There is no benefit. Our conference games provide plenty top 50 RPI win opportunities.
Take Notre Dame this year. That have a 330 Non-Con SOS, but their conference SOS makes up for this. Also, conference play provides them with plenty of top 50 RPI wins. This is why Kansas doesn't play Wichita State, there is no reason for it.
