What will ISU be ranked?
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More hilarious, Hawkeyes are still getting votes at this point with their resume
We deserve to be ranked at #9. If anything, we should be ranked at #7 based on what we have done thus far. No one knows how we will finish but we have done enough to be ranked at #9. Ranking should be based on what a team has done , not on potential or eye test.
Crepes has us #14 after not ranked a week ago. Two pollsters have us at 25. Joining decock is Jesse newell from Kansas City star who ranks the Hawkeyes 23rd and VT 22nd. Only pollster to rank either of those two teams
It's all about perception, not reality. We always start out unranked and have to really earn our way up the rankings ladder. Iowa, on the other hand, seems to always start out ranked and they have to really earn their way down the rankings ladder. It's like the burden is on ISU to prove why they should be ranked, and the burden is on Iowa to prove why they should not be ranked.
At this point, though, I don't give a rip about Iowa. We kicked their butts by 20, so there's no debate.
Probably a KSU terd like that one guy that posts here. They hate us because they think they are us, but they’re not.
Do people really believe #9 is a curse perpetrated on the clones by an evil sports wizard?
If you are one of these people do you also hold your breath when crossing bridges? Runaway from broken mirrors? Believe stepping on a crack will break your mothers back? Perhaps Jim Carrey’s the number 23 is your favorite movie?
Lol STOP IT
If you are one of these people do you also hold your breath when crossing bridges? Runaway from broken mirrors? Believe stepping on a crack will break your mothers back? Perhaps Jim Carrey’s the number 23 is your favorite movie?
Lol STOP IT
I think they should. NET #23, 2-3 in Quad 1 and 2 games, absolutely destroyed the bad teams they've played.
Our fanbase quickly forgot how much some of those Hoiberg teams underachieved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Iowa_State_Cyclones_football_team
Losing to Oklahoma 3-49 while being ranked 9th.
Ugh that game... 18 year old BWR was so excited for that game and...................... NUTSHOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hell our 2-22 team almost beat them on the road last year, I’m not going to act like we can’t win that game.
I want to believe ISU is a top 10 team... I truly do. After they get into the Big 12 season, we will see. The Big 12 is a total meat grinder. So far ISU has risen to the challenge. I just wish the Baylor game would have been later, when the students could be there.
I wear red socks for all the games. Been doing it for years. Does it help the teams win? Doubtful. Does it make me less anxious? Yup. So deal with it.
To me, high rankings are a mixed blessing. Yeah, it's cool to see our teams up there in the rankings. But we have a sad history of our teams dying ugly deaths when ranked.
Either they buy into the hype and think all they have to do is show up (UAB, anyone?) or they become a bigger target and get the best efforts of every team in the Big 12, and that's a helluva a grind.
So yeah, I'm wary of high rankings. Do I think it's a conspiracy curse? No, not really. But I've seen bad things happen when we're ranked, and I'm a Cyclone. I may not need a nut cup, but I definitely understand the desire for one.
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