Vegas odds are out for this coming Saturday

[iahawks10]

Honestly, other than people who are hyper sensitive to what talking heads say about our weak schedule (while said talking heads simultaneously ignore that we play more P5 teams than most of the teams those talking heads love), we do not need ISU to be a good win, nor do we want them to be a good team/program. The worst thing that could happen to Iowa (other than hiring a horrible coach) is for ISU to become any sort of a football power. I can't believe this has to be explained over and over again.

We are not a big enough name to get into the playoffs with 1 or more wins (unless we're the only 1 loss team). The committee will take a two loss blue blood over us nearly every time. Strength of schedule simply isn't an issue (see 2015, where we would have been in with what was probably the weakest possible schedule we could have). Again, I don't understand why people don't get this.

As far as @101st Abn Hawk 's comment, the dream of ISU being a power, but magically losing to Iowa every year is not going to happen. The better ISU is, the harder it is for us to recruit against them and the worse Iowa will be. It's the highlander...there can be only one. The options are:
powerful ISU/bad Iowa
powerful Iowa/bad ISU
mediocre for both

It's not hard to figure out which one Iowa fans want.

This was the one single time Pollard was right. For ISU to have sustained success, then need Iowa to suck. Two powers from the same tiny population state isn't going to happen. Heck, one power from this state is highly unlikely.

What we want is ISU to be horrible and Iowa to beat them like a drum year in and year out (like the Fry years). Even better: a conference realignment that drops them down to a lessor conference or division.

 

[Lone Clone]

How do I know you're a tool that knows very little about football. (besides your handle).....

If reading a second post doesn't make your lips too tired, look at why I wrote what I did.

 

[TheTruthTheWholeTruth]

ISU held every Big 12 opponent to 20 points or less last year—except OU and Okie State. ISU may have a better D this year.

This game in Ames could be very interesting—UCLA was no real challenge or test for OU. OU’s new QB is no Mayfield as a passer, as a runner he is fast but no denard robinson or randle-el. ISU solved for and shut down a better OU offense last year—at least in the second half. They may hold OU to 20 or less...

I’ll bet you a million quadrillion bazillion dollars that OU scores at least 20.

 

[chuck285]

I’ll bet you a million quadrillion bazillion dollars that OU scores at least 20.

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[Hawkeyeinsoutherncalifornia]

Not sure about other Hawkeye fans but I always root for ISU when they’re playing IOWA of course not, but why wouldn’t you? It only makes the Hawks win look better and I love to see any IOWA teams do awesome... I would be thrilled to see ISU run the table this year and many are counting them out over one loss? I think ISU Upsets Oklahoma this coming Saturday as well.. and they will get the ship moving full steam they have way too many dangerous weapons not to do well this season.. I wouldn’t be shocked if ISU either wins out or maybe 1 more loss.. I really think they’re going to be really good this season..

There's a lot of truth to this statement. Cancellation of the SDS game, which was not an assured win but was a likely one, adds greatly to the problem of qualifying for a bowl.

At this point, it looks like four of the next five opponents are better than Iowa, and we don't know the status of the starting QB. A win last Saturday would have been very comforting. To be bowl eligible without a major upset, ISU will have to go 6-0 against Akron, Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor and the Kansas schools.

 

[TheTruthTheWholeTruth]

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[MadDogC]

I’ll bet you a million quadrillion bazillion dollars that OU scores at least 20.

Would’t bet that much if i was You. OU is minus the #1 Pick from the team that mustered 7 second-half points versus ISU last year, in Norman. Seems to me OU is buying their hype more than most years, and far from businesslike on the field. And that ISU D looks tougher this year. So 20 is a good O/U in my opinion which is just that—my opinion.