Is this the same AP writer who wrote that Pitt ought to forget about passing? Iowa State (#24) beat non-scholarship Drake today. The final was 27-24 and Drake had the lead late in 3Q. Okay! Got it! Shouldn't a happened! But they won. And yet these are some lines from this guy's recap.
Iowa State insisted on playing 12 games, cycling through a pair of FCS opponents before settling on tiny Drake.
That decision nearly resulted in the most embarrassing loss in school history.
Really? It would have been the most embarrassing loss in Iowa State history? Has this guy checked Iowa State's history. It would be tough to pick among the DOZENS of embarrassing losses to come up with THE one. This is not Notre Dame now. Miami. Oklahoma. This is Iowa STATE.
So what, they shouldn't have "insisted" on playing 12? That is how many they insisted on scheduling this year, you know? They had one game canceled twice: they had South Dakota State scheduled but that game was canceled for lightning. They got a replacement, Incarnate Word. The Wordies backed out when they made the lower division playoffs. But they "insisted" on playing a twelfth, the number they scheduled and the number played by every other major college team. And they won. They won the game.
Oh, and the game was played in a mire:
THE TAKEAWAY
Iowa State: The Cyclones have long prided themselves on having one of the nation's best grass gridirons. But seven home games and a morning filled with sleet, snow and rain -- at times, all happening at once -- literally leveled the playing field. It was so muddy that Iowa State's band wasn't allowed to perform at halftime.
So yeah, there was sleet, snow, rain, sleet, snow AND rain, the effect of which was to "level the playing field." So maybe that had something to do with it comme ci comme ca?
Still, the Cyclones looked uninspired at best -- and it might have made them less desirable when bowls make their picks on Sunday. "If it does, so be it. All we can be is us," Campbell said.
"Less desirable" when bowl bids are handed out. Hell, let's just drop them out of the top 25 for this WIN!
POLL IMPLICATIONS
It's hard to believe Iowa State is one of the 25 best teams in America after that debacle.
Associated Press, you must needs muzzle this guy.
Iowa State insisted on playing 12 games, cycling through a pair of FCS opponents before settling on tiny Drake.
That decision nearly resulted in the most embarrassing loss in school history.
Really? It would have been the most embarrassing loss in Iowa State history? Has this guy checked Iowa State's history. It would be tough to pick among the DOZENS of embarrassing losses to come up with THE one. This is not Notre Dame now. Miami. Oklahoma. This is Iowa STATE.
So what, they shouldn't have "insisted" on playing 12? That is how many they insisted on scheduling this year, you know? They had one game canceled twice: they had South Dakota State scheduled but that game was canceled for lightning. They got a replacement, Incarnate Word. The Wordies backed out when they made the lower division playoffs. But they "insisted" on playing a twelfth, the number they scheduled and the number played by every other major college team. And they won. They won the game.
Oh, and the game was played in a mire:
THE TAKEAWAY
Iowa State: The Cyclones have long prided themselves on having one of the nation's best grass gridirons. But seven home games and a morning filled with sleet, snow and rain -- at times, all happening at once -- literally leveled the playing field. It was so muddy that Iowa State's band wasn't allowed to perform at halftime.
So yeah, there was sleet, snow, rain, sleet, snow AND rain, the effect of which was to "level the playing field." So maybe that had something to do with it comme ci comme ca?
Still, the Cyclones looked uninspired at best -- and it might have made them less desirable when bowls make their picks on Sunday. "If it does, so be it. All we can be is us," Campbell said.
"Less desirable" when bowl bids are handed out. Hell, let's just drop them out of the top 25 for this WIN!
POLL IMPLICATIONS
It's hard to believe Iowa State is one of the 25 best teams in America after that debacle.
Associated Press, you must needs muzzle this guy.
