November 18, 2011
Pat Forde on the etiquette of field-storming:
If your program doesn’t reek of tradition and arrogance and you beat a top-five team, storm the field. (See: Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State last year.)
Then later in the article:
Iowa State (24). The Dash remains a fan of Cyclones coach Paul Rhoads, who finds ways to win big games. Latest evidence, the 9-6 victory over rival Iowa on the road Sept. 8. If Iowa State can eliminate turnovers – the Cyclones are minus-15 over their last 16 games – they’ll put some other big skins on their wall this season. But the weekly competition is tough enough in the Big 12 that getting much above .500 remains elusive. Bottom line: Big 12 pretender.
I think “pretender” tags should be reserved for sorting out teams actually considered viable for the title, and a repeatedly-projected ninth out of ten isn’t going to cut it. (And it’s news to me that Pat Forde likes anything related to Iowa State.)