I’ve never rooted for them before, but I feel like an honorary Catholic now that I’m paying the church for son’s education. 
The way PSU is running the ball, that’s what I want us to do
The Ames Chamber of Commerce estimates the Cy-Hawk game alone (iowa vs Iowa State) injects about $11 million into the community.
This estimate would certainly be on the high end impact of what a home game in Ames brings, but it gives you some idea.
Edit: if you’re really feeling curious, check out our CyTown project that is currently underway with a google search.
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I prefer a more wide open passing offense if we are not going to be recruiting high level o-line recruits.
Don’t want to end up like Boise State when their run game couldn’t get going when going against tough defenses.
I agree. The lines and size with raw speed are where the blue bloods still have the biggest advantage. Makes it hard to run
This Penn State defense is just on another level.
Making ND look like one of those physically outmatched “lesser” programs.
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I hate Notre Dame a little bit more than I hate Penn State.
early yet but looks like a penn state runaway. if ohio state is the real deal from their playoff run, could be an all big10 championship.
tv and the country probably hates that as ND has a nationwide following and texas has that dallas cowboy love/hate thing nationwide it seems, but i’d like it. ND and texas have so many adavantages, anytime they don’t make it to the title is a win for the rest of college football.
Agreed. I hate the Big 10 but as a whole, but i feel like their passion is in a better place and life isnt always so great for the masses in Ohio and Pennsylvania. So you gotta be happy for those regular Joes that live real lives and follow the team.
Texas and Notre Dame fans have this holier-than-thou ego that often crosses the line into toxic dysfunction. They do it to themselves.
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This is an excerpt from an article talking about the economic impact study the league commissioned to use as a basis for the UT/OU lawsuit when they broke the current media rights contract, and the existence of the Big 12 was widely believed to be in doubt
Under two different scenarios outlined by The Perryman Group in a study titled Potential Economic Consequences of Texas and OU Leaving the Big 12 Conference, the economic impact of losing Oklahoma and Texas could climb as high as an estimated combined $1.3 billion in annual gross product and 18,063 jobs across the eight cities.
Those numbers fall under what the group describes as “scenario two” which “assumes the Big 12 Conference is not maintained and individual schools must seek opportunities elsewhere, with ultimate performance mirroring the five most successful athletic programs in the Mountain West Conference.”
In scenario two, the loss of annual gross product in Ames alone is an estimated $149.7 million with an estimated loss of 2,019 jobs.
The steepest economic losses under scenario two would be felt in the Fort Worth area, the home of TCU, where the estimated loss in annual gross product is $219 million and an estimated 2,916 lost jobs.
The group’s “scenario one” is described as “the Big 12 Conference remains largely intact with the remaining eight teams (and potentially expands), with television revenues and attendance patterns similar to those in the American Athletic Conference (adjusted for specific characteristics of the individual schools).” Obviously, if these are the only two possible scenarios, then this would be considered the best case.
Still, the best-case isn’t great. Scenario one would result in an estimated $938.9 million loss of gross annual product plus an estimated loss of 12,623 jobs across the league. In Ames, those numbers work out to an estimated $104.6 million in lost gross annual product and an estimated 1,411 lost jobs.
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Notre Dame lost to Northern Illinois, who recently announced they are leaving the MAC for the Mountain West.
The current MAC media rights payout is worth $675,000 annually for Northern Illinois. And they beat this ND team in South Bend.
Crazy.
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Clearly Notre Dame changed the momentum of the game in their favor.
Second half tied!
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Halftime James Franklin decided it was time to go full turtle and hope for the best.
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Awful 3rd quarter from PSU
PSU ties up the game in the third quarter.
This game has opened up now
We may get OT
Game has slowed down now
This game is nuts
Irish WR told PSU DB to SIT DOWN!
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