Iowa, Iowa State Extend Football Series

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The University of Iowa and Iowa State University have extended the contract that will ensure the Hawkeyes and Cyclones compete in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series football game through the 2021 season. The joint announcement was made Wednesday by UI Director of Athletics Gary Barta, and Jamie Pollard, director of athletics at ISU.


“We are pleased to have the contract extended through the 2021 season,â€￾ said Barta. “In-state rivalries are an exciting part of college athletics, and you can feel a different energy across the state during the week of the Hawkeye-Cyclone matchup.â€￾



Iowa and Iowa State have played annually since resuming the series in 1977 in Iowa City. The teams first met in 1894, with Iowa holding a 40-21 advantage in the series. The Hawkeyes claimed a 27-21 win earlier this season in Ames and have won four of the last six meetings.



The latest extension calls for the teams to meet in Iowa City on Sept. 8, 2018 and Sept. 12, 2020. Iowa will travel to Ames for games on Sept. 14, 2019 and Sept. 11, 2021. The previous contract included annual meetings through the 2017 season. The teams are scheduled to meet in Iowa City on Sept. 13, 2014.



“The annual contest with Iowa State is anticipated each year by fans of both programs,â€￾ said Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz. “With the changing of the conference schedules, we are happy this series will be continued without interruption.â€￾



Iowa (7-4 overall, 4-3 Big Ten Conference) has won its last two games and three of its last four. The Hawkeyes travel to Nebraska (11:06 a.m. CT, ABC) Friday, Nov. 29, to close the regular season in the third annual Hy-Vee Heroes Game. The Hawkeyes are bowl eligible for the 12th time in 13 seasons and have won at least seven games in five of the last six years.
 
I know this game is "good for the state", and I will admit, I enjoy some of the banter between the fans at work, but this isn't great news for me. Not that I am scared of playing Iowa State. I know we will win some and lose some, it is what it is. But, who cares about this game outside of Iowa? Anybody? Would it help recruiting more for both schools if they scheduled somebody in the Pac 12, or somebody in Florida, or even the SEC? Look at Wisconsin playing Oregon in Green Bay. Who wouldn't love the exposure that comes with that? The only exposure we get from this game comes from losing to a bunch of clowns we probably shouldn't lose to most years. Maybe I'm alone here, but every team is going to have a couple of lower tier schools on their schedule, so that one big preseason game has a lot of potential. As long as we're playing Iowa State, especially when we go to a 9 game conference schedule, Iowa will not have these big games that get national attention.
 
DJL said:
I know this game is "good for the state", and I will admit, I enjoy some of the banter between the fans at work, but this isn't great news for me. Not that I am scared of playing Iowa State. I know we will win some and lose some, it is what it is. But, who cares about this game outside of Iowa? Anybody? Would it help recruiting more for both schools if they scheduled somebody in the Pac 12, or somebody in Florida, or even the SEC? Look at Wisconsin playing Oregon in Green Bay. Who wouldn't love the exposure that comes with that? The only exposure we get from this game comes from losing to a bunch of clowns we probably shouldn't lose to most years. Maybe I'm alone here, but every team is going to have a couple of lower tier schools on their schedule, so that one big preseason game has a lot of potential. As long as we're playing Iowa State, especially when we go to a 9 game conference schedule, Iowa will not have these big games that get national attention.
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Agreed. This game is a loser for Iowa, either way. Big fricking deal if we beat them. Losing to them is a really bad loss as they always suck. I still do not see how the game is good for the state. As you stated, nobody outside of Iowa cares. Iowa will have 70,000 in the seats regardless. I would much rather see Iowa pick up a rivalry game with teams like Missouri or Notre Dame than to keep this crap series with ISU going.
 
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DJL said:
I know this game is "good for the state", and I will admit, I enjoy some of the banter between the fans at work, but this isn't great news for me. Not that I am scared of playing Iowa State. I know we will win some and lose some, it is what it is. But, who cares about this game outside of Iowa? Anybody? Would it help recruiting more for both schools if they scheduled somebody in the Pac 12, or somebody in Florida, or even the SEC? Look at Wisconsin playing Oregon in Green Bay. Who wouldn't love the exposure that comes with that? The only exposure we get from this game comes from losing to a bunch of clowns we probably shouldn't lose to most years. Maybe I'm alone here, but every team is going to have a couple of lower tier schools on their schedule, so that one big preseason game has a lot of potential. As long as we're playing Iowa State, especially when we go to a 9 game conference schedule, Iowa will not have these big games that get national attention.
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I have been saying this for several years at least. I dont know that we lose out much on in-state recruiting by not playing ISU, I doubt it, and yet if we could get a pipeline to a really good recruiting area because some kids and their parents like our uniforms, school and football team, then all the better if we played a few good programs down south or west, etc. Yeah most of the money stays in the state but the TV deals make up for that.
 
