"Iowa's not a basketball school."

[HawkeyeMHA]

It doesn't matter to me what anyone considers us, as long as we win I'll take it

 

[ShadasRevenge]

Iowa State is still on our football schedule, with 9 conference games, home-and-home, keeping all their gate when we visit them and forcing OUR fans to buy ISU season tickets or packages to see Iowa at ISU.

He's *NOT* a good AD in my opinion.

A blind man could've instrumented the practice facility improvements

Far be it for me to defend Iowa State, but I don't think this is the case anymore. The old contract that gave each team 20% or 25% of the gate when they were the road team expired in 2012; from here and (I would assume) into the forseeable future, each team is keeping 100% of the proceeds when they host the game.

I don't see what the problem is with ISU on the schedule. It's an easy road trip for both teams, and neither school is in a position where they're going to get a home-and-home with a big name opponent. Hell, Iowa State still has away games to MAC teams on their future schedules. The schedules for each school make it so they still get 7 homes games in the years they're the road team.

Barta's job is to stay out of the limelight; to work behind the scenes and keep the money coming in. By and large, he's done that.

 

[hawkinn3]

Most college fans support teams that are good, our bball program was not good for a long time and now it is. I'm not sure how many people want to drive across Iowa in mid January to watch a Lickliter coached team. Ill drive across 3 states to watch a Fran coached team.

 

[JHHawk]

He wasn't far off, but that was also when he left. Alford forgot to mention that when he took the job, Iowa was coming off an appearance in the Sweet 16, while the football team had gone 3-8, and was about to go 1-10. When he came to Iowa City, Iowa was most certainly a basketball school. He had a lot to do with Iowa turning into a football school.

Yet, Iowa won the BTT in his second year, and in year 3 they sold out every game before the season...so yes, Iowa continued to have a good bb fanbase...up from the end of Mr. Davis's years, but the facility promised to SA never materialized....Iowa was still a football school, and they plowed 100 million into football, nothing to bb.

Iowa because a football school when Hayden got it rolling, just like it was back in the 50's.
And that is a good thing, because the big bucks are in football.
Delany recently visited Minny, and bluntly told them they have the worst facilities in the league. Minny has had strong bb over the years, but football was bad, and that left them penniless to invest.

Last nite after the IU-Wis game, Herbstreit , the SEC shill, was on twitter saying that for a league that has great atmospheres for bb, football atmospheres are beyond lame.....and says the Big Ten is now a bb league...jerk.

 

[HobbieHawk]

Iowa State is still on our football schedule, with 9 conference games, home-and-home, keeping all their gate when we visit them and forcing OUR fans to buy ISU season tickets or packages to see Iowa at ISU.

He's *NOT* a good AD in my opinion.

A blind man could've instrumented the practice facility improvements

Far be it for me to defend Iowa State, but I don't think this is the case anymore. The old contract that gave each team 20% or 25% of the gate when they were the road team expired in 2012; from here and (I would assume) into the forseeable future, each team is keeping 100% of the proceeds when they host the game.

I don't see what the problem is with ISU on the schedule. It's an easy road trip for both teams, and neither school is in a position where they're going to get a home-and-home with a big name opponent. Hell, Iowa State still has away games to MAC teams on their future schedules. The schedules for each school make it so they still get 7 homes games in the years they're the road team.

Barta's job is to stay out of the limelight; to work behind the scenes and keep the money coming in. By and large, he's done that.

Sure, nothing wrong with playing ISU every year... unless you want to try to schedule somebody bigger than Directional Michigan, Norther Ill or one of the Ohio MAC schools every year.

There is no reason that we should be on equal terms with Iowa State in football scheduling.
The business of Iowa football should be Iowa football and not a charitable subsidy to a rival.

Barta flinched and Po9llard ate him alive. They need us. Not the other way around. Should have demanded 2-1 (Kinnick-Kinnick-Trice-Major College road game) or walked away and let it die.

Now come back at me with all the regular nonsense about how great the game is for the state, keeps the money in Iowa, it's always a great party atmosphere, yada, yada, yada. ;-)

 

[ShadasRevenge]

Yet, Iowa won the BTT in his second year, and in year 3 they sold out every game before the season...so yes, Iowa continued to have a good bb fanbase...up from the end of Mr. Davis's years, but the facility promised to SA never materialized....Iowa was still a football school, and they plowed 100 million into football, nothing to bb.

Iowa because a football school when Hayden got it rolling, just like it was back in the 50's.
And that is a good thing, because the big bucks are in football.
Delany recently visited Minny, and bluntly told them they have the worst facilities in the league. Minny has had strong bb over the years, but football was bad, and that left them penniless to invest.

Last nite after the IU-Wis game, Herbstreit , the SEC shill, was on twitter saying that for a league that has great atmospheres for bb, football atmospheres are beyond lame.....and says the Big Ten is now a bb league...jerk.

That's not what he said.

 

[ShadasRevenge]

Sure, nothing wrong with playing ISU every year... unless you want to try to schedule somebody bigger than Directional Michigan, Norther Ill or one of the Ohio MAC schools every year.

There is no reason that we should be on equal terms with Iowa State in football scheduling.
The business of Iowa football should be Iowa football and not a charitable subsidy to a rival.

Barta flinched and Po9llard ate him alive. They need us. Not the other way around. Should have demanded 2-1 (Kinnick-Kinnick-Trice-Major College road game) or walked away and let it die.

Now come back at me with all the regular nonsense about how great the game is for the state, keeps the money in Iowa, it's always a great party atmosphere, yada, yada, yada. ;-)

I said it's convenient for both schools. You're not going to find a much cheaper road game, and that holds true for both Iowa and Iowa State. In terms of travel, it doesn't get much easier.

I don't see the "Barta flinched" argument. Both schools keep the gate, and I'm guessing that Pollard really doesn't give a rip about what the folks in Iowa City will think when he makes decisions that - in his mind - are in the best interest of Iowa State. Both schools keep the 100% of the gate going forward, so either I'm not understanding what you're trying to say or you're not saying it very well.

Iowa State doesn't have any flexibility when it comes to non-conference scheduling, and once the B1G goes to a 9 game schedule Iowa won't either. It's just the way it is. The only way Iowa/ISU are going to get anyone other than each other on the non-con as a marquee matchup is if both leagues go to a 13 game schedule.

But just for ***** and giggles, who would you like to see Iowa schedule in the non-con, and why would that team agree to a game in Iowa City?

 

[gohawkz]

He wasn't far off, but that was also when he left. Alford forgot to mention that when he took the job, Iowa was coming off an appearance in the Sweet 16, while the football team had gone 3-8, and was about to go 1-10. When he came to Iowa City, Iowa was most certainly a basketball school. He had a lot to do with Iowa turning into a football school.

Yep, Tom Davis didn't get us to an elite level, but could usually enjoy the NCAA. It was fun to be a fan. Alford is a piece of human garbage who ran the program into the ground. He was not only a horrible coach but also a horrible person.