Cyclone Football Preseason Predictions!

[dualthreat]

Date	Opponent	Score	Record
Sept 5	Northern Iowa	34-17	Win 1-0
Sept 12	Iowa	31-28	Win 2-0
Sept 19	@ Toledo	41-21	Win 3-0
Oct 3	Kansas	28-10	Win 4-0
Oct 10	@ Texas Tech	42-35	Loss 4-1
Oct 17	TCU	56-28	Loss 4-2
Oct 24	@ Baylor	52-14	Loss 4-3
Oct 31	Texas	27-21	Win 5-3
Nov 7	@ Oklahoma	42-13	Loss 5-4
Nov 14	Oklahoma State	37-31	Win 6-4
Nov 21	@ Kansas State	24-21	Loss 6-5
Nov 28	@ West Virginia	49-42	Loss 6-5
			6-6 (3-6)

>I think we struggle early against UNI, panic breaks out on CF, team pulls away in the second half.
>I think Iowa will struggle early in the season (maybe the whole season.)
>Sam Richardson gets his first Big 12 win as a starter against Kansas.
>I don't see us winning down in Lubbock, bu I expect a hard fought game with little defense.
>TCU and Baylor are going to beat us senseless.
>I think Texas continues to struggle with C Strong, we've been way too close to beating them lately.
>I'm not even going to bother picking us to beat OU or KSU
>You'll notice I have us going 5-1 at home! Thanks to the new end zone
>Rhoads' teams usually disappoint after reaching 6 wins. We lose at WVU.

Richardson throws for over 3500 yards, breaks school record
M Warren, J Harris, D Tucker, A Lazard emerge as breakout players

Make it to some lower tier bowl and somehow win it. Gives fans all sorts of warm feelings for the 2016 season that will inevitably be a rebuilding year.

 

[ISUKyro]

I think we take down KU for our one and only win of the season.
I am so ready for this team to prove me wrong. I hope they play with a chip on their shoulder and find a way to do some good things.

But until it happens, I have lost faith in the football program to even be mediocre.

 

[CYCLNST8]

Prediction?

Pain.

 

[awd4cy]

Northern Iowa L
Iowa W
@Toledo L
Kansas W
@Texas Tech L
TCU L
@Baylor L
Texas L
@Oklahoma L
Oklahoma State L
@Kansas State L
@ West Virginia L

2-10 Overall, 1-8 Conference

Iowa and Toledo can be easily flip flopped.

 

[Gunnerclone]

I thought we already did this?

Northern Iowa W
Iowa L
@Toledo W
Kansas W
@Texas Tech L
TCU L
@Baylor L
Texas L
@Oklahoma L
Oklahoma State L
@Kansas State L
@ West Virginia L

3 and whatever with a huge losing streak to end the year. Sound familiar? Keeping it rolling. Just hoping not to go 0'fer in conference this year.

 

[CyArob]

4-8. Optimism!

 

[dualthreat]

I'm not confident in Rhoads, but I am with Mangino. Offense will be good enough to win us some games this year.

 

[tazclone]

Date	Opponent	Score	Record
Sept 5	Northern Iowa	34-17	Win 1-0
Sept 12	Iowa	31-28	Win 2-0
Sept 19	@ Toledo	41-21	Win 3-0
Oct 3	Kansas	28-10	Win 4-0
Oct 10	@ Texas Tech	42-35	Loss 4-1
Oct 17	TCU	56-28	Loss 4-2
Oct 24	@ Baylor	52-14	Loss 4-3
Oct 31	Texas	27-21	Win 5-3
Nov 7	@ Oklahoma	42-13	Loss 5-4
Nov 14	Oklahoma State	37-31	Win 6-4
Nov 21	@ Kansas State	24-21	Loss 6-5
Nov 28	@ West Virginia	49-42	Loss 6-5
			6-6 (3-6)

>I think we struggle early against UNI, panic breaks out on CF, team pulls away in the second half.
>I think Iowa will struggle early in the season (maybe the whole season.)
>Sam Richardson gets his first Big 12 win as a starter against Kansas.
>I don't see us winning down in Lubbock, bu I expect a hard fought game with little defense.
>TCU and Baylor are going to beat us senseless.
>I think Texas continues to struggle with C Strong, we've been way too close to beating them lately.
>I'm not even going to bother picking us to beat OU or KSU
>You'll notice I have us going 5-1 at home! Thanks to the new end zone
>Rhoads' teams usually disappoint after reaching 6 wins. We lose at WVU.

