Iowa State Football Bashing Thread

[L. Wade Childress]

Did they ever even own a gun?

hopefully that twitter dude doesn’t

 

[Hawkmi]

How dare a fan base be optimistic on a fan site? They might even be...enjoying themselves and looking on the bright side seven months before the season starts.

 

[The Incredible Hawk]

Gotta win the offseason!

 

[Verbal]

I guess if you're forced to field essentially a brand new team of transfers, castoffs and longshots, this isn't the worst schedule to do it with. When you see it laid out like this, man, conference realignment butchered the Big 12.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

That's a 4-8 team

 

[Gushawk]

Imagine how gross that would be without Iowa. You know what needs to be done, Beth.

 

[Gushawk]

Should be 3-3 before the bye, and probably 2-4 after (though 3-3 or even 4-2 are on the table).

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Semo, bowling green, and cincy are likely the only guarantee wins

 

[Gushawk]

WVU, Okie State, Baylor and UCF are all decent chances, probably. And of course Iowa if Kirk doesn't prioritize winning it.

 

[Stu Beagle]

Seeing UCF in the B12 will never seem normal to me

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Seeing UCF in the B12 will never seem normal to me

Or ASU. Or UCLA/USC in the big ten.

It’s all dumb.

 

[Saul Berkley]

I guess if you're forced to field essentially a brand new team of transfers, castoffs and longshots, this isn't the worst schedule to do it with. When you see it laid out like this, man, conference realignment butchered the Big 12.

Can you imagine being a fan and seeing this as your home slate:
SEMO
BGU
Utah
West Va
Okie State
Cincinatti
K-state

That is a mid-major esque home schedule.

 

[gable_guy]

At least they’re on the road at SEMO this year

 

[Wanderer]

Can you imagine being a fan and seeing this as your home slate:
SEMO
BGU
Utah
West Va
Okie State
Cincinatti
K-state

That is a mid-major esque home schedule.

Pack the Jack!!!!!!

 

[KitKatApples]

Semo, bowling green, and cincy are likely the only guarantee wins

 

[Gushawk]

What is bad for Iowa State is good for Iowa, and not so much vice versa because they’re still likely screwed.

 

[Creed]

Can you imagine being a fan and seeing this as your home slate:
SEMO
BGU
Utah
West Va
Okie State
Cincinatti
K-state

That is a mid-major esque home schedule.

For a mid-major level program.

 

[Silky Johnson]

WVU, Okie State, Baylor and UCF are all decent chances, probably. And of course Iowa if Kirk doesn't prioritize winning it.

Kirk is going to demoralize them on a level on par with Campbell’s first game in 2016.

 

[CurdMan]

Iowa State plays at Bowling Green next year lol

 

[TH1974]

Iowa State plays at Bowling Green next year lol

Hope they enjoy it. It's probably the only bowling trip they'll be making.

 

[champion_thedrinker]

Kirk is going to demoralize them on a level on par with Campbell’s first game in 2016.

This is very irresponsible fan behavior. There will be an opponent before Iowa State, one game at a time.

 

[Herbie2]

Kirk is going to demoralize them on a level on par with Campbell’s first game in 2016.

It's going to be the ass kicking we have all been waiting for.

 

[The Full Monte]

That's a 4-8 team

While the portal haul overall was at the bottom end of the P5 tier, objectively speaking, I think they actually did better than I would have expected given their situation.

When the Campbell departure was first announced, and the transfers started rolling....I thought they would be lucky to win 2 or 3 games next year. A month later, and looking at how favorable their schedule is, I think they could win 5 or 6 next year.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

It's going to be the ass kicking we have all been waiting for.

God I hope so.

 

[The Full Monte]

 

[newsbreaker]

While the portal haul overall was at the bottom end of the P5 tier, objectively speaking, I think they actually did better than I would have expected given their situation.

When the Campbell departure was first announced, and the transfers started rolling....I thought they would be lucky to win 2 or 3 games next year. A month later, and looking at how favorable their schedule is, I think they could win 5 or 6 next year.

They went 5-4 in conference last year and got worse at almost every position.

 

[KitKatApples]

God I hope so.

I'll believe it when I see it

 

[The Full Monte]

They went 5-4 in conference last year and got worse at almost every position.

They also don’t play 2 of the Top 4 teams from 2025, and I think it’s likely that Utah, one of the 2 they do play, will take a step back from last year as well. The schedule is VERY favorable for them.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

They also don’t play 2 of the Top 4 teams from 2025, and I think it’s likely that Utah, one of the 2 they do play, will take a step back from last year as well. The schedule is VERY favorable for them.

The hawks had better beat the shit out of them.

 

[The Full Monte]

The hawks had better beat the shit out of them.

Anything less than 17-21 points would be abject failure, and perhaps the uglier than any of Kirk’s other games against them

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

They went 5-4 in conference last year and got worse at almost every position.

I don't see a position group they didn't get worse at.

 

[The Dad]

 

[The Dad]

 

[Hawk_Kegmasters]

Well, we also lost by a little bit to one bad team that we played.

 

[Mountain Hawk]

Iowa State plays at Bowling Green next year lol

They can visit the massacre site.

 

[eclone]

I don't see a position group they didn't get worse at.

Kicker.
Kick/Punt Return.

(that's the only ones I'm confident in saying)

 

[Iowatheltics]

That tweeter is a tool!

 

[jabberjaw]

To be fair, they also lost to Iowa State.

 

[claykenny]

 

[snips]

damn...
we are cooked

 

[TH1974]

 

[The Tin Man]

 

[Stu Beagle]

ISU has quietly assembled one of the recruiting classes

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

A+ on both the lines is particularly rich.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

They think they're a better team moving forward than they were under campbell

 

[3rd Generation Hawk]

To be fair, he said all things considered. And it wasn't a certainty that they'd field a team after 50 or so departures. So through that lens, A for effort.

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

It was a certainty they'd field a team. They're still busting their budget to pay their football team more than $10m+ next year. It's not hard to get some of the 8000 guys out of the portal with that kind of money. For example, I think they took 15-20 guys from Washington State, who is paying around $3 mil for their roster.

 

[The Full Monte]

 

[BngHawk]

*too

 

[Stu Beagle]

Kirk has given this fanbase way too much joy and optimism