Paul Myerberg’s preview of Iowa State’s upcoming football season is out. ISU is his sixth-worst power-conference team, and 99th out of 128 total. We’re ahead of Kansas, but his preview of the Jayhawks isn’t all that comforting:
Kansas is less talented than every team in the Big 12 with the exception of Iowa State, which is either an even draw or a slight lean in the Jayhawks’ direction – not that it’s helped, mind you.
Back to ISU, where there was this morbid note:
Last fall marked the ninth time in program history that ISU had lost either two or all three of its games against these in-state rivals. In years when Drake was not on the schedule, the Cyclones have lost to both Iowa and Northern Iowa three times: 2013, 1994 and 1992. ISU lost to both Iowa and Drake in 1985, 1909 and 1901. Finally, Iowa State lost to both Northern Iowa and Drake only once, in 1900. This is a useless, waste-of-time tidbit that should appeal to no one.
That tidbit, of course, is right up my alley.