You would be incorrect, just read that all 7 suspended players will face the Hawks. Not surprised.
Iowa State-SDSU game cancelled
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Iowa State was up 7-0 and I wasn’t worried about losing that game one bit.
Maybe I should get righteously indignant about the suspensions, but I just can’t muster any feeling about it
Clowns have a bye oct 20th and nebbie has a bye oct 27th. Not gonna work. Wish these two would have had a bye on the same day just to listen to both teams complain about not wanting to play each other.
You’re probably right, but they both look to have Dec 1st open.
I read some of this thread. Thought it was going to be a legitimate discussion of the weather cancellation but instead a bunch of our fans acting like Iowa State fans. Since when do Iowa fans care so much about how they run their program? Let's beat them next week and move on.
Nobody is arguing this...but you can bet they’d still have to serve their time.
Let them be at full strength next Saturday so that’s not an additional excuse they will use like not playing on Saturday.
Clones scored in 5 plays last night and then the games was cancelled. SDSU might have scored once during the game and the Clones would have had a nice workout and easy win. Hawks are going to get beat in Kinnick next week.
Both coaches claimed it would disrupt preparation for the following week. I agree that it should have been played regardless of how long you wait.
the game was a culmination of a weeks prep that none of the suspended players participated in. Do you folks even have a clue what goes into prep and practice during the week of a game?
When the suspensions came out they weren't suspended for the "culmination of a weeks prep". They were suspended for 1 game. How many games has ISU played this season?
Pretty simple.
If the players were indeed kept out of the weeklong prep, I'm okay with their suspensions being served. Are you sure that's the case though?
Did Jackson, Wirfs, and Reiff sit out the entire week last week? I guess I figured they were preparing but were simply unavailable to play yesterday.
It rained and lightning all night...1,000 people are hired on game day for concessions, parking etc. as for suspensions, does anyone here doubt KF would have done the same thing?
Yes, our coach has integrity. Our guys were suspended for a game. A game that actually happened. That’s why it’s a punishment.
What a joke. The Clown losers had thousands of posts on Kirk and the suspensions and how all Kirk cares about is ISU. That Psycho Twins poster called Kirk racist for the way he handled Snyder versus Wirfs cause Snyder only missed a bowl game. And now a rainout serves as a suspension for ISU? You have got to be kidding me. I mean why don't they just say look it's our biggest game all hands on deck and we will handle internally. Did Pollard really say since the players can't control the weather the suspension is counted as served?! Holy shot he is dumber than ISU posters.
Oh so they weren't suspended for the game, only the prep work? Never heard of that before, got a link?
I hate ISU as much as anyone here, but this line of argument runs hypocritical to me in that Snyder was "suspended" for the bowl game he wasn't medically cleared for and was in play to be a starter yesterday until he messed up again. In faurness, this is a pretty gray area. It is very rare for a game to be cancelled altogether. These things were easier to re-schdule after the season before every conference had a championship game. See 2001 and the Iowa/Isu game being rescheduled due to 9/11.
Let us just agree as Hawk fans that we want to see our guys curb stomp whichever clowns are in uniform Saturday evening.
You should be worried about it being cancelled because it may very well end up being the difference between you guys being bowl eligible or not. You are going to need a lot of magic to get 5 wins out of your remaining 11 games.
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isu is going to lose so bad because they missed this. days of sadness for us cyclone fans will continue. we will then be demoralized enough to have the sooners with the revenge beatdown. then akron will finish us off. have mercy on us next week please. our sadness is quickly turning to misery. our hopes and dreams have turned to darkness.
Lordy, Lordy, but the level of moronity here is high. But it's "game week," and even though Hawkeye fans don't care a BIT about Iowa State, they are doing their duty on the internet message boards.
For the few who are acting like rational grownups...
1. I was there last night. Very good crowd; in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it was pretty close to a sellout.
2. Serious bummer to drive 100 miles, watch 4 minutes and 5 seconds of football,, sit for more than two hours watching rain and lightning, then drive 100 miles home in the storm.
