ISU beat the OSU!! The #2 team in the nation.
Before Friday Iowa State was 56 games in the hole against teams ranked in the top 6, having never won a single game. What business does Iowa State have winning a game against one of the best offenses in the game? What a game! What a win! And like a true Cyclone fan... let's ruin it right away!
What does this win mean long term? Momentum, everyone's favorite sports buzz term. Iowa State has Oklahoma and Kansas State up next. Winning one of those games would be perfection, but considering Oklahoma just lost to a stumbling Baylor team, and Kansas State only put up 150 yards of offense last night... I think looking ahead at two wins isn't too pie in sky. Still, we are ISU... we don't have the best track record of winning games when we need a win. This win is awesome and we should be proud. In fact everyone seems to be singing the praises of the team, and our coach.
Is Paul Rhoads too hot to stay in Ames? Call me naive but it is hard to find a more down-to-earth, stand up guy than Paul Rhoads. From Ankeny, loves ISU, and wins games that ISU would most likely lose if he wasn't around; Win in Lincoln, win in Austin, beat an undefeated offensive juggernaut, ranked #2 in the BCS... You better believe programs with bigger budgets, bigger fan bases, and better recruiting bases are going to come calling. It would be hard to blame him for bolting if he does, but good grief that would be hard to swallow. So if Rhoads leaves, what MOMENTUM does ISU have left to keep rolling.
Young, Talented, and Climbing the Totem Pole? Remember 4 years ago when Kansas was a loss to Mizzou away from the National Championship game? They had a young QB, a strong running back, a tough defense, and pretty good receivers- now? They're lepers. Granted, before that year they were terrible and today they have retaken their rightful place as a laughing stock, but I'm pretty sure in a year or two Jayhawk fans will look back and remember that year fondly, even if it was followed by some of the most putrid football in Big 12 history. My point is, can Iowa State climb the mountain even once based off of it's young talent? And if we get there, will ISU fans be grateful for the ride and live with the inevitable decline? ISU is in Ames, Iowa. Recruits will never be able to look beyond that and our budget will always be in the bottom half of the league. I'm a realist and all I want is one or two seasons of football glory. If we can play in two or three reputable bowl games, get into the top 10 for a month or two, or -gulp- a BCS game. I'll take my memories and go home. (God I feel dirty for wanting to play in a b.s. BCS game.)
But for now? Let's just enjoy this impossible victory. Highlights anyone?
Now about LSU vs. Alabama. Don't fight it. A bunch of pointless barking and in the end your complaining bares no weight. If the rematch does go down. Great. I wont watch, you probably wont watch, and neither will millions of other hungry football fans. The only real argument that the BCS will weigh is will anyone watch a regional rematch? Obviously I'm just a guy with a blog, but I'd like to think millions of Americans will vote against it and that result will tell the BCS they got it wrong. You know what NEVER gets it wrong? Playoffs. Oh and you know what? I watch almost every playoff game in the NFL. I watch one, maybe two bowl games, based off what Iowa schools are in the playoffs.
Go Cyclones.
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