I'm on record as wanting CPR out now, but I can realistically see the Cyclones starting 5-0 next season. Wins after that will be tough to come by, but one upset to close out the year and Rhoads will have every opportunity to save his job.
The Big XII Conference has seen 14 schools field 41 non-interim head coaches from 1996-2013. When you consider the records that each school has turned in over that time you can start to see some patterns develop:
Elite Big XII teams:
Nebraska - Will fire you after 10, 11, 12 wins (Solich)...
Unprecedented excitement for ISU men's basketball. I can't wait for the season to start. Now that the Capital City league has finished it's time for us to turn our attention back to real basketball. Let's have it--season predictions, starting rotations, top newcomers, All-Americans!
Season...
We're sitting on an 11-seed right now, per ESPN. I think a win over OU might move us up to the 10 spot and a win over KU could move us up to 8-9. If we win the B12 championship, can we get into the 7 in the KC sectional? Right now the B12 can't have another team there since KU is occupying the...
ESPN the Magazine college hoops preview is out and they pick ISU 35th, 5th in the conference just behind K-State at #34. Full Big 12:
KU (5)
Baylor (21)
Texas (29)
KSU (34)
ISU (35)
OSU (48)
Oklahoma (53)
WVU (55)
Texas Tech (131)
TCU (189)
Interesting compared to coaches picks:
KU
Baylor...
It is my understanding that Urbandale junior split end / DB / punt returner and overall stud Allen Lazard was in Iowa City on Saturday. I know that he has offers from both schools and interest from teams that are perennial NC contenders. I have heard about 7th hand "from a kid that knows him"...
No joke. Guy scored a 0.0 on his dive. Can't stop watching!!
VIDEO: A German Diver Delivered The Worst Dive In Olympic History - Business Insider
Think I could have been an Olympian...
Listening to Pandora while winding down the day and Sleepyhead by Passion Pit comes on with the lyrics "Please unicorn eat tacos with me." Got me wondering, could that possibly be the most random song lyric this side of Beck?
CPR has beaten every go-forward Big 12 team that he's coached against other than the last three teams on the schedule this year. This is the first time he will face both Oklahoma schools in the same season, and gets them back to back at their collective strongest stretch in history. Kansas State...
Does anyone know the approximate impact that equal revenue sharing in the league (minus LHN) would have on ISU? I've read that our total contract should be about $130MM per year for the conference, and assuming we get back to 10 or 12 teams we'd still stand to get $10-$13MM of that. Does anyone...
Iowa State opens the season at 2 - 0 for just the 7th time since entering the Big 12. Those fast starts led to bowls in three seasons but two four win seasons, and in one season (2003) the Cyclones didn't win another game.
So which path will these Cyclones take? Let's take a look at an...