3. This gives Iowa a huge advantage next Saturday. Hawks have a game under their belts; Cyclones do not. If the adage about a team improving most between the first and second games, just do the math.
4. This could be a real killer when bowl selection time arrives. Given the ISU schedule, especially the way it's front-loaded, losing a (probable) victory could mean the difference between going somewhere and staying home.
5. The game couldn't have been played today for any number of reasons, most of which have been mentioned here. Nebraska faced the same situation and made the same decision, and since Nebraska is a BiG member, it cannot have been wrong.
6. In the 4 minutes and 5 seconds that they played, ISU looked pretty good. Kempt was 3-3 for 76 yards and a TD.
7. Of all the loony remarks in this thread, the looniest is the idea that fans could -- or should -- get a refund.
For the few who are acting like rational grownups...
1. I was there last night. Very good crowd; in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it was pretty close to a sellout.
2. Serious bummer to drive 100 miles, watch 4 minutes and 5 seconds of football,, sit for more than two hours watching rain and lightning, then drive 100 miles home in the storm.
3. This gives Iowa a huge advantage next Saturday. Hawks have a game under their belts; Cyclones do not. If the adage about a team improving most between the first and second games, just do the math.
4. This could be a real killer when bowl selection time arrives. Given the ISU schedule, especially the way it's front-loaded, losing a (probable) victory could mean the difference between going somewhere and staying home.
5. The game couldn't have been played today for any number of reasons, most of which have been mentioned here. Nebraska faced the same situation and made the same decision, and since Nebraska is a BiG member, it cannot have been wrong.
6. In the 4 minutes and 5 seconds that they played, ISU looked pretty good. Kempt was 3-3 for 76 yards and a TD.
7. Of all the loony remarks in this thread, the looniest is the idea that fans could -- or should -- get a refund.
I don't think there's any question the rationale is a joke. And while there's no precedent in Kirk's tenure for cancelled games due to weather, I think most likely Kirk would make players suspended for one game actually serve one game. Meaning Wirfs and company would not be suiting up for ISU. Methinks.
Regardless, what they do at ISU is of no relevant concern to us. To me, the Cyclones are already at a competitive disadvantage because generally the biggest improvements occur from Week 1 to Week 2. Ostensibly, Iowa will be ISU's first opponent of the season whereas Iowa already has a game under their belt. That's a significant disadvantage when you think about it.
I expect a hard fought, competitive game regardless. I like Iowa in the trenches and expect a few big plays in the passing game Saturday. Iowa State will make some plays too. In the end, Iowa wears down Iowa State in the second half and wins 31-17.
Going to have to admit being wrong then -- I wasn't following bowl prep much at all and didn't remember this had happened. This does seem to end the argument as far as Ferentz's willingness to do something similar.
I definitely don't agree with it in either case. Game suspensions should mean you could have played in the game, but were kept from doing so as a punishment.
Damn, I just posted that very point about Iowa having a game under their belt and the biggest improvements occurring from Week 1 to Week 2. Lol. It's like you almost copied me word for word.
How you figure that?
They beat Iowa in 2011, 2012, 2014, and were tied with the Hawks in the 4th Quarter of the 2015 season--ya know, the year Iowa went undefeated in the regular season.
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well he made the game his super bowl so although it appeared that there was a week 1 to week 2 uptick it was smoke and mirrors because he expended all the emotion for the season in that one game. little brother syndrome at its finest but a simple case of smoke and mirrors. days of sadness for cyclone fans continues. we were bullied all throughout our childhood as little brother only to grow up and realize that we really are the loser our big brother always said we were.
So you're ok with the 1 game suspensions considered "served" even though ISU hasn't played any games?
What is a chicken shit about it? Is it the players fault the game got cancelled? No it isn't. Sorry, I disagree with this. But they were to serve a one game suspension yesterday. Wirfs, Jackson, Reiff and Lattimore would be playing next week if Iowa got cancelled yesterday also and they should be because they were suspended for the first week.
