Cy's 2008 Prediction Challenge

[HuskerJosh]

You fools...of course the Cyclones are going to win the Big 12 Championship because we BELIEVE and have....HOPE! And we want....CHANGE. And if that's good enough to get elected president well then it's more than good enough to get ISU a B12 Championship...

 

We don't need any plans...we don't need any experience...because we BELIEVE and have HOPE and want CHANGE! Don't believe that HOPE and CHANGE are all you need? Well...here's a portion of an inspirational speech that was given at the end of yesterday's practice by none other that BHO himself:

 

Tonight, we are one step closer to that vision of Cyclone Nation because of what you did here in Iowa.

 

I know you didn't do this for me. You did this -- you did this because you believed so deeply in the most American of ideas -- that in the face of impossible odds, people who love the Cyclones can change them.

 

I know this. I know this because while I may be standing here tonight, I'll never forget that my journey began on the streets of Council Bluffs doing what so many of you have done for this season and all the seasons here in Iowa, organizing and working and fighting to make the Cyclones just a little bit better.

 

I know how hard it is. It comes with little sleep, little pay and a lot of sacrifice. There are days of disappointment. But sometimes, just sometimes, there are nights like this; a night that, years from now, when we've made the changes we believe in, when more families can afford to see a college football game, when our children inherit a program that's a little cleaner and safer, when the world sees Iowa State differently, and Cyclone Nation sees itself as a nation less divided and more united, you'll be able to look back with pride and say that this was the moment when it all began.

 

This was the moment when the improbable beat what Nebraska and Missouri and Kansas always said was inevitable.

 

This was the moment when we tore down barriers that have divided us for too long; when we rallied people of all ages to a common cause; when we finally gave football fans who have never participated in the bowl season a reason to stand up and to do so.

 

This was the moment when we finally beat back the tactics of fear and doubts and cynicism, where other teams tear us down instead of our team lifting this fan base up. This was the moment.

 

Years from now, you'll look back and you'll say that this was the moment, this was the place where the Cyclones remembered what it means to hope. For many months, we've been teased, even derided for talking about hope. But we always knew that hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path.

 

It's not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it and to fight for it.

 

Hope is what I saw in the eyes of the young woman in Cedar Rapids who works the night shift after a full day of college and listen to people talk about how the Hawkeyes won and the Cyclones lost. A young woman who still believes that ISU will give her the chance to live out her dreams of laughing in the face of the Hawkeye fans

 

Hope is what I heard in the voice of the New Hampshire woman who told me that she hasn't been able to breathe since ISU last went to a bowl game. Who still goes to bed each night praying for the safe return of the Cyclones to the Insight Bowl.

 

Hope is the bedrock of Cyclone Nation. The belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by all those recruits who are not content to settle for the conference as it is, who have the courage to remake the conference as it should be.

 

The same message we had when we were up and when we were down; the one that can save this conference, brick by brick, block by block, that together, ordinary football players can do extraordinary things.

 

Because we are not a collection of one stars and walk-ons. We are the Iowa State Cyclone Football Team. And in this moment, in this season, we are ready to believe again.

 

 

This was hilarious

[HuskerMatt]

Well I see us having a decent season but, being realistic we would have to have a great game to beat OU. But it is also a rivalry game so anything can happen!

 

 

[HuskerTrucker]

You fools...of course the Cyclones are going to win the Big 12 Championship because we BELIEVE and have....HOPE! And we want....CHANGE. And if that's good enough to get elected president well then it's more than good enough to get ISU a B12 Championship...

 

We don't need any plans...we don't need any experience...because we BELIEVE and have HOPE and want CHANGE! Don't believe that HOPE and CHANGE are all you need? Well...here's a portion of an inspirational speech that was given at the end of yesterday's practice by none other that BHO himself:

 

Tonight, we are one step closer to that vision of Cyclone Nation because of what you did here in Iowa.

 

I know you didn't do this for me. You did this -- you did this because you believed so deeply in the most American of ideas -- that in the face of impossible odds, people who love the Cyclones can change them.

 

I know this. I know this because while I may be standing here tonight, I'll never forget that my journey began on the streets of Council Bluffs doing what so many of you have done for this season and all the seasons here in Iowa, organizing and working and fighting to make the Cyclones just a little bit better.

 

I know how hard it is. It comes with little sleep, little pay and a lot of sacrifice. There are days of disappointment. But sometimes, just sometimes, there are nights like this; a night that, years from now, when we've made the changes we believe in, when more families can afford to see a college football game, when our children inherit a program that's a little cleaner and safer, when the world sees Iowa State differently, and Cyclone Nation sees itself as a nation less divided and more united, you'll be able to look back with pride and say that this was the moment when it all began.

 

This was the moment when the improbable beat what Nebraska and Missouri and Kansas always said was inevitable.

 

This was the moment when we tore down barriers that have divided us for too long; when we rallied people of all ages to a common cause; when we finally gave football fans who have never participated in the bowl season a reason to stand up and to do so.

