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Al_4_ISU

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  1. We are though, and that’s what someone like you really doesn’t get. We know we aren’t blue bloods and don’t expect a blue blood paycheck. We weren’t pissed when Texas left because we as fans cared about some gravy train, we were pissed because we thought we would get shut out from playing for a championship, arbitrarily. That’s what we as fans care about. You’re assigning your priorities as a Texas fan to us. You guys care about playing blue bloods, and having the same or more resources than those other blue bloods. We care about playing schools that we have history with, and having a seat at the table. Right now, everyone has what they actually want. And Texas and OU didn’t leave because the Irate 8 were bad conference members that held them back. The difference between Big 10 cohesion and Big 12 dysfunction was that a million years ago, Ohio State and Michigan got on the same page and stayed there. The Big 12 was a shotgun marriage with the big dogs from two other conferences battling each other for control and never developing institutional trust. When some of those big dogs bailed, the league was never going to generate the revenue, exposure, and big matchups that UT and OU sought.
  2. We weren’t mad about losing money. We just wanted to keep a spot in the game, and we have that currently. I don’t resent Texas for wanting to play more blue bloods, I resent that Iowa’s never had to sweat their seat at the table because Ohio State and Michigan are completely fine letting them, Purdue, Indiana, NW, Illinois, et al be over paid and safe. We’re getting our actual value now, and at least have access. Every I8 fan should be completely fine with this arrangement.
  3. If you relegate schools like the bulk of the Big 12 schools, their fans will just lose interest in college football, and ratings will drop. I think the TV networks think if they relegate the Pokes, those fans will all just watch OU. That’s not going to happen. Same with us and Iowa. I watch Iowa games all the time, because they’re our rival, and we play them every year. Take ISU out of the equation completely, and I’m only watching an Iowa game if it’s some kind of social gathering. You can pretty safely extrapolate that to any other fanbase. And yes, what has always pissed us off is watching our neighbors get a free pass because their overlords were just nice about it.
  4. I think the SEC would take NC State over Miami. It’s an invested fanbase in a new, growing market. Miami becomes kind of pointless with FSU in the fold
  5. I thought it was a weird segue too, and I don’t agree with him, but I’ve seen people on social media losing their shit over it. No one in here is modeling that behavior FWIW
  6. You are inside of my head on this. I’m left of center and I’m just shaking my head at the other liberals that are mad that he wasn’t nice enough to poor fat people.
  7. Yeah, the only way this works is to make a very small elite division or something fairly inclusive. A 40 team breakaway ends with a lot of disinterested fans
  8. I agree, but my wife has Celiac disease and I hate wasting food.
  9. Wife has these shitty gluten free tortillas I’m trying to get rid of. We had leftover venison ring bologna, bacon, and fried potatoes. I made a Parmesan, cheddar, and giardenara omelette and threw it along with the meat and potatoes onto said shitty tortilla and topped with kraut, salsa, and hot sauce
  10. Yeah, as long as the current system is set up, that conference will get an autobid, and will be good late night fodder too
  11. If Notre Dame had joined the Big 10 a decade ago instead of Nebraska, none of this shit happens, IMO
  12. And he felt that Robbie essentially stole songwriting royalties from the rest of them. In Robbie’s defense, he was the only one capable of keeping The Band going in the early 70’s, when Levon, Danko, and Manuel were smacked out of their minds. Blood on both sides, and I hate that they never really reconciled. ”The Weight” is probably the greatest song of all time.
  13. That doesn’t seem to be the way people are taking it, but whatever. It’s still great
  14. A lot of those bets were placed on $6 corn.
  15. Sanders definitely made a dumb move going to Ole Miss, but my memory of him will be straight up balling on us, even when he lost to us. He’s the only Big 12 QB to beat Brock Purdy at Jack Trice.
  16. We have a new attorney general. She’s awful. Super MAGA/Christian morality bullshit (No CR). She hates fun, and I suspect is anti gambling. I suspect that she, or someone on her staff, wants to show the Iowa public the evils of gambling and ruining our most beloved sports teams is how she’s trying to do that. But I’m totally spit balling. This investigation was only directed at high profile men’s sports at ISU and Iowa. They didn’t even look at Northern Iowa or Drake. There’s an obvious ulterior motive, but what exactly that motive is and who is pushing it isn’t obvious.
  17. I agree with a lot of this, but there are just too many examples of low talent try-hards becoming winners and high talent shit heads becoming losers for me to say culture is just purely a result of winning and losing. The myth of culture is that it’s inherent to an institution. It’s a choice made by the people involved.
  18. The culture definitely regressed. I won’t agree that it’s objectively bad today. We’ll see what this squad is.
  19. I THINK he’s getting towards the idea that food stamps should be applied to healthy foods and not just a set dollar amount. I took it as “food stamps indirectly promote obesity”, which is kind of true. The cheapest food is the shit that makes you fat. Eating healthy isn’t cheap in rural America. Imagine a food stamp assistance that only provided healthy food, but did so in adequate amounts to the people who need it.
  20. It’s only ridiculous if it’s wrong. I have zero issue with these guys getting suspended. What they did is against the rules, and they were abundantly aware of that. But the piety oozing from folks like you is silly. College football players in every program in the country are gambling. There’s probably a guy or two in most locker rooms betting on their squads. The difference is their State government isn’t investigating them.
  21. There are no serious injuries being whispered about from what I can tell. 2 of the suspended gamblers (Remsburg and Brock) have constantly battled injuries and were rumored to not be back to health, even if eligible to play.
  22. That particular squad did have a really tight bond, with strong leadership. It was an undeniable part of their success. Texas for years has had an obviously shitty internal culture. We all remember the video that leaked after the last visit to Ames. It’s really the only explanation for why they’ve been so mediocre with exceptional talent. But you’re right in that none of this makes any place or people intrinsically better. It’s clear that whatever the Purdy and Hall squads had was not adopted by the guys who came after them who heard those quotes and thought they were more hard nosed than other kids just because they wore that jersey. On that day in 2020, Hall was right. But it’s a great example of why you never run your mouth. You lose touch of what got you where you were, you start smelling your own farts, and you lose your advantage. Without the culture ISU had a few years ago, we’re a bunch of 2-3 star players with no advantage on any front. And you go 4-8 with a bunch of your supposed leaders getting kicked out for gambling.
  23. My grandpa was born in the Great Depression. When he was in grade school there was a world war where multiple evil despots tried to literally take over the world by force and commit genocide on an entire race/religion. The majority of his adult life saw the most prosperous, peaceful, and healthy era this world has ever known. Human history has cycles. People who are currently alive (my grandpa is 88 and got to hold his great granddaughter yesterday) remember a time exponentially darker than the one we live in now. Chill the fuck out.
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