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  • #1

    McCarney to close practices

    Looks like McCarney doesn't like the fact that he has detailed reports surfacing around the internet. Here is the article.

    http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2004/04/07/sports/local/1f79d536926dff9886256e6f00530031.txt


    Plus, it looks like the starting QB for next year's opener for ISU will be a freshman. I like that. I think it gives us more of an advantage that way.

    http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2004/04/07/sports/local/0eb2b0e2c1aa7fe086256e6f0052ffc7.txt
    The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.
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    yeah, i think we have a good chance at beating ISU next year. wouldn't that be something if we beat them in football and basketball. That is where UNI is heading too.

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    • #3
      Brett Meyer was the 2nd best QB in the state his senior year of high school. The best QB was UNI's Eric Sanders.

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      • #4
        I doubt that Kirk Ferentz and Mark Farley go to message board's to scout their opponents.....but maybe I'm wrong.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by #1pantherfan
          yeah, i think we have a good chance at beating ISU next year. wouldn't that be something if we beat them in football and basketball. That is where UNI is heading too.
          Don't forget UNI has beaten ISU 2 of the last 3 wrestling duals and is much better in volleyball, baseball (by default), rugby. All things considered you could make a pretty strong case that UNI has a better overall athletic program than ISU.

          The U.S. Sports Academy released their winter standings recently and they have UNI as the 58th rated program nationally, ISU is rated 111th. For those keeping scored Iowa is 49th. These rankings include wrestling results, but not basketball. UNI will score higher than ISU and Iowa for mens bb, but lower for womens, so it won't change things much.

          UNI, the #2 athletic program in the state with a bullet.
          Last edited by GonzoCat; 04-07-2004, 11:11 PM.
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          • #6
            I think we have a real good shot at beating the Cyclowns next fall in football. I know that I will be there.

            Will this series be renewed in the future? I was talking with an ISU fan and he said ISU hates it, because even if ISU wins, it doesn't count as a victory for bolw eligibility purposes. Of course, I pointed out that ISU doesn't have a chance of getting to a bowl next year!!

            peace

            igo4uni
            peace

            igo4uni

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            • #7
              UNI has won this game in the past. I think last year was UNI's best chance to win though. If the game was played later on in the season it might have gone the other way.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by GonzoCat
                The U.S. Sports Academy released their winter standings recently and they have UNI as the 58th rated program nationally, ISU is rated 111th. For those keeping scored Iowa is 49th. These rankings include wrestling results, but not basketball. UNI will score higher than ISU and Iowa for mens bb, but lower for womens, so it won't change things much.
                That seems kind of odd considering ISU beat Iowa this year in every sport except football; that includes both men's and women's. I think it was 7 wins in 8 games.

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                • #9
                  It's not odd really, because it's not based on head to head competition between any two teams. It's based on overall national standing in all sports. Iowa and UNI finished ahead of ISU in most of the sports and the fact ISU beat Iowa or UNI in any given sport means no more than any other win. Football for example, UNI finished well ahead of ISU. They do count 1AA football somehow but with a lower point system than 1A. In the fall standings UNI was ranked 42nd, based on high finishes in football and volleyball. ISU got zero points for fall sports. Iowa got higher points in football, but no other sport and was ranked below UNI.

                  It also hurts your standing quite a lot when you don't have a sport at all. That's why the schools that are ranked way at the top are ones that field teams in about every sport - skiing, fencing, swimming are three of the winter sports that go into the mix, but ISU and UNI have none of those, I think Iowa still has swimming.

                  To be honest, much as I enjoy seeing it, I don't think UNI should be ranked ahead of ISU 58th vs 111th. This is the only organization I am aware of though that attempts to rank all athletic programs on an overall basis. If anyone knows of others I'd like to see them.

                  U.S. Sports Academy Directors Cup Standings
                  Last edited by GonzoCat; 04-09-2004, 07:09 PM.
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                  • #10
                    It's kind of interesting that you would rather measure the ranking of the in state programs by something very subjective like how the programs are in general rather than actual head to head; which is the only true measure.

                    Head to head rankings for this season:
                    Men's basketball ISU, UNI, Iowa.
                    Women's BB ISU, Iowa, UNI.
                    Football Iowa, ISU, UNI.
                    Wrestling ISU, Iowa, UNI. (slightly subjective only counts head-head duals)

                    If those rankings that you list were for men's only and for the 2003 calendar year rather than school years (03 football, 03 wrestling and 02-03 basketball) I wouldn't argue at all; I'd agree. Sounds right on actually for that time period and those sports.

                    FYI ISU has swimming, just not men's. I saw an article a while back about athletic budgets for the major schools in Iowa. If you are just talking number of teams, reguardless of men's or women's, ISU has more teams than almost every Big 12 school. 2 way tie for second. With the 2nd lowest budget of the Big 12. Yes ISU got rid of a lot of sports like men's swimming and baseball, but the women's sports remain. ISU apparently has a lot of women's sports.

                    I don't have similar stats for UNI or Iowa because it was a local article that was mainly talking about ISU's budget.

                    In the end if you look at wins per dollar spent. UNI does the best of any in-state school by far. I could only imagine what UNI could do with the kind of money Iowa spends.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by igo4uni
                      I think we have a real good shot at beating the Cyclowns next fall in football. I know that I will be there.

                      Will this series be renewed in the future? I was talking with an ISU fan and he said ISU hates it, because even if ISU wins, it doesn't count as a victory for bolw eligibility purposes. Of course, I pointed out that ISU doesn't have a chance of getting to a bowl next year!!

                      peace

                      igo4uni
                      ISU gets to count this game every other year. This rule was removed (ISU stopped playing us then) and then was reinstated to help the IAA schools schedule games.
                      If computers ruled college basketball the way they do football, we'd have skipped all this March Madness monotony and just waited a month for the Kansas-Kentucky title game. And watched Northern Iowa play Cornell in the Poulan Weedeater Bowl. ~ Dwight Perry The Seattle Times

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