Iowa State is now 16 / 16 RE: ...

[AlaCyclone]

Facing Different Bowl Opponents!

That's right, ISU has never played a team twice in a Bowl Game!

1971 Sun vs. L.S.U.
1972 Liberty vs. Georgia Tech
1977 Peach vs. N.C. State
1978 Hall of Fame Classic vs. Texas A&M
2000 insight.com vs. Pittsburgh
2001 Independence vs. Alabama
2002 Humanitarian vs. Boise State
2004 Independence vs. Miami (OH)
2005 Houston Bowl vs. T.C.U.
2009 Insight vs. Minnesota
2011 Pinstripe vs. Rutgers
2012 Liberty vs. Tulsa
2017 Liberty vs. Memphis
2018 Alamo vs. Washington State
2019 Camping World vs. Notre Dame
2020 Fiesta vs. Oregon

This is hard to do!

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Ya but didn't we play Tulsa twice in 2012?

 

[AlaCyclone]

Ya but didn't we play Tulsa twice in 2012?

Yes, Iowa State played Tulsa twice in 2012, but the first game was the Regular Season. ISU has played 16 Bowls vs. 16 different Bowl opponents.

 

[Cyforce]

Yes, Iowa State played Tulsa twice in 2012, but the first game was the Regular Season. ISU has played 16 Bowls vs. 16 different Bowl opponents.

Are you sure both of the 2012 games against Tulsa weren't bowl games?

 

[CtownCyclone]

Ya but didn't we play Tulsa twice in 2012?

Well yeah, and we play TCU every season, but I think the point is that we have faced a different opponent in every bowl game we've been to.

Maybe next year we get a rematch against Alabama to break the streak.

 

[HawaiiClone]

Facing Different Bowl opponents!

That's right, ISU has never played a team twice in a Bowl Game!

1971 Sun vs. L.S.U.
1972 Liberty vs. Georgia Tech
1977 Peach vs. N.C. State
1978 Hall of Fame Classic vs. Texas A&M
2000 insight.com vs. Pittsburgh
2001 Independence vs. Alabama
2002 Humanitarian vs. Boise State
2004 Independence vs. Miami (OH)
2005 Houston Bowl vs. T.C.U.
2009 Insight vs. Minnesota
2011 Pinstripe vs. Rutgers
2012 Liberty vs. Tulsa
2017 Liberty vs. Memphis
2018 Alamo vs. Washington State
2019 Camping World vs. Notre Dame
2020 Fiesta vs. Oregon

This is hard to do!

Definitely glad this is the case since there are a good number of schools we have never played.

 

[BCClone]

Are you sure both of the 2012 games against Tulsa weren't bowl games?

You thinking there is a September bowl game at JTS?

 

[Cyforce]

You thinking there is a September bowl game at JTS?

Just caught my eye as funny they'd need to specify we didn't play two bowl games in the same season.

 

[AlaCyclone]

Just caught my eye as funny they'd need to specify we didn't play two bowl games in the same season.

Was asked a question and and answered it. Just the messenger!

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Easiest troll of my life.

 

[Stewo]

And Campbell is responsible for a quarter of those appearances.

 

[cyclones500]

It is interesting there has been no repeat.

Having only 16 appearances makes it more likely of course.

 

[cyclones500]

And Campbell is responsible for a quarter of those appearances.

And only coach with 4 straight bowls. Yes, there are more bowl options today, but all of those slots have existed in some form the past 30 years or more.

 

[besserheimerphat]

Yes, Iowa State played Tulsa twice in 2012, but the first game was the Regular Season. ISU has played 16 Bowls vs. 16 different Bowl opponents.

I thought we ended up playing them like 3 times in 12 months due to a home-and-home and the bowl game. Like they were the last non-con game, then we played them again in a bowl, then they were the first non-con game the following season.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

I thought we ended up playing them like 3 times in 12 months due to a home-and-home and the bowl game. Like they were the last non-con game, then we played them again in a bowl, then they were the first non-con game the following season.

And we lost the most important one... Classic

 

[cyclones500]

And we lost the most important one... Classic

That was such a dud ending to that season — which already was on the underwhelming side, considering promising signs from 2011.

 

[cyclones500]

I thought we ended up playing them like 3 times in 12 months due to a home-and-home and the bowl game. Like they were the last non-con game, then we played them again in a bowl, then they were the first non-con game the following season.

You’re almost spot-on. Played sept 1 2012 (opener), then bowl game, then third game of 2013 on sept 26. Already had lost to uni and Iowa but won that game.

 

[mikeiastat]

It is interesting there has been no repeat.

Having only 16 appearances makes it more likely of course.

Also helps that its been 12 different bowls.

 

[Cycsk]

I found this to be an interesting question. Is it unusual to play 16 different teams?

If there are 130+ teams and we play a consistent regular season schedule (Big 12 Conference, UNI, EIU) and non-conference opponents unlikely to go to bowls (La-Monroe, FCS schools), that leaves more than 100 possible opponents in bowl games. Playing 16 different teams doesn't seem that odd to me.

So, let's test it. I picked Texas because I thought a "blueblood" would be more likely to play a repeat opponent. You have to go to their 18th most distant bowl before you find them repeating (Oregon in 2013 and 2000).

It is cool to play so many different teams, but perhaps not as unusual as it might seem at first.

P.S. For the record, Texas is the first and only school that I used to test the hypothesis.

 

[Die4Cy]

I found this to be an interesting question. Is it unusual to play 16 different teams?

If there are 130+ teams and we play a consistent regular season schedule (Big 12 Conference, UNI, EIU) and non-conference opponents unlikely to go to bowls (La-Monroe, FCS schools), that leaves more than 100 possible opponents in bowl games. Playing 16 different teams doesn't seem that odd to me.

So, let's test it. I picked Texas because I thought a "blueblood" would be more likely to play a repeat opponent. You have to go to their 18th most distant bowl before you find them repeating (Oregon in 2013 and 2000).

It is cool to play so many different teams, but perhaps not as unusual as it might seem at first.

P.S. For the record, Texas is the first and only school that I used to test the hypothesis.

The reality is that with bowl tie-ins across conferences, you really do not get access to all 100 possible opponents at any time. There is a good deal of variability there, but not really akin to puling names out of a hat, either.