Yesterday marked the last day for Paul Rhoads as Iowa State's football coach, after he lost to Kansas State on Saturday in the only way Iowa State has known football for the past seven seasons -- heartbreaking. His tenure started off with historic wins over Nebraska, Texas and the program's biggest win against second-ranked Oklahoma State. In all, Rhoads led ISU to three bowl games in his first four years, a bevy of blowout losses, and too many close losses to count.
What did it in for Rhoads and his career at Iowa State was the lack of victories against inferior opponents that ISU was "supposed" to beat.