Iowa St. AD issues official statement

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Iowa State president Dr. Gregory Geoffroy and athletic director Jamie Pollard posted a letter on the Iowa State athletic website Friday in regard to conference realignment.

 

Here is the letter:

 

Dear Cyclone alumni, fans and friends of the University,

 

This week, we participated in the Big 12 Conference spring meetings in which a major topic of discussion was potential conference re-alignment. With the immense speculation and media attention given to this issue, we felt it was important for you to hear directly from us.

 

We believe the Big 12 Conference is the perfect fit for Iowa State University. We are committed to our membership in the Big 12, and we are optimistic that the conference will remain intact. However, we also recognize that the long-term viability of the Big 12 Conference is not in our control - it is in the hands of just a few of our fellow member institutions.

 

Iowa State and several other members of the Big 12 Conference are especially vulnerable under some of the re-alignment scenarios currently circulating, particularly one involving expansion of the Pac-10. We are doing everything in our power to represent the best interests of Iowa State in these discussions, but we also are sensitive to the huge uncertainty that has been created and recognize that the situation could evolve in directions that are not aligned with our interests.

 

We understand and share your concerns about Iowa State athletics and the Big 12 Conference. We are still optimistic that the Big 12 will remain intact and continue to be one of our nation's premier athletics conferences, but we must be ready to act if that does not prove to be the case. We will keep in touch as the situation unfolds, and we appreciate your understanding.

 

Go Cyclones!

 

Dr. Gregory Geoffroy

 

President

 

Jamie Pollard

 

Director of Athletics

 

 

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[GSG]

Translation: If anything remotely close to the Pac 10 expansion scenario happens... We're f#cked!

[knapplc]

That's not a reassuring letter for Cyclone Fan. I would really hate to get that letter about my school.

[billdozer15]

I have been cruising their board Cyclonefanatic and for the most part they are jumping up and down on the panic button and hitting it with a sledge hammer.

[NUpolo8]

I'll be on the PGA tour before ISU is in the PAC 10. This school is about to get a death blow athletically dealt to them.

[huKSer]

I have been cruising their board Cyclonefanatic and for the most part they are jumping up and down on the panic button and hitting it with a sledge hammer.

The topic with the third most replies . . . . Mower height?

[BigWillie]

Translation: We're f#cked!

 

I corrected your translation. It was a bit off.

[whateveritis1224]

I think ISU would be a great fit for Conference USA, if everything goes down in realignment as expected (Pac 10 gets it's 6 teams, and Nebraska and Mizzou go to the Big 10).

 

I think in that situation, Kansas and K-State end up in the Mountain West with Baylor and Iowa State going to Conference USA. Maybe even Baylor going to the Mountain West, I don't know but th Kansas teams, Iowa State, and Baylor are going to be in panic mode.

[Husker_x]

The problem with college football is there are too many ISUs, too many Baylors, too many KSUs. We have too many teams to make any sort of pretense of a national competition viable. The NFL doesn't have to contend with this because they have just over 30 teams and they're divisioned off properly. With four superconferences, we could finally see the promise land of college football, free of the BCS, free of the unwashed masses of glorified 1AA schools. No more late comers like Boise State stealing slots from premiere teams that play in real conferences.

 

Nebraska is one of the proud few that couldn't conceivably be left behind––too much tradition, a national fanbase, and long standing prestige. Does it suck for teams like ISU that are probably about to be left in the dust? Yes it does. But frankly, our team has earned what I think we're going to get, which is a spot in a new world of college football. The fanbase has invested the time, the resources, the constant devotion for decades and decades. Schools like ISU haven't. In my view they're not worthy of a seat at the table, certainly not if we're ever going to realistically start a national college football competition instead of the garbage we've come to know as the BCS system.

[macroboy]

I just read this letter a 2nd time. isn't this one of the B12 schools coming out and saying "The rumors you are hearing are way more than rumors."

[Notre Dame Joe]

The problem with college football is there are too many ISUs, too many Baylors, too many KSUs. We have too many teams to make any sort of pretense of a national competition viable. The NFL doesn't have to contend with this because they have just over 30 teams and they're divisioned off properly. With four superconferences, we could finally see the promise land of college football, free of the BCS, free of the unwashed masses of glorified 1AA schools. No more late comers like Boise State stealing slots from premiere teams that play in real conferences.

 

Nebraska is one of the proud few that couldn't conceivably be left behind––too much tradition, a national fanbase, and long standing prestige. Does it suck for teams like ISU that are probably about to be left in the dust? Yes it does. But frankly, our team has earned what I think we're going to get, which is a spot in a new world of college football. The fanbase has invested the time, the resources, the constant devotion for decades and decades. Schools like ISU haven't. In my view they're not worthy of a seat at the table, certainly not if we're ever going to realistically start a national college football competition instead of the garbage we've come to know as the BCS system.

 

People love The Boise's and Butler's of college sports and that's what football is lacking under the current system.

[huKSer]

Has anyone heard from Cy? Is he on suicide watch?

 

WE LOVE YOU

[irafreak]

How is the current system lacking in the boise's and butler's? Before the BCS did you even hear about those schools being in big time games? Boise was just in a BCS bowl....again. This isn't basketball where you can set up a 3000 team playoff bracket and just let everyone go at it. The 14-15 game (bowl/conference title game) schedule is already enough for these kids to beat themselves up for 3-4 years.

[Notre Dame Joe]

Yes but they don't get to play for the national championship. I'm not restarting the "do they deserve it?" debate, just pointing out that it is not possible.

[irafreak]

Will it be a real possibility with a playoff or just a pipe dream? I'm all for the underdog and what-not but a one hit wonder would have a difficult time surviving a gauntlet of the league's best in a playoff format anyway.