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  1. 15 hours ago, 'stache said:

    The "problem" is unfixable with 16 team conferences that cannot do round robins. Divisions don't work either not only because as you recognize they are suseptible to weak and strong divisions, but with 16 teams it leads to conference teams seeing each other maybe once a decade or more which sucks. As long as there is a CCG from here on out it will be the top two teams in the standings regardless of scheduling inequities in any given year. We already have a few "protected" annual games that make things really weird. If you don't like the word "pod," then just say that each team gets 3 annual "protected" games. Again, I'm not talking about "pods" as in divisions or subdivisions as used in the NFL or other sport, I'm talking scheduling only so that each team plays three nearby (relatively) teams every year. It makes sense for geography, provides some annual regularity and possibly new rivalry-ish sentiment, while still allowing for teams outside of the "pod" or "protected" schedule to play each other semi-regularly over a decade. Any setup that doesn't have annual farmageddon is flat out stupid.

    Exactly.

    Part of the problem in all of this is that both ISU and KSU athletic departments refuse to embrace what literally everyone else acknowledges is a big deal.  Their fans want the game protected, and anyone who remotely follows the Big 12 wants the game protected, but the people who have the power and position to advocate for this refuse to give a fuck and I hate it.

    On a totally different tangent, on top of Farmageddon being protected, I always thought it would be cool for ISU/KSU/OK State to have had a Commander In Chief style trophy for the old Big 8 ag schools.

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  2. Campbell's notoriously bad to start the year, but he's 4-2 against Kleiman, and none of the wins have been fluky.  One of these trends will give.  My biggest concern is that Jayce Brown (KSU WR) got wide open a couple of times last year against our best returning cover guy (Jeremiah Cooper).  Granted, he was having to spend the pre-snap lining up 4th string LBers in the right spot, but I'd assume they'll take some shots against Cooper early to try and get some momentum out the gate.

    I think our offense is going to be fine.  Rocco Becht is a dog, our line is serviceable, we have 2 pretty damn solid RBs, and a couple proven good TEs.  WR is a question mark, but the guys coming in are talented on paper, and Campbell always has at least one really good wideout on the roster.

    Defense was riddled with injury last year.  The LB corps in particular.  They fell off quite a bit, but it's hard to prognosticate this year because so many guys who never expected to play were playing.  Now they have a ton of returning experience, but how good are they?

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  3. 13 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    Cincy made some sense as a partner for WV in terms of geography, and its only 600 miles from Ames.  Houston made sense when the Big 12 lost SE Texas to the SEC (LSU, aggy and Texas all gone) + the money Fertitta has pumped into their program(s). 

    UCF..... that one was dumb.  Memphis was the better geographic play - less than 500 miles to Cincinnati, Stillwater and Lawrence

    It just cracks me up that only being 600 miles away from the 2nd closest school is a good argument for logical conference geography.

    I think Cincy is a lot like Pitt culturally.  They have a decent chunk of their own fans in their city despite their state being dominated by the land grant school.  Cool stadium.  Made the 4 team playoff.  Good hoops culture too.  It doesn’t seem like a commuter school to me.

  4. 3 hours ago, texifornia said:

    I think the tornado bird would be a fun 90s throwback alternate, but it's a pretty garish design to be the primary logo. A redrawn version with a better wordmark might be cool.

    Our 80’s tornado is so clean.  I don’t understand why we can’t see more of it.

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  5. 16 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

    Iowa State gets what I think is overall an upgrade.

    Better: Numbers and stripes; color on color is hard to do right and the white with accents pops. The stripes on the sleeves and helmets are a good call-back to 1990s no-nonsense looks; there are some real pro football vibes here in a good way. Red on white and white on red is a good classic, contrasting look so hopefully no color rush stuff.

    OK: I don’t like small word marks; either make it integral to the jersey or leave it off (preferable).  The script “Cyclones” is simply fine here and is better than the “I State” logo. I kind of miss the Whirly Bird and think it could work well here as college football should be fun. 

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    I think these are the best uniforms we’ve had since the 70’s.

    I chuckle at how often I see people pine for the tornado bird.  When that was our logo, it was universally mocked and we regularly got put on “worst uniforms” lists.

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  6. 6 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

    A QB wearing number 47 would be awesome.

    Co-signed.  I love it when guys wear non-positional numbers.

    Every time I watch BYU I’m going to think that’s a fullback running Wildcat or something.

  7. 7 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

    Question: Did one of those two teams agree to give up their turn hosting Farmageddon, or is this being treated as a one-off and the hosting rotation continues after this year?

    KSU gave up the home game.  We won’t go back to Manhattan until ‘28 if current scheduling holds.

  8. 1 hour ago, Park Gothic said:

    I think he was saying "Al" as in short for Alfred, not "AI" as in artificial intelligence. Which I assume is a reference to @Al_4_ISU, who does make some good points. 

    But perhaps I've misunderstood. 

    You have no idea how specifically annoying artificial intelligence has become for guys named “Al”

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