Richardson throws for over 3500 yards, breaks school record
M Warren, J Harris, D Tucker, A Lazard emerge as breakout players

Make it to some lower tier bowl and somehow win it. Gives fans all sorts of warm feelings for the 2016 season that will inevitably be a rebuilding year.

Flip OSU and WV and give us an extra loss in the first five games and I am on board. We can start 4-1 but I doubt we do.

 

[Topshelf]

Date	Opponent	Score	Record
Sept 5	Northern Iowa	20-17	Win 1-0
Sept 12	Iowa	20-23	Loss 1-1
Sept 19	@ Toledo	24-21	Win 2-1
Oct 3	Kansas	31-10	Win 3-1
Oct 10	@ Texas Tech	31-28	Win 4-1
Oct 17	TCU	56-9	Loss 4-2
Oct 24	@ Baylor	49-14	Loss 4-3
Oct 31	Texas	35-21	Win 5-3
Nov 7	@ Oklahoma	42-13	Loss 5-4
Nov 14	Oklahoma State	20-31	Loss 5-5
Nov 21	@ Kansas State	24-21	Win 6-5
Nov 28	@ West Virginia	49-42	Loss 6-6
			6-6

In reality I feel like we will get 4 or 5 wins but really want to get back to 6, so made it work. I feel like I won't be surprised if we win the first 4 games, but also not surprised if we lose any of those 4. Should make for an interesting season.

 

[NickTheGreat]

12 - 0

Just because :twitcy: :yes:

 

[Cyclonepride]

I'm going 5-7, with no particular order of win/loss. Wouldn't be surprised with a game better or a game worse.

 

[dualthreat]

I prefer to look at it the same way each season: Which games do we have a fighting chance at winning?

This year we have a fighting chance at beating
UNI
Iowa
Toledo
Kansas
Texas Tech
Texas
Oklahoma State
Kansas State
West Virginia

None of those teams are going to be all that great. OSU will probably be the best, but they're relying on a new QB and the game is at home late in the year. How many will we win? I have no idea. Maybe none. We could honestly go 0-12. But I never look at it like that. I don't buy tickets to and watch games of a team I have no hope for.

 

[djcubby]

Date	Opponent	Score	Record
Sept 5	Northern Iowa	34-17	Win 1-0
Sept 12	Iowa	31-28	Win 2-0
Sept 19	@ Toledo	41-21	Win 3-0
Oct 3	Kansas	28-10	Win 4-0
Oct 10	@ Texas Tech	42-35	Loss 4-1
Oct 17	TCU	56-28	Loss 4-2
Oct 24	@ Baylor	52-14	Loss 4-3
Oct 31	Texas	27-21	Win 5-3
Nov 7	@ Oklahoma	42-13	Loss 5-4
Nov 14	Oklahoma State	37-31	Win 6-4
Nov 21	@ Kansas State	24-21	Loss 6-5
Nov 28	@ West Virginia	49-42	Loss 6-5
			6-6 (3-6)

>I think we struggle early against UNI, panic breaks out on CF, team pulls away in the second half.
>I think Iowa will struggle early in the season (maybe the whole season.)
>Sam Richardson gets his first Big 12 win as a starter against Kansas.
>I don't see us winning down in Lubbock, bu I expect a hard fought game with little defense.
>TCU and Baylor are going to beat us senseless.
>I think Texas continues to struggle with C Strong, we've been way too close to beating them lately.
>I'm not even going to bother picking us to beat OU or KSU
>You'll notice I have us going 5-1 at home! Thanks to the new end zone
>Rhoads' teams usually disappoint after reaching 6 wins. We lose at WVU.

Richardson throws for over 3500 yards, breaks school record
M Warren, J Harris, D Tucker, A Lazard emerge as breakout players

Make it to some lower tier bowl and somehow win it. Gives fans all sorts of warm feelings for the 2016 season that will inevitably be a rebuilding year.

28 pts againt the TCU defense is extremely optimistic. Almost as optimistic as thinking this team can get 6 wins.

 

[RedDog]

12 - 0

Just because :twitcy: :yes:

Nick, that would be great!

