Barta wants to raise eligibility bar

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Meant to put a smiley face in there as that was purely a joke on my part. Although you have to give that 2009 team credit for going to a bowl and winning 7 games even if the schedule stunk. That same team only won 2 games the year before and had a new coach come in. I thought we'd win 3 that year.

I agree, that team exceeded expectations. I was being optimistic and predicted ISU to win 5 that year. PR did a great job coming into a situation that was extremely difficult and getting some cohesiveness on both sides of the ball his first year at the helm. Not all coaches can do that.