New Mexico here we come!

[thejumper5]

New Mexico bowl would be a better destination than Detriot, right?

Detroit-$750,000 payout. The opponent would be the MAC champ. The game is played in an NFL stadium in a major city that's kind of close to Iowa.

New Mexico-$750,000 payout. The opponent would be the #5 team from the MWC. The game is played in a stadium with less than 40,000 seats in a non-major city that's far away from Iowa.

I would say Detroit is the better bowl except for the weather.

 

[CAARHawk]

The weather will be good inside the Dome.

 

[ColoradoHAWKEYE]

yeah, and if you want you can go across the border to casinos and jet skiing. Detroit can host a Super bowl, so...

 

[trj]

Its all about the 15 extra bowl practices.

 

[VintageHawkeye]

Its all about the 15 extra bowl practices.

That's football.

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

Never been. I like Wyoming though, I wish they had a better program. Just seem like a blue collar program, hard working program like ours with nothing else in the state for sports.

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

beats the pizza bowl in thug city

 

[rschneider]

Question, when is the last time we've played a Mountain West opponent?

I think the thousands of fans in the Colorado and Arizona area could play a part in this.

 

[goods10]

Would certainly be weird playing a game only 2 weeks after the pairings come out, and then seeing another 2 weeks (3 if you count the title game) still to be played after our season is over.

So much for making a bowl game and taking advantage of the month of extra practice....sounds like only and extra 2 weeks for our young guys.

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

didn't we play wyoming in a bowl in the 80's?

 

[BlackHawk]

didn't we play wyoming in a bowl in the 80's?

Yes, and it was a helluva game.

1987 Holiday Bowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have been a Wyoming "fan" since that game (not sure if "fan" is the right term, because I am only a fan of Iowa, but you know what I am saying).

 

[VintageHawkeye]

Yes, and it was a helluva game.

1987 Holiday Bowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have been a Wyoming "fan" since that game (not sure if "fan" is the right term, because I am only a fan of Iowa, but you know what I am saying).

Was Joe Tiller the wyoming coach back then? Or did he come later?

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

yeah, i thought i remembered it. I like the idea of Wyoming, the cowboys from out west, blue collar, dont get a lot of credit, etc. A blue-collar Iowa? I like it...lets play them...

 

[ChosenChildren]

Any bowl is a great bowl, even with 6 wins. Ferentz always prepares the team well.

I hope we get selected. Obviously, 7 wins guarantees it, so beat the Boilers!!!

 

[HawkeyeDenis]

So this is what it feels like to be a Iowa State fan, except that Iowa gets to go to a bowl game almost every year. Taking a 6-6 team to a pre Christmas bowl that only the few faithful will watch.

 

[silvanthalas]

So this is what it feels like to be a Iowa State fan

When you're happy with mediocre expectations, you're happy with mediocre results.

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

no no no, ISU's good year is a crappy bowl, this is a bad year for us, totally different dont' take that argument...

 

[BlackHawk]

Was Joe Tiller the wyoming coach back then? Or did he come later?

Wiki says Paul Roach was the coach, FWIW. I was a little young to take too much note of an opponent's coach in a bowl game.

 

[VintageHawkeye]

Wiki says Paul Roach was the coach, FWIW. I was a little young to take too much note of an opponent's coach in a bowl game.

stop rubbing it in, whipper-snapper

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

did we win?