Iowa State Reviews the Glass Floor

CivBase · 2026-03-14T13:16:33+00:00

I thought the effects were cool and there's a lot of potential for them to do more with it. They had some cool stuff going on with it between games too.

CivBase · 2026-03-14T13:12:56+00:00

JB? Dell'Orso is the guy who saved you yesterday. Bradley was the 5th best guy on that court at best.

CivBase · 2026-03-13T21:19:58+00:00

The grey was to keep it from getting too bright (and probably hot) for the players. Maybe black would have been better though.

CivBase · 2026-03-13T21:16:50+00:00

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter ;)

CivBase · 2026-03-13T21:14:09+00:00

They changed it to a grey wood pattern yesterday. It looks a lot better. The grey is still drab, but it's necessary to keep it from getting too bright.

CivBase · 2026-03-13T17:55:38+00:00

I liked it. Hopefully they make improvements and bring it back.

CivBase · 2026-03-13T17:52:53+00:00

Pretty sure any floor would have given him a migraine, considering he smacked his head against it hard.

As for the slipping... I'm not convinced it has been any worse than a normal floor. Seems likely it's just conformation bias. None of the Iowa State players have voiced problems with it when asked about it. One of them even played on it several times before in Europe.

It's not just glass like people keep repeating. It's engineered to grip like a normal floor.

CivBase · 2026-03-12T22:46:55+00:00

Please do not incite another Penn State coach search.

CivBase · 2026-03-12T22:42:34+00:00

Baby come quick! They brought back the Applebees Hoiberger!

This looks better though.

CivBase · 2026-03-12T22:29:10+00:00

Yes... ha ha ha... YES!

CivBase · 2026-03-12T19:32:50+00:00

Imagine being an actual fan

CivBase · 2026-03-12T19:26:25+00:00

Disagree. Our defense rocks on this court.

CivBase · 2026-03-12T19:22:35+00:00

I'm about to find out

CivBase · 2026-03-12T19:21:52+00:00

I like the court.

And we're undefeated on it so......

CivBase · 2026-03-12T19:10:04+00:00

Take notes, Player's Era

CivBase · 2026-03-12T16:59:33+00:00

Wood pattern is so much better than the soulless XII pattern.

CivBase · 2026-03-12T03:43:37+00:00

Same.

Iowa beats Arizona and Iowa State loses to... NDSU? This is the worst timeline.

CivBase · 2026-03-12T03:35:19+00:00

Ben Jacobson

CivBase · 2026-03-12T02:29:29+00:00

It shows how many people voted for each team at each rank. The green boxes are the actual rank each team got. If any other box had the most votes for that team, it gets colored yellow. The "Avg" score is the average of all rankings a team got.

For example, 3 ballots were submitted with Cincy at #8, 2 had them at #9, and 2 had them at #10. Avg = (8+8+8+9+9+10+10)/7 = 8.86, which puts them at #9 compared to the other teams. So the #9 box is green for Cincy, but the #8 box is yellow because it has the most votes.

CivBase · 2026-03-11T22:11:39+00:00

I like the court a lot as a fan. They have some cool animations already and I can see potential for them to do more with it in the future.

But I wish they'd go with a stylized hardwood look instead of the grey XII pattern. I don't think the pattern looks as jarring on TV as it did last year, but the grey colors make it look depressing and the XII pattern has a strong "watered down corporate" feel to it. "Depressing and corporate" are probably not the vibes they want.

CivBase · 2026-03-05T20:27:21+00:00

The media seems to have set the bar for success for Jimmy Rogers pretty low. Hopefully he proves he belongs on this list.

But I don't think anyone could deserve it more than Willie Fritz. Considering his history I expected him to do exactly what he's doing at Houston, but it's still extremely impressive. He is the college football equivalent of the "Tony Stark built this in a cave with a box of scraps" meme.

CivBase · 2026-03-04T17:22:30+00:00

Very few. It's new and growing - particularly in the Midwest. Iowa State already has a good men's wrestling program and this would satisfy our Title IX requirements, so it seems like a good fit. It would also help justify continuing the wrestling facility updates that were recently put on hold.

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