*** Official #10 IOWA STATE vs Cincinnati Game(Day) Thread ***

simply1

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I like Cincinnati fans

Unlike a lot of the comments I've read so far, that is an actual insightful observation.
Iowa State is better than Houston. Didn't think I would be saying that. If the Cyclones make the Final Four or even win it all, I would not be shocked. Been a while since I've seen a team that good on defense be able to match it with how well they execute on offense.
 

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I like Cincinnati coach Miller's perspective:
“In the last three days we lost to the fifth-ranked team in the country and the tenth-ranked team in the country,” Miller said. “If you get your butt kicked, embrace it and learn from it. I hate losing. But there’s an opportunity to learn from everything.”
 

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I like Cincinnati coach Miller's perspective:
“In the last three days we lost to the fifth-ranked team in the country and the tenth-ranked team in the country,” Miller said. “If you get your butt kicked, embrace it and learn from it. I hate losing. But there’s an opportunity to learn from everything.”
I think Miller will get Cinci competing in a few years, but gotta say the number of guys who played when I was in college and are now head coaches is too damn high
 
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It's a bit late for that. Time to embrace being the top dog.
I'm going to keep living in my own little world where our scrappy defense keeps us in the game so we have a chance to win in the end.

I'll admit it seemed weird to win by whatever the score was saturday and feel like that game was never threatened. Just a nice solid win that was kind of boring in a good way.
 
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BYU is a bad matchup for us, I still think they get us at home

Tech is basically a coin flip to
Sure, I hear you.

I guess the other angle to look at it is, I know as a fan, I can honestly say I can stomach the Oklahoma loss and even Baylor loss, even considering how crazy that game was.

But BYU just sticks in my craw. It disgusts me. It's a blight on an otherwise magical, arguably dream-like conference season so far.

Now if I feel that way, I can almost guarantee TJ and Co. feels that way. And if that's the case, then I think the odds BYU gets a win in Hilton are dramatically...almost unfairly... lower than they should be otherwise.
 

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LOL just wait till the coaches start to look really young to you.
Not quite to that stage, but it is kinda shocking to realize you are the same age or older than the coaches. Just weird to catch up in age to those people you look at as authority figures all your life... and it makes me feel old.
 

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Not quite to that stage, but it is kinda shocking to realize you are the same age or older than the coaches. Just weird to catch up in age to those people you look at as authority figures all your life... and it makes me feel old.

Campbell was the 1st coach that looked really young to me. The dude that coaches the Miami Dolphins still looks like a accountant at a big accounting firm to me.