Another thriller in Iowa City

[Panther'73]

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Take a break guys - it's CHRISTMAS!!!

[9YRPLAN]

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Iowa wanted to stop playing uni to beef up their schedule? Link?

Wait, I thought Fran stopped playing uni because he's a baby for losing?

It's just so hard to keep straight.

[Mudrafan]

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like clockwork...here comes 9-yr nerd & his pal TH-74...another "dual fan" that bashes UNI & defends Iowa at every chance he gets. Let's set a new year's resolution for peace on the board that will start with banning these two fakes so we can have our board back.

[9YRPLAN]

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Mudra is finally correct about something. I am a nerd.

[PantherFan]

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Iowa wanted to stop playing uni to beef up their schedule? Link?

Wait, I thought Fran stopped playing uni because he's a baby for losing?

It's just so hard to keep straight.

This is what Panther Fan quoted above. It doesn't take Inspector Clouseau to draw the inference that dropping Drake and UNI meant more flexibility to schedule tougher teams and get on TV. Which would be OK if that is what he did. The only tougher teams he has scheduled have been holiday tournaments and the ACC-Big 10 challenge and he had to do that. In fact, you have to go back to 12/17/2005 to find a time when Iowa has played a BCS team outside of a tournament and the ACC-Big 10 Challenge. (Played Arizona State that year.) So Fran has gotten his flexibility but hasn't done anything with it.

When the time comes to worry about scheduling, McCaffery said there are a lot of factors involved. And he hinted that not having home-and-home games with Drake and Northern Iowa every year would provide some scheduling flexibility.“

Do we want to go to a nice location where we could get some TV exposure – the Old Spice Classic, the Maui Classic, the Paradise Jam, like we did last year?” McCaffery said. “I think we’re going to Cancun next Thanksgiving time. That limits whatever scheduling opportunities you have. Then what you have to do is think about, “OK, we’ve got to have some flexibility because in any given year you might want to take on Kansas or Duke or North Carolina. You might have an opportunity to have a TV game like that. And if you don’t have that flexibility in your schedule you can’t play those games.”

McCaffery said flexibility is also needed in years when your team is not as good.

“In that given year you want to have a little bit of flexibility to have some easier games,” McCaffery said. “Obviously, for me, when I’ve got a good team I want to take everybody on. I want to be on television. I think it’s our responsibility to do that.”

http://hawkcentral.com/2011/12/08/mccaffery-on-scheduling-no-regrets-and-iowa-state/

[Hawkstrat]

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Iowa doesn't play at UNI because Iowa holds all the power. You will whine about it, but it's true, Iowa is swinging the big sausage in this relationship. If anything, you should thank Fran for even suggesting that the two meet on a neutral court every other year.

Go to any Iowa board, the fans aren't clamoring for the return of the series, and they certainly aren't keeping track of UNI's non-con strength of schedule.

[Luckycat]

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Iowa doesn't play at UNI because Iowa holds all the power. You will whine about it, but it's true, Iowa is swinging the big sausage in this relationship. If anything, you should thank Fran for even suggesting that the two meet on a neutral court every other year.

Go to any Iowa board, the fans aren't clamoring for the return of the series, and they certainly aren't keeping track of UNI's non-con strength of schedule.

Thank you Mrs McCaffery. I completely understand why "the fans aren't clamoring for the return of the series." They much prefer Ark. Pine Bluff. Merry Christmas.

[Catmandoo]

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Iowa doesn't play at UNI because Iowa holds all the power. You will whine about it, but it's true, Iowa is swinging the big sausage in this relationship. If anything, you should thank Fran for even suggesting that the two meet on a neutral court every other year.

Go to any Iowa board, the fans aren't clamoring for the return of the series, and they certainly aren't keeping track of UNI's non-con strength of schedule.

You don't think we know that Iowa has all the power in this relationship? Of course they do. But, if you wanted to cancel the series to gain schedule flexibility, why continue to put together schedules like this? Man up, for Christ's sake.

[Mudrafan]

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Fran is a pussy...just like his AD...just like TH74 & 9-yr. Pussies.

[9YRPLAN]

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Mudra is such a bad ass.

[panther-state]

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Iowa doesn't play at UNI because Iowa holds all the power. You will whine about it, but it's true, Iowa is swinging the big sausage in this relationship. If anything, you should thank Fran for even suggesting that the two meet on a neutral court every other year.

Go to any Iowa board, the fans aren't clamoring for the return of the series, and they certainly aren't keeping track of UNI's non-con strength of schedule.

We know they held the power. That's why when Fran threw a temper tantrum the home and home series ended.

Why would we thank him? I'd rather we ended the series all together and kill the Big 4 classic. I'm sure ISU would be amicable enough to find time for a series and then we could just save Hawk fans the humiliation of being seen on the same court as us.

As the old McCaffrey saying must go: "If you can't beat them, stop playing them"

[Hawkstrat]

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We know they held the power. That's why when Fran threw a temper tantrum the home and home series ended.

Why would we thank him? I'd rather we ended the series all together and kill the Big 4 classic. I'm sure ISU would be amicable enough to find time for a series and then we could just save Hawk fans the humiliation of being seen on the same court as us.

As the old McCaffrey saying must go: "If you can't beat them, stop playing them"

Not held, holds, as in Iowa still holds all the power. That being said, Iowa only holds the power because UNI is desperate to play them- If UNI doesn't want to participate in the Big 4 Classic they could opt out and there would be nothing Iowa could do. I doubt Iowa's athletic department would care much, but still.

You have to realize, Iowa is never going to travel to Cedar Falls again, they never should have in the first place- just like Iowa should never host UNI in FB. Any reason given by Fran is PR, the persistent facts of this situation stay the same, financially it makes sense to either try to get a home and home with a major conference team, or pay some team to come into Carver- perhaps if Dannen gets on his knees UNI can be that team Iowa pays.

That Iowa is magnanimous enough to give you a neutral site game every other year is about the most charitable thing imaginable. Outside of the birth of Christ, it's the act of unearned kindness most filled with the Christmas spirit.

[9YRPLAN]

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Mudra, my Christmas gift to you is the "unread posts" link. Enjoy!

[Luckycat]

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Not held, holds, as in Iowa still holds all the power. That being said, Iowa only holds the power because UNI is desperate to play them- If UNI doesn't want to participate in the Big 4 Classic they could opt out and there would be nothing Iowa could do. I doubt Iowa's athletic department would care much, but still.

You have to realize, Iowa is never going to travel to Cedar Falls again, they never should have in the first place- just like Iowa should never host UNI in FB. Any reason given by Fran is PR, the persistent facts of this situation stay the same, financially it makes sense to either try to get a home and home with a major conference team, or pay some team to come into Carver- perhaps if Dannen gets on his knees UNI can be that team Iowa pays.

That Iowa is magnanimous enough to give you a neutral site game every other year is about the most charitable thing imaginable. Outside of the birth of Christ, it's the act of unearned kindness most filled with the Christmas spirit.

Dear Hickstrat. There are Meds for disillusion.

[TH1974]

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We know they held the power. That's why when Fran threw a temper tantrum the home and home series ended.

Why would we thank him? I'd rather we ended the series all together and kill the Big 4 classic. I'm sure ISU would be amicable enough to find time for a series and then we could just save Hawk fans the humiliation of being seen on the same court as us.

As the old McCaffrey saying must go: "If you can't beat them, stop playing them"

Fran's won 2 of 3 against UNI since he's been at Iowa.