Exactly. I try to ignore a lot of the dumb people on cyclonefanatic, but that's a low percentage. Most of the people who post on there know what they are talking about and are respectful to visitors of other teams fans. If you want to see ignorant then you should visit hawkeyenation.com sometime.
this. hok fans are idiots.
ISU's rankings have slipped lately mostly due to a lot of rankings systems changing criteria in regards to medical and doctorate programs. ISU has very good engineering, Vet, design, education, and of course Ag schools. The business school is on the rise and has a a great placement rate. We simply do not have the doctorate programs to compete in the rankings. A prime example is University of Iowa med school actually takes more ISU premed students than iowa grads. Simply because the premed program at ISU gives more lab time and better prepares students. ISU also is a leader in alternative energy research, whether that be wind, ethanol, or other sources.
ISU has recently grown larger than iowa and has become the largest school in state. With that has come growing pains. Especially with budget cuts.
Rankings don't necessarily show the strength of a school but it does really irk us ISU alum to see us fall in the rankings. Our new President headed up the University of North Carolina research and did some amazing things at UNC in building a top notch research center combining private and public together. We expect to see that happen in Ames. We have already drawn some industry leaders into Ames. I can't remember off the top of my head the name but there is a computer company that is building a campus just south of ISU. The campus is very similar to Google's. Crazy stuff.