 

[CYCLNST8]

	UNI	W (barely)
	Iowa	W (barely)
	@ Toledo	L
	Kansas	W (barely)
	@ Texas Tech	L
	TCU	L
	@ Baylor	L
	Texas	W (emotional overtime)
	@ Oklahoma	L
	Oklahoma State	L
	@ Kansas State	L
	@ West Virginia L

Rhoads hangs his hat on the Texas victory and Jamie keeps him for another season.

 

[besserheimerphat]

Date	Opponent	W/L
Sept 5	Northern Iowa	W
Sept 12	Iowa	W
Sept 19	@ Toledo	W
Oct 3	Kansas	W
Oct 10	@ Texas Tech	L
Oct 17	TCU	L
Oct 24	@ Baylor	L
Oct 31	Texas	W
Nov 7	@ Oklahoma	L
Nov 14	Oklahoma State	L
Nov 21	@ Kansas State	W
Nov 28	@ West Virginia	L

I'll put us at 6-6. I think we have as good a chance as ever at starting 4-0, or maybe even 5-0 depending on how Tech looks. We just don't have the talent to hang with TCU/Baylor/OU, and I think OSU will be good enough that they'll control the game even if it looks close on the scoreboard.

I think Texas and KSU will be toss-ups since we've played both school close the past few years but have lost all of them. Since 2009, we've played KSU and UT 11 times. Eight of those 11 games were decided by 7 points or less, and we only won one of them. At ISU, Rhoads wins 44% of games decided by 7 points or less (11 out of 25). I have to think we'll start regressing to the mean here and putting a few more close games in the win column.

I think we'll be good enough to beat Tech and WVU - both games were close throughout last year - but both are on the road so I have a feeling we'll trip up one or both.

We have to beat Kansas.

Anything worse than 3-2 in the first five games, and it's probably time to start thinking about coaching changes. I wouldn't normally say that, but with our schedule all the most winnable games are early. If we don't get a good start, we're going to be terrible once apathy and attrition set in.

 

[isutrevman]

UNI - W
Iowa - W
@ Toledo - W
Kansas - W
@ Texas Tech - L
TCU - L
@ BAylor - L
Texas - L
@ Oklahoma - L
Oklahoma State - L
@ KState - W
@ West Virginia - L

(5-7)

 

[cyclones500]

Date	Opponent	Score	Record
Sept 5	Northern Iowa	34-17	Win 1-0
Sept 12	Iowa	31-28	Win 2-0
Sept 19	@ Toledo	41-21	Win 3-0
Oct 3	Kansas	28-10	Win 4-0
Oct 10	@ Texas Tech	42-35	Loss 4-1
Oct 17	TCU	56-28	Loss 4-2
Oct 24	@ Baylor	52-14	Loss 4-3
Oct 31	Texas	27-21	Win 5-3
Nov 7	@ Oklahoma	42-13	Loss 5-4
Nov 14	Oklahoma State	37-31	Win 6-4
Nov 21	@ Kansas State	24-21	Loss 6-5
Nov 28	@ West Virginia	49-42	Loss 6-5
			6-6 (3-6)

>I think we struggle early against UNI, panic breaks out on CF, team pulls away in the second half.
>I think Iowa will struggle early in the season (maybe the whole season.)
>Sam Richardson gets his first Big 12 win as a starter against Kansas.
>I don't see us winning down in Lubbock, bu I expect a hard fought game with little defense.
>TCU and Baylor are going to beat us senseless.
>I think Texas continues to struggle with C Strong, we've been way too close to beating them lately.
>I'm not even going to bother picking us to beat OU or KSU
>You'll notice I have us going 5-1 at home! Thanks to the new end zone
>Rhoads' teams usually disappoint after reaching 6 wins. We lose at WVU.

Richardson throws for over 3500 yards, breaks school record
M Warren, J Harris, D Tucker, A Lazard emerge as breakout players

Make it to some lower tier bowl and somehow win it. Gives fans all sorts of warm feelings for the 2016 season that will inevitably be a rebuilding year.

Clever score choice for the OSU win. (Maybe that was inadvertent)

 

[ThurgoodMarshal]

12 - 0

Just because :twitcy: :yes:

 

[Daserop]

More Teletubbie shenanigans. That is must see TV.