 

This was the moment when we finally beat back the tactics of fear and doubts and cynicism, where other teams tear us down instead of our team lifting this fan base up. This was the moment.

 

Years from now, you'll look back and you'll say that this was the moment, this was the place where the Cyclones remembered what it means to hope. For many months, we've been teased, even derided for talking about hope. But we always knew that hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path.

 

It's not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it and to fight for it.

 

Hope is what I saw in the eyes of the young woman in Cedar Rapids who works the night shift after a full day of college and listen to people talk about how the Hawkeyes won and the Cyclones lost. A young woman who still believes that ISU will give her the chance to live out her dreams of laughing in the face of the Hawkeye fans

 

Hope is what I heard in the voice of the New Hampshire woman who told me that she hasn't been able to breathe since ISU last went to a bowl game. Who still goes to bed each night praying for the safe return of the Cyclones to the Insight Bowl.

 

Hope is the bedrock of Cyclone Nation. The belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by all those recruits who are not content to settle for the conference as it is, who have the courage to remake the conference as it should be.

 

The same message we had when we were up and when we were down; the one that can save this conference, brick by brick, block by block, that together, ordinary football players can do extraordinary things.

 

Because we are not a collection of one stars and walk-ons. We are the Iowa State Cyclone Football Team. And in this moment, in this season, we are ready to believe again.

Put your hope in one hand and the talent that ISU in the other....pretty equal, huh?

 

I wan't some of what you are taking...what a rant...

[Tyger]

CY you are too funny, But TY has the real rankings

 

Of course Chase McDanielson leads my Tigers to the North Championship.

 

South

OU

UT

TT

A&M

OSU

BU

 

North

MU

CU

KU

NU

ISU

KSU

 

Big12 Champion - Mizzou of course.

What you my friends in the North do not yet realize is last year we kidnapped the real Gary Pinkel and have him hidden in the depths of Faurot field. The man you think is Gary Pinkel Bill Cowherd the former Steelers Coach.

And that my friends is my story and I am sticking too it. Also it is the reason my Tigers win the Big 12 in 08.

[HuskerTrucker]

CY you are too funny, But TY has the real rankings

 

Of course Chase McDanielson leads my Tigers to the North Championship.

 

South

OU

UT

TT

A&M

OSU

BU

 

North

MU

CU

KU

NU

ISU

KSU

 

Big12 Champion - Mizzou of course.

What you my friends in the North do not yet realize is last year we kidnapped the real Gary Pinkel and have him hidden in the depths of Faurot field. The man you think is Gary Pinkel Bill Cowherd the former Steelers Coach.

And that my friends is my story and I am sticking too it. Also it is the reason my Tigers win the Big 12 in 08.

Your too funny...CU gets 2nd in the North? I want some of what your sniffing, too...!!

[jayhawk]

**North**

Missouri 11-1

Kansas 9-3

Nebraska 7-5

Colorado 5-7

Kansas State 4-8

Iowa State 4-8

 

**South**

Oklahoma 11-1

Texas Tech 10-2

Texas 10-2

Texas A&M 8-4

OK State 6-6

Baylor 1-11

 

**Big 12 Champ**

Mizzou (Saddest prediction I have ever made )

[General Blackshirt]

Nebraska averages 900ypg while giving up -200ypg and forcing 65 turnovers en route to a 14-0 National Championship season in which we outscore our opponents 1100-0.

[kstatehater]

North

1. Nebraska 10-3

Westren Michigan W

San Jose St W

New Mexico St W

Virginia Tech W

Missouri W

@Texas Tech L

@ Iowa St W

Baylor W

@ Oklahoma L

Kansas W

@Kansas St W

Colorado W

Big XII vs Oklahoma L

2. Missouri 10-2

Illinois W

SE Missouri St W

Nevada W

Buffalo W

@ Nebraska L

Oklahoma St W

@ Texas L

Colorado W

@ Baylor W

Kansas St W

@ Iowa St W

Kansas W

 

3. Kansas 9-3

Flordia Inter. W

La Tech W

@ South Flordia W

Sam Houston St W

@ Iowa St W

Colorado W

@ Oklahoma L

Texas Tech W

Kansas St W

@ Nebraska L

@ Texas W

Missouri L

 

