my world is upside down

ISU covered again this week. I'm so confused. They start off Big 12 play vs Kansas State this week, and hopefully get back to their losing ways.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4519102

Idiots who injure their own teammates in practice can't keep winning for too long, can they?

Also, Iowa is 4-0 and #13 SHIP HAWKS!

Army +9.5

55 to win 50 on Army +9.5. Time for their true suckiness to come forward.

Small Setback, Still Set for Success

Iowa State managed to win last week, putting our season total to:

Total Bet: 265
Net Won: 150
ROI: 56.6%

In other news, Iowa won again taking their streak to 7 games in a row. With losses by other teams this week, that puts Iowa in the top 5 longest active win streaks. The opening line for Iowa @ Penn State is Iowa +10, hopefully it's upset time again. On a sad note, the kick and slide from last years Greene-Out glory has been removed from youtube due to copyright disputes. Lame.

New Week, New Bet

Iowa State hasn't won on the road since 2005. 17 game road losing streak looks to become 18 this week vs the Golden Flashes. I passed on taking the 3 points and took Kent outright, $50 at +135 to win.

Ship the Money Part One

"Even if Iowa doesn't manage to play better, it won't matter because Iowa State simply does not know how to win football games."

I wrote that on Monday, and it certainly showed up in Iowa's 35-3 victory today. Iowa State committed 9 penalties for 79 yards and gave up 6 turnovers. It is nearly impossible to win a game when you give the ball to the other team without a kick 6 times, especially when your offense can't score touchdowns. It has now been 14 quarters, 3 and 1/2 games, since the Cyclones have scored a touchdown against Iowa. Congratulations, you suck. Austin Arnaud is not good at quarterback, and you are well on your way to another 10 loss season. I was going to put in a pretty graph, but you can imagine what a 45 degree line going up looks like.

Results so far this season:
Amount bet $215
Amount Won $200
ROI 93%

Next week, Iowa State plays @ Kent State and we can continue printing money.

LOL Nice Offense

Just a friendly reminder, in the last 10 quarters of football Iowa State has played vs Iowa, they have scored a grand total of ZERO touchdowns. I'm sorry guys, but field goals just aren't going to cut it this week vs the Moeaki machine. 2 years ago ISU managed to scrape by on 5 FGs to win 15-13, but Iowa's offense this year is much more potent and will make every single one of those fuckers cry when we win 24-6.

Additional fun from Iowa entering VS UNI:

More action against the worst team in FBS

Just put an additional 110 on Iowa -6.5 to win 100. Brings the total anti-clone action this week to $215 worth of bets to win $200. In terms of getting to spend this money, that turns into a round trip ticket to Orlando for the Capital One Bowl on Allegiant Airlines. GO HAWKS!

Iowa VS Iowa State

Iowa did not look pretty against Northern Iowa. Yards after contact weren't there for us on offense, and our defensive line had a hard time pressuring the UNI quarterback. There is a big difference, however, between looking bad vs a FCS team who made the semi-finals last year and a FCS team who struggled to have a winning record. In a battle of disappointing first weeks, Iowa State looked even more lackluster vs NDSU. Don't be too quick to forget the last time UNI played one of the big boys. Iowa State loses to UNI in 2007. Even if Iowa doesn't manage to play better, it won't matter becaue Iowa State simply does not know how to win football games. Without further adieu, I roll out the first bet of my anti-Iowa State free money spectacular: $105 to win $100 on Iowa -7. The line has since moved to -6.5 and I will probably be adding to this bet. Those one game a season bitches be damned, Iowa will crush their souls.

Too Much Smoke

Well done, Iowa State, your entrance onto the field was just as big of a disaster as your performance on the field. If you are wondering, that's 2008 coach Gene Chizik who escaped to Auburn after going 2-10. I particularly enjoy when number 83 smashes into the goal post. In contrast, here's what a team entering is supposed to look like. Iowa does the swarm, coming on to the field in the tradition of Hayden Fry with hands held to show team togetherness. Only 4 more days until football Saturday and I am excited.

Cyclones on TV!

Last night I heard something that was great news for Iowa State fans, their game against NDSU is going to be televised! To an Iowa fan, or really a fan of any school that has a real football team, this may not seem like a big deal, because every game is televised when your school is important. While the Mediacom Connections Channel may not have the prestige of ABC nationwide coverage, or even of ESPN or the Big Ten Network, it does have one thing going for it, you trick old people who wanted to watch infomercials but can't stand up to change the channel and lost the remote into watching you. Though most likely the MCC is only broadcasting it to give their camera crew practice for the Valley - Dowling game the next night, it is a nice bonus for ISU. I'm fairly certain the 9k people inattendence at the high school game the next night will be more than the number who accidentally wonder into Jack Trice, so it's nice that MCC still gives the game of the week title to Friday Night's Matchup. There is still no betting option availible for Thursday night's game, so I may not get to make any money until Iowa crushes their hopes and dreams next week.