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[QUOTE="tzznandrew, post: 4016224, member: 168"]
Why am I comparing them to UConn? Because everyone talks about how bad UConn is and when you go beyond the last four years—and to the prior coach—Iowa State is essentially a worse version of UConn. UConn the experimental control for a "bad football program." But we have national appeal outside of that that ISU doesn't!

Why would the Big Ten be so short-sighted? They've been to four straight bowl games...okay? What happens when their coach leaves? The last time the Cyclones had four straight winning seasons was in the 1920s when they only played 7 games...[I]and they were 4-3 each of those seasons[/I]! What kind of rivalry is Iowa-Iowa State when they went 4 decades without playing and the Hawkeyes lead it 45–22?

If the Big Ten adds Iowa State they deserve to absolutely collapse. It would be one of the most short-sighted and useless adds, far worse than Rutgers, who at least added new markets, who has historically won more bowl games than ISU, and has a better historic winning percentage.

On one level, I hope you're right. It means that the Big Ten is so stupid UConn has a chance.
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