An important change. This year was the last year when ISU got the big financial break for the Iowa game. All future games they get the same as any other team we play. this means huge dollars no longer flow to ISU when they play at Iowa.
 
Woohoo!!!

The OOC games that we've scheduled are Arizona, Arizona State, and Pitt. The Arizona schools certainly haven't helped us land a recruit, and those were snoozers on the national scene. The ISU game is a better game financially for the Iowa athletic department.
 
DJL said:
I know this game is "good for the state", and I will admit, I enjoy some of the banter between the fans at work, but this isn't great news for me. Not that I am scared of playing Iowa State. I know we will win some and lose some, it is what it is. But, who cares about this game outside of Iowa? Anybody? Would it help recruiting more for both schools if they scheduled somebody in the Pac 12, or somebody in Florida, or even the SEC? Look at Wisconsin playing Oregon in Green Bay. Who wouldn't love the exposure that comes with that? The only exposure we get from this game comes from losing to a bunch of clowns we probably shouldn't lose to most years. Maybe I'm alone here, but every team is going to have a couple of lower tier schools on their schedule, so that one big preseason game has a lot of potential. As long as we're playing Iowa State, especially when we go to a 9 game conference schedule, Iowa will not have these big games that get national attention.
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Games that get national attention are hard to schedule. There are maybe 10 teams that get national pub: USC, Oregon, Texas, ND, Florida St, Florida, Alabama, LSU, Miami (OSU & Michigan inside the B10) maybe another couple I'm missing. Those teams aren't looking to schedule Iowa, at least not home and home series.

Hell, Michigan had to go to Dallas to get a game with Alabama.
 
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Games that get national attention are hard to schedule. There are maybe 10 teams that get national pub: USC, Oregon, Texas, ND, Florida St, Florida, Alabama, LSU, Miami (OSU & Michigan inside the B10) maybe another couple I'm missing. Those teams aren't looking to schedule Iowa, at least not home and home series.

Hell, Michigan had to go to Dallas to get a game with Alabama.
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i agree. but i don't think iowa needs 'national attention' - rather, regional attention - specifically in an area that they wan to recruit in. ISU does nothing for iowa. nothing. no recruiting attention, notta.

iowa v. iowa state game is just like isu v. uni. iowa has nothing to gain - you are supposed to beat the clowns, and if you do, no biggy. if you don't, the sky is falling. same thing with ISU playing UNI.
 
I would take almost anyone over renewing the ISU game. It benefits them more than us. GAmes I would rather see us schedule:

1.) Arkansas and Bielema
2.) Boise State
3.) UCLA or Utah or Stanford
4.) Mississippi State or Kentucky or Vandy
5.) Georgia Tech, Boston College, UNC
6.) ND or BYU

Should I go on?
 
Seems odd but I have no strong opinion.

It's nice to beat the clones but it would be nice to play some other teams and get more national recognition.

I see both sides.
 
I have a feeling that some event between now and then will alter this decision. It has to do with the Big 12.
 
DJL said:
I know this game is "good for the state", and I will admit, I enjoy some of the banter between the fans at work, but this isn't great news for me. Not that I am scared of playing Iowa State. I know we will win some and lose some, it is what it is. But, who cares about this game outside of Iowa? Anybody? Would it help recruiting more for both schools if they scheduled somebody in the Pac 12, or somebody in Florida, or even the SEC? Look at Wisconsin playing Oregon in Green Bay. Who wouldn't love the exposure that comes with that? The only exposure we get from this game comes from losing to a bunch of clowns we probably shouldn't lose to most years. Maybe I'm alone here, but every team is going to have a couple of lower tier schools on their schedule, so that one big preseason game has a lot of potential. As long as we're playing Iowa State, especially when we go to a 9 game conference schedule, Iowa will not have these big games that get national attention.
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I can't name a recruit who came here because we play such and such a team. Can you name some?

On the the hand, keeping state money in the state is a powerful argument.

If Iowa wins the Big 10, they'll get national attention - I guarantee it.
 
1standgoalat1 said:
I can't name a recruit who came here because we play such and such a team. Can you name some?

On the the hand, keeping state money in the state is a powerful argument.

If Iowa wins the Big 10, they'll get national attention - I guarantee it.
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Nope, and lollerskates to the Iowa butthurt.
 
1standgoalat1 said:
I can't name a recruit who came here because we play such and such a team. Can you name some?

On the the hand, keeping state money in the state is a powerful argument.

If Iowa wins the Big 10, they'll get national attention - I guarantee it.
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YES. This is the biggest lie told on the interwebz message boards. Maybe in the 1940's it made a difference. But these days we have something called tv. Kids watch games on tv. If it really helped we could just play small crappy schools in Florida and Texas and have our pick of the great recruits.
 
I'll add to the list that we should be playing Missouri, Kansas, Texas schools for recruits, Oklahoma and Arkansas due to coaching connections, Airforce, Colorado, Colorado St, Arizona and Arizona St for the out of staters.
 
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