Thanks, I guess, for considering Iowa State for the Big 11.
Negatives for Iowa State:
- Basketball and Football programs aren't too happening.
- Don't have big followings, as all the Wal-Mart Hawkeye fans tend to follow Iowa due to Hayden Frye's legacy.
As an alumni who attended school there in the late 80s/early 90s, I understand that our football and basketball programs are not "great" by any means. But I don't think I would care for Iowa State to be a part of the Big 10 conference, since I don't find it to be all that much better than the Big 12.
Pros for Iowa State:
- Hilton Colleseum (basketball) at Iowa State has a reputation for having a tough home crowd, usually voted in the top 5 toughest places to play
- New FB coach who is FROM Iowa and seems to have a lot more ambition than that weak-ass DC from Texas and Auburn who is now the HC at Auburn (I guess he wasn't as good of a recruiter that he claimed to be - what's wrong Chizek, can't get people to come to the flat, windy midwest?)
- FB tean beat Nebraska at home with a backup QB and RB for the first time since 1977
- New coach won a bowl game in first year by beating a Big 10 team (Minnesota).
- The football team should get better, even though the next 2 seasons look pretty tough, there is a relatively new (5 years or so old) indoor football training facility.
- Our wrestling program is currently ranked #2 in the country behind Iowa, and the women's basketball and volleyball programs tend to be top programs as well.
Iowa State, academically, has a better or good as, engineering school as Iowa.
Last year, I did some research around what football teams won the Big 10, and I noticed that Michigan and Ohio State tended to show up in the top 3 most of the time. Recently, Iowa pops in there every now and then, as well as Penn State, but mostly, this conference belongs to Michigan and Ohio State.
I realize that Northwestern's football team won in 1993 or 94, and their basketball team beat the Cyclones earlier this year, but really, what do their football and basketball programs have to offer? Same could be said about Minnesota.
Ohio State really made the Big 10 look like crap by getting blown out 2 years in a row in the National Championship game. They didn't help by having their basketball team get beat by an SEC team as well.
Quite frankly, I'm surprised that any Michigan or Ohio State supporter wants to add another team, as this would lessen your precious "historic rivalry" by either relegating it to an earlier season game, or if you're set up in opposite divisions within the conference (much like the Big 12 or SEC is), you may only play each other every two years and have to win your division to meet in the conference championship.
Whatever. Nice condescension on your part. I guess not everyone can have a great historical program and the TV money the Big 10 does, but you guys aren't as good as the SEC. I've always thought Notre Dame was the best fit for your conference, but I guess they don't need the money.
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