According to the article about Iowa State’s complaint, “The statement addresses the lack of an opportunity to evaluate the histories of a new member before coming to a verdict.”
Let’s evaluate the history.
Iowa State has an all-time winning percentage of .456.
In their 129-year history, Iowa State has been to a grand total of 16 bowl games, winning 5 of them.
Iowa State has won 2 conference titles. Who doesn’t remember fondly that glorious stretch of success in 1911 and 1912? Those two years were awesome.
Iowa State has produced 5 all-Americans in 129 years.
Iowa State has finished a football season ranked on 3 separate occasions.
I could go on, but I think those numbers more or less summarize their history.
(To be fair, the Cyclones are 4-0 all-time against BYU, having last played each other in 1974.)