Cy-Hawk extended through 2027

[Dirtguy4CY]

2023
Northern Iowa
Iowa
@ Ohio

2024
North Dakota
@ Iowa
Arkansas St

2025
South Dakota
Iowa
@ Arkansas St

2026
Northern Iowa
@ Iowa
Bowling Green

2027
South Dakota St
Iowa
@ Bowling Green

While the Iowa game does get kind of stale because of the same ole type of schedule every year, I think it is good for a state that doesn't have a professional team to have an annual game like this. My question is why do they schedule the Ohio, Arkansas State, Bowling Green, type games out so far in advance. To me those games shouldn't be more then 2-3 years out.

Not that Iowa State should play a 11 P5 schedule every year but would it hurt to throw Missouri or Nebraska on a schedule once in the same year as the Iowa game? Get rid of UNI for a year and put Missouri on the schedule. West Virginia did it this year and should have won both P5 games.

 

[Cyballzz]

While the Iowa game does get kind of stale because of the same ole type of schedule every year, I think it is good for a state that doesn't have a professional team to have an annual game like this. My question is why do they schedule the Ohio, Arkansas State, Bowling Green, type games out so far in advance. To me those games shouldn't be more then 2-3 years out.

Not that Iowa State should play a 11 P5 schedule every year but would it hurt to throw Missouri or Nebraska on a schedule once in the same year as the Iowa game? Get rid of UNI for a year and put Missouri on the schedule. West Virginia did it this year and should have won both P5 games.

If you schedule 2-3 years out you have no schedule.

Missouri and Nebraska would also have to want to play 2 power 5 non con games and also have the issue of being booked until at least 2030 and damn near 2040 if they don't want to play 2 P5 games.

 

[HFCS]

Does anybody else feel like it'd be fun to have football go to every 2 or 3 years. Seems like best of both worlds. Every 2 years you'd have every 4-5 year player getting one or two games at each stadium.

In basketball I want the opposite, I'd have loved a home and home lots of years to stress the fact of how the Big 12 a full division above Big Ten basketball. Do any teams do a home and home non-conf rivalry? Wish we could've had 4-5 games against Big Ten teams instead of just two, you get a ton of media credit for really easy soft wins that are a relaxing breather from the Big 12.

Look how easy the games were against a 3 seed (road game) and 5 seed from the Big Ten. Now imagine how tough a road game against a 3 seed from the Big 12 is? Almost impossible to win. Would we have blown out a 5 seed from the Big 12 the way we easily blew out 5 seed Iowa in a laugher non competitive game? Nope. Get more Big Ten on schedule as soon as possible, not just ISU, the whole league should schedule more Big Ten games.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

While the Iowa game does get kind of stale because of the same ole type of schedule every year, I think it is good for a state that doesn't have a professional team to have an annual game like this. My question is why do they schedule the Ohio, Arkansas State, Bowling Green, type games out so far in advance. To me those games shouldn't be more then 2-3 years out.

Not that Iowa State should play a 11 P5 schedule every year but would it hurt to throw Missouri or Nebraska on a schedule once in the same year as the Iowa game? Get rid of UNI for a year and put Missouri on the schedule. West Virginia did it this year and should have won both P5 games.

Agree with the first part. You shouldn’t be traveling to those teams ever moving forward. Has to be a weaker P5 team (take your pick of the current big ten west) to fill that home and away series with

 

[BryceC]

That makes some sense. If you just scheduled another P5 opponent you wouldn’t have to pay either but having Iowa and another P5 could get rough some years.

ISU should never play multiple noncon P5 teams. Never.

 

[JP4CY]

I think many people are overestimating how many people "nationally" care about CyHawk.
Most of the Country had us on an alternate B1G channel.

 

[BryceC]

I think many people are overestimating how many people "nationally" care about CyHawk.
Most of the Country had us on an alternate B1G channel.

It gets a lot of juice when both teams are expected to be good, but when it's two unranked teams like this year nobody cares. But that's basically any noncon game.

 

[CoachHines3]

It gets a lot of juice when both teams are expected to be good, but when it's two unranked teams like this year nobody cares. But that's basically any noncon game.

I think many people are overestimating how many people "nationally" care about CyHawk.
Most of the Country had us on an alternate B1G channel.

anyone know what the ratings were for those games when we had Gameday?

 

[JP4CY]

anyone know what the ratings were for those games when we had Gameday?

Much higher I'm sure since they aren't stuck on B1G when the game is in Ames.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

anyone know what the ratings were for those games when we had Gameday?

You got close to 4 mil last year when both teams were ranked.

 

[Al_4_State]

Games like this make sense in college football.

I don't think Iowa has any intention of ending it at all. They can see that in the new, divisionless Big 10 that features 5 teams completely outside of the Midwest, they will A) likely never be in position to compete for the Big 10 CCG again, and B) have fewer games on their schedule that are meaningful to the fans.

By keeping the CyHawk they guarantee to have a game with a lot of meaning on that schedule every year. I would think the Big 10 would protect their in-conference rivalries, but I would bet either Minnesota or Wisconsin will cease to be an annual opponent for them going forward.

It makes sense for us to keep for those same exact reasons as well. I think we'll get the KSU/KU/OSU games protected, but it's no certainty.

It makes sense for them, makes sense for us, and makes sense for the game. As regional rivalries die off, the few that stick will serve as this welcome reminder of what made the game great and draw in viewers that otherwise have no reason to give a ****.

 

[brokenloginagain]

95% of cyclone/hawkeye fans are in favor of this game annually.

The other 5% post on message boards.

 

[JP4CY]

You got close to 4 mil last year when both teams were ranked.

Really bad in 2019. Tied with Stanford UCF. Woof.

 

[drmwevr08]

I'm agnostic I suppose but there is no other game that tells us less about what the season will be. We've won when Iowa turned out great, when we were our best we never won. Although this year was such a **** show what has happened since shouldn't surprise anyone but nevertheless we won (finally) but still stink.
I am fine with dumping UNI though as they play ISU tougher than any other similar school would. Rivalry games are getting fewer and fewer with all the movement though.

 

[Lafaester54]

I don't mind playing Iowa but would prefer it to maybe be every other year. I'd like to sprinkle in some variety of Arky, Minny, etc.

I think Minnesota would be a great home and home.

 

[JP4CY]

I think Minnesota would be a great home and home.

I think a significant number of our fans would try and get tix there too.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

Really bad in 2019. Tied with Stanford UCF. Woof.
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Yeah unless both teams are good it’s not going to be a major draw. Especially now that there are many more premier non con matchups the first couple weeks. I wonder how that game matches up against the rest of the season from a ratings perspective

 

[VeloClone]

2023
Northern Iowa
Iowa
@ Ohio

2024
North Dakota
@ Iowa
Arkansas St

2025
South Dakota
Iowa
@ Arkansas St

2026
Northern Iowa
@ Iowa
Bowling Green

2027
South Dakota St
Iowa
@ Bowling Green

Are we seriously playing North Dakota?

I took the daughter on a college visit there and our hotel was essentially across the road from their football stadium. While waiting for the welcome event to start I talked to some of the students running a booth. They said that daughter needs to go to hockey games at UND. It was the best time ever. When I mentioned that we were by the (indoor) FB stadium and asked them about FB games they got really quiet. Then one said she was a senior and had never been to a FB game. They then talked about hockey some more.

 

[VeloClone]

I think a significant number of our fans would try and get tix there too.

There are more ISU grads in Minnesota than any other state in the union not named Iowa. If you play it, Ray, they will come. They will most definitely come.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Trips to Arkansas or Ohio don't seem so great though.

Athens is beautiful in the fall.