4. Colorado 7-5

Colorado St W

Eastern Michigan W

West Virginia L

@ Flordia St W

Texas W

@ Kansas L

Kansas St W

@ Missouri L

@ Texas A&M W

Iowa St W

Oklahoma St L

@ Nebraska L

5. Iowa St 7-5

South Dakota St W

Kent St W

@ Iowa W

@ UNLV W

Kansas L

@ Baylor W

Nebraska L

Texas A&M W

@ Oklahoma St L

@ Colroado L

Missouri L

@ Kansas St W

6. Kansas St 4-8

North Texas L

Montana St W

@ Louisville L

La Lafayette W

Texas Tech L

@ Texas A&M W

@ Colorado L

Oklahoma L

@Kansas L

@Missouri L

Nebraska L

Iowa St W

South

1. Oklahoma 14-0

Chattanooga W

Cincinatti W

@ Washington W

TCU W

@ Baylor W

Texas W

Kansas W

@ Kansas St W

Nebraska W

@ Texas A&M W

Texas Tech W

@ Oklahoma St W

Big XII vs Nebraska W

NCG vs Georgia W

2. Texas 10-2

Flordia Atlantic W

@ UTEP W

Arkansas W

Rice W

@ Colorado W

Oklahoma L

Missouri W

Oklahoma St W

@ Texas Tech W

Baylor W

@ Kansas L

Texas A&M W

3. Texas Tech 9-3

E Washington W

@ Nevada W

SMU W

U Mass W

@ Kansas St W

Nebraska W

@ Texas A&M W

@ Kansas L

Texas L

Oklahoma St W

@ Oklahoma L

Baylor W

4. Oklahoma St 7-5

@ Washington St W

Houston W

Missouri St W

Troy W

Texas A&M L

@ Missouri L

Baylor W

@ Texas L

Iowa St W

@ Texas Tech L

@ Colorado W

Oklahoma L

5. Texas A&M 5-7

Arkansas St W

@ New Mexico W

Miami (Fl) L

Army W

@ Oklahoma St W

Kansas St L

Texas Tech L

@ Iowa St L

Colorado L

Oklahoma L

@ Baylor W

@ Texas L

6. Baylor 2-10

Wake Forest L

Northwestern St W

Washington St W

@ UConn L

Oklahoma L

Iowa St L

@ Oklahoma St L

@ Nebraska L

Missouri L

@ Texas L

Texas A&M L

@ Texas Tech L

[HuskerTrucker]

Nebraska averages 900ypg while giving up -200ypg and forcing 65 turnovers en route to a 14-0 National Championship season in which we outscore our opponents 1100-0.

General, you have been marooned on fantasy island too long!

[HuskerTrucker]

North

1. Nebraska 10-3

Westren Michigan W

San Jose St W

New Mexico St W

Virginia Tech W

Missouri W

@Texas Tech L

@ Iowa St W

Baylor W

@ Oklahoma L

Kansas W

@Kansas St W

Colorado W

Big XII vs Oklahoma L

2. Missouri 10-2

Illinois W

SE Missouri St W

Nevada W

Buffalo W

@ Nebraska L

Oklahoma St W

@ Texas L

Colorado W

@ Baylor W

Kansas St W

@ Iowa St W

Kansas W

 

3. Kansas 9-3

Flordia Inter. W

La Tech W

@ South Flordia W

Sam Houston St W

@ Iowa St W

Colorado W

@ Oklahoma L

Texas Tech W

Kansas St W

@ Nebraska L

@ Texas W

Missouri L

 

4. Colorado 7-5

Colorado St W

Eastern Michigan W

West Virginia L

@ Flordia St W

Texas W

@ Kansas L

Kansas St W

@ Missouri L

@ Texas A&M W

Iowa St W

Oklahoma St L

@ Nebraska L

5. Iowa St 7-5

South Dakota St W

Kent St W

@ Iowa W

@ UNLV W

Kansas L

@ Baylor W

Nebraska L

Texas A&M W

@ Oklahoma St L

@ Colroado L

Missouri L

@ Kansas St W

6. Kansas St 4-8

North Texas L

Montana St W

@ Louisville L

La Lafayette W

Texas Tech L

@ Texas A&M W

@ Colorado L

Oklahoma L

@Kansas L

@Missouri L

Nebraska L

Iowa St W

South

1. Oklahoma 14-0

Chattanooga W

Cincinatti W

@ Washington W

TCU W

@ Baylor W

Texas W

Kansas W

@ Kansas St W

Nebraska W

@ Texas A&M W

Texas Tech W

@ Oklahoma St W

Big XII vs Nebraska W

NCG vs Georgia W

2. Texas 10-2

Flordia Atlantic W

@ UTEP W

Arkansas W

Rice W

@ Colorado W

Oklahoma L

Missouri W

Oklahoma St W

@ Texas Tech W

Baylor W

@ Kansas L

Texas A&M W

3. Texas Tech 9-3

E Washington W

@ Nevada W

SMU W

U Mass W

@ Kansas St W

Nebraska W

@ Texas A&M W

@ Kansas L

Texas L

Oklahoma St W

@ Oklahoma L

Baylor W

4. Oklahoma St 7-5

@ Washington St W

Houston W

Missouri St W

Troy W

Texas A&M L

@ Missouri L

Baylor W

@ Texas L

Iowa St W

@ Texas Tech L

@ Colorado W

Oklahoma L

5. Texas A&M 5-7

Arkansas St W

@ New Mexico W

Miami (Fl) L

Army W

@ Oklahoma St W

Kansas St L

Texas Tech L

@ Iowa St L

Colorado L

Oklahoma L

@ Baylor W

@ Texas L

6. Baylor 2-10

Wake Forest L

Northwestern St W

Washington St W

@ UConn L

Oklahoma L

Iowa St L

@ Oklahoma St L

@ Nebraska L

Missouri L

@ Texas L

Texas A&M L

@ Texas Tech L

this took some work....nice job!!