That's best case scenario, but I see other teams leaving the Big XII, starting with West Virginia.
Dave Wannstedt says he has heard ISU and Kansas to Big Ten
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That's best case scenario, but I see other teams leaving the Big XII, starting with West Virginia.
Well, he obviously didn’t consult with cyclone fans……
Yep. This is why it’s so pointless to argue back and forth over skewed data sets, attendance numbers, etc.
Literally none of it matters if it isn’t what these conferences are using to assess value.
Agree. They won’t be Power 5 anymore, and they won’t be pulling in as much revenue, but it will be better than the remaining schools scattering to the AAC, Mountain West, etc.
It's a small thing and it isn't important, but you truly don't understand Psyclone's posts, do you?
Think he was counting that year. New Year’s Day bowls though, they’ve won the cap
troll fodder
Sorry, can only look at the current year. 55 million is the answer. Maybe you could create a pivot table that projects into the future. It certainly doesn’t go into the past.
If there’s absolutely nothing else on tv sports wise or other, I would consider tuning into a game from that league.
It would have to be terrible weather outside as well. I’d have to have zero other options.
After the Pac-12 announced they're not doing anything, it's pretty clear Wannstedt doesn't know anything about this subject.
You may have missed this. Didn’t even need a pivot table to do the comparisons. Are we at the
‘Must ignore’ stage?
Seems to be the case.
2020 Fiesta Bowl
3.8 rating 6.68 million viewers
2018 Fiesta Bowl
4.7 rating 8.47 million viewers
So which one of these is better?
2020 Big12 Championship Game
1.8 rating 2.99 million viewers
2019 Big12 Championship Game
5.5 rating 8.7 million viewers
to help you out 8.7m>>>>>2.99m
just for comparison sake
2015B1G Championship Game*
5.7 rating 9.818 million viewers
* up over the previous year which was 3.5 rating with Ohio State/Wisconsin.
2016 Rose Bowl
7.4 rating 13.552 million viewers
The ACC has been rejecting West Virginia's overtures for years. But I guess anything can change. Frankly, that wouldn't bother me a bit. The sister-kissers never belonged in the Big XII in the first place. If they leave, the rest of the league still gets their media money through 2025. And ISU will have no competition when it comes to campus rioting.
What other major conferences would you be thinking of? The Pac and BiG are off the table, the SEC is unlikely. Everything else is a step down, even from a depleted Big XII. And it forfeits the payout from the deserters.
This question has been asked several times, no response. Iowa State is valuable. It is in my 2020 spreadsheet
My final take for a while, as I'm going to take a break:
The hatred on this board toward Iowa State is beyond my comprehension. I heard someone today say "they'd never wish cancer on their worst enemy".
It's obvious this board is wishing cancer on Iowa State. The intense desire to kill off what is a joy for thousands and thousands of fellow Iowans is sad...in my opinion.
Personally I would not want Iowa to fall into a lower tier. I embrace competition, I enjoy watching Iowa play (admittedly, rooting for their opponent), and I enjoy college football as it's been. I love Saturday's where there's a multitude of games.
Even if you're rooting against ISU, it's still football to watch.
To see the downright hatred...
And, with that, I'm out...for now.
The hatred on this board toward Iowa State is beyond my comprehension. I heard someone today say "they'd never wish cancer on their worst enemy".
It's obvious this board is wishing cancer on Iowa State. The intense desire to kill off what is a joy for thousands and thousands of fellow Iowans is sad...in my opinion.
Personally I would not want Iowa to fall into a lower tier. I embrace competition, I enjoy watching Iowa play (admittedly, rooting for their opponent), and I enjoy college football as it's been. I love Saturday's where there's a multitude of games.
Even if you're rooting against ISU, it's still football to watch.
To see the downright hatred...
And, with that, I'm out...for now.
It's a Hawkeye board dumbass. Posts disparaging Iowa State are incredibly necessary.
I thought I read somewhere that Notre Dame can get out of ACC deal if the ACC adds a team. If that’s true then WVU isn’t going anywhere. I probably read it on here though so who knows.
What's your user name on CyFan so can view the shit you post there.
Oh.................and ..................................... bye.
So, just socially inept? There’s no way ISU brings enough value to justify adding to the big ten
we want to watch them battle in the MAC, losing to the redhawks and Chippewas. This happening helps Iowa recruit in state.
It could be fun football. They need to install some red turf at JT.
I don’t get this high-horse argument. Do you sincerely think that ISU fans wouldn’t be doing the *exact* same thing if the situation was reversed? I remember what a bunch of them were saying last summer with the racial disparity situation. Pot meet kettle.
Also, I’m not happy that this is happening because it hurts ISU. I’m happy that this is happening because it helps Iowa.
Iowa State will no longer be playing football on Saturdays?
Posters like you is why there is a response to Iowa State
Matty knows Toledo. He knows the league. They could rule it.
I would watch the Clones if they are playing on Tuesday nights.
That would make for some good Tuesday / Wednesday night content.
Over reruns of the Simpsons?
The PAC isn’t expanding. The B1G won’t either. Suck it, ISU. What a dream this has been! There’s one Power 4 school in the Hawkeye State. Go Hawks!
Ahhh, the guy who still maintains Iowa forfeited got his feelings hurt and now is going away? Buh bye.
Huge step down from a B12 that had national powerhouses like UT and OU, and 30 years ago, when Nebraska was good.
Keep in mind that schools like Cinci or Houston have been able to be good in the current environment, but now that consolidation has erected two clear tiers in CFB, none of those schools will be able to recruit like they did. HS FB players will treat all those schools as second class at best. Yes, once in a while lightning in a bottle happens - like Miami University during the Big Ben era when they finished top 10 - but none of these Leftover 8 or Second 14 will consistently be able to compete against the big boys.
Just no way to spin this positively for ISU. They got kneecapped, along with the rest of their conference.
I don't see hatred for ISU here. I do see hatred for ISU trolls, for ISU propaganda and downright BS, and for ISU fans who disrespect and disparage Iowa. Huge difference.
The state of Iowa benefits from a preeminent national university, rather than two or three universities who fight for table scraps. Iowa is too small a state for two premier universities or sports programs. That's what the fans say, what the business models reflect, and what reality is. Ohio or Texas or Pennsylvania can support more, but not this state.
This is The Hawkeye State.
ISU has a nice university in a nice enough town, but it's very much in a different league, and in every respect I can think of. The last two months have proven it irrefutably.
To put is simply. It’s not Iowa State that I dislike. It’s the Cyclones.
This! The University of Iowa was established before ISU. Iowa football was established before ISU football. This is OUR state. And now the folks in Ames are forced to concede that.
