There's Always Next Year.

 

Matchup Preview | November 9, 2013
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TCU Horned Frogs (3-6, 0-3 Away)		Iowa State Cyclones (1-7, 0-4 Home)
OFFENSIVE STATS COMPARISON 334.9 (110) Total Offensive Yards 333.8 (109) 214.8 (79) Passing Yards 204.8 (92) 119.9 (106) Rushing Yards 133.5 (97) 23.4 (95) Points Per Game 23.1 (97) 9 (103) Passing TD 13 (62) 13 (75) Rushing TD 10 (93) 86.67 (38) Red Zone Percentage 95.45 (5) DEFENSIVE STATS COMPARISON 357 (25) Total Yards Allowed 477.5 (115) 230.1 (61) Passing Yards Allowed 257.3 (103) 126.8 (23) Rushing Yards Allowed 220.2 (111) 23.6 (42) Points Per Game 39.9 (119) 26 (12) Sacks 12 (98) 6 (55) Fumble Recoveries 10 (8) 17 (2) Interceptions 3 (115) 81.8 (55) Red Zone Percentage 86.1 (89)

On Paper this one looks to be equal.   However, put a paper bag over my head.  Because I'm a Cyclone fan and the Cyclones do not have a defense.  The Cyclones still rank at the bottom of all BCS eligible football teams. ISU can't stop a blood nose - which is what we are likely to have after Saturday.  

As beat up and injury prone as the Cyclones are right now the TCU Horned Frogs aren't much better.  They too have felt the pain of playing in a deep Big XII conference almost as much as the Cyclones have from an injury standpoint.   However, I would place my wager on the black uniforms of the TCU Horned Frogs.

Date Opponent Location Time (CST) Results Media   Sat, Aug 30  North Dakota State Ames, Iowa   TBA   Sat, Sep 13  Iowa Iowa City, Iowa   TBA   Sat, Sep 20  Toledo (Family Weekend) Ames, Iowa   TBA   Sat, Sep 27  Baylor * Ames, Iowa   TBA   Sat, Oct 04  Oklahoma State * Stillwater, Okla.   TBA   Sat, Oct 11  Kansas State (Homecoming) * Ames, Iowa   TBA   Sat, Oct 18  Texas * Austin, Texas   TBA   Thu, Oct 30  Oklahoma (or Nov. 1) * Ames, Iowa   TBA   Sat, Nov 01  Oklahoma (or Oct. 30) * Ames, Iowa   TBA   Sat, Nov 08  Kansas * Lawrence, Kan.   TBA   Sat, Nov 22  Texas Tech * Ames, Iowa   TBA   Sat, Nov 29  West Virginia * Ames, Iowa   TBA   Sat, Dec 06  TCU * Ft. Worth, Texas   TBA

* Conference Games 2014 Football Season

From the news wire this week the Big XII released the schedule for the 2014 football season.  Even though Iowa State is really moving into the easy part of their 2013 schedule - I would predict a possibly 1-2 win season in 2013.   This could be worse than the last year with McCarney, and the two black years with Chizik.  Looking into 2014 the schedule doesn't get easier and the optimism is running slim with this FANaddict.   The Big XII is a difficult conference and all of the momentum we built up last year, it popped like a helium balloon over a hot stove.  

Which leads me to ask how long does Paul Rhoads have?   That's right Terri from Ames, I'm starting to question your Boyee.  Next year I see the Cyclones only having 1 win going into November (sound familiar).  So, I have really two questions.   Can we continue to run the current offense we run?   I'm concerned about our ability to run this injury prone offense with our current depth.   We haven't done much offensively since Tom Herman left to join the Ohio State Buckeyes.  Secondly, do we give Rhoads the opportunity to see the Sam Richardson project through to completion of his senior season?

2013 saw good attendance early in the season.  I expect the fan turnout to slid back toward historic rates.  I would also suggest that we look very closely at the first game of the season in 2014.  North Dakota State is not a slack program.   Last year they knocked off the Minnesota Golden Gophers and this year they knocked off the Kansas State Wildcats who just gave us a noogie, a wedgy, and said we'll do it again next year. Perhaps we should invite the North Dakota State coach over to the athletic directors house for some post game conversation, or keep him on the speed dial 

Image: donated from a Horny Frog in Honor of the game with the Horned Frogs

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