Dear America - Iowa Doesn't Care What You Think

[clairvoyantdan]

I agree, we don't beat, Pitt or Wisconsin (though they barely did either) and we lost to Iowa so 4-3 at best. I think we would have beat Ill. St., N.tex, Ill. and NW but who knows.

Haha, you think you'd beat Northwestern? A team which beat a now top 10 ranked Stanford team and a top 25 team in Duke. They had a top 10 defense going into Saturday - not sure what it is now. There's no way you'd beat NW, absolutely ZERO CHANCE.
ISU would be absolutely be an underdog to Illinois. North Texas would be a win, and Illinois State could go either way. Max two wins right now. 50/50 you'd have 1 win.

 

[roundball]

 

[jahfg]

This is pretty funny, but couldn't one of these be made for every fanbase?

 

[roundball]

This is pretty funny, but couldn't one of these be made for every fanbase?

I'm not sure there's another pair of rival teams where one is terrible and plays in a strong conference and the other is decent and plays in a mediocre conference. Kentucky and Louisville, maybe?

 

[dexterhawk]

Their schedule is a joke. I positive Iowa State would be 5-2 if we had their schedule

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Nope 2-5

 

[jahfg]

I'm not sure there's another pair of rival teams where one is terrible and plays in a strong conference and the other is decent and plays in a mediocre conference. Kentucky and Louisville, maybe?

Didn't mean the exact chart, but I think the humor only lies in the fact that someone mapped this out. Otherwise, it's just a description. I guess what I'm saying is, "and....?" Where's the punchline?

Edited: the "hamstring program..." was funny.

 

[IAStubborn]

And Texas Tech hasn't beaten an FBS team with a winning record either.

Who would you rather play again Texas Tech or Iowa?

 

[IAStubborn]

Unfortunately they were written in crayon so they're a little hard to decipher....

The playoff committed uses record vs.
their current top 25. This is the only fact that matters. As usual you are wrong.

 

[jahfg]

About the only positive thing that will come from Iowa possibly running the table: the increased national scrutiny and the resulting massive butthurt Iowa fans will display once they realize the country doesn't think much of them or the Big 10 West.

Miller just got his out of the way before the argument gets more lopsided.

 

[IAStubborn]

Haha, you think you'd beat Northwestern? A team which beat a now top 10 ranked Stanford team and a top 25 team in Duke. They had a top 10 defense going into Saturday - not sure what it is now. There's no way you'd beat NW, absolutely ZERO CHANCE.
ISU would be absolutely be an underdog to Illinois. North Texas would be a win, and Illinois State could go either way. Max two wins right now. 50/50 you'd have 1 win.

Quit using numbers, everyone knows you can't count.

 

[Doc]

Would have been better if he threatened to c*** punt the next national media member who dissed their schedule. Not Clark's best work.

 

[Dryburn]

Such arrogance.

 

[klamath632]

And maybe Iowa State. Maybe.

No maybe to it. We beat ourselves every week already.

 

[khawk4]

Better beat that strength of schedule drum now because its going to nose dive, while all of those other schools mentioned will increase.

It's been an excellent start for Iowa but neither of their "Top 25 wins" will be that way when the season is (outside shot Wisc sneaks in). Pitt won't finish there either. When you have to use "former" top 25 teams as signature wins, you know your schedule is bad.

And it gets worse. Iowa has more conference wins (3) than the rest of the teams on their schedule COMBINED (2)! How is that even possible?

That said, its not their fault their schedule is awful.

That, to me, is the biggest thing. We were HAMMERED in the pre season about the SOS, and rightfully so. However, as of now (according to Saragin), it is not bad at all. It will absolutely get worse, but is that Iowa's fault? I think thats the point of the article. IMO, it came off a little whiny (its Miller, so yeah), but agree as a whole. Look, as Miller pointed out, Its not Iowa's fault that Purdue has been awful for a decade. Its not Iowa's fault that Maryland, for some reason, cant get ANYTHING going on the football front. Its not Iowa's fault Minnesota couldnt score against a HS. But what really pisses Iowa fans off is the assumption that we have been playing bottom feeding MAC teams for 7 games. Iowa is doing EXACTLY what it should be doing in this situation: taking care of business, yet we are still getting hammered for it. Outside of two games, we have won by at least 2 scores, and in the other 5, and the majority of those have been a** kickings.

At the same time, were Iowa. We arent Florida, we arent Michigan, we arent a blue blood. As of right now, we are 7-0, not 12-0, so the amount of time and research someone is going to give us isnt going to be much. They look and they see that Iowa plays MD, MN, IU and say "wow, these guys havnt played anyone!". But, as Miller pointed out, we HAVE played people. Not world-beaters, but decent football teams. And the stuff that Miller listed are pieces of info that you would have to dig to find, and honestly, I dont expect that right now.

 

[bolts]

How many posts can one fanbase have on another teams schedule?

I couldn't tell you one team left on isu's schedule. Of course it hasn't mattered who you play, rinse and repeat. I don't think the big 12 office even knows.

 

[jahfg]

How many posts can one fanbase have on another teams schedule?

I couldn't tell you one team left on isu's schedule. Of course it hasn't mattered who you play, rinse and repeat. I don't think the big 12 office even knows.

You must really know nothing about college football, and that has nothing to do with ISU.

 

[khawk4]

Iowa at least has some control over their non-conference schedule.

Michigan State scheduled Oregon, and at the time they would have scheduled them, they were a better team. Michigan scheduled Utah. Minnesota scheduled TCU. Nebraska scheduled BYU and Miami.

Granted Iowa probably has to play Iowa State; however, they could have found someone better than Illinois State, North Texas, and Pitt.

The ISU game isnt going anywhere, so that leaves a limited amount of room to schedule other OOC opponents who are legit. Pitt is a good OOC opponent. But, look around college football. Hardly anyone schedules more than one or two other P5 opponent. You might see LSU play Wisconsin in primetime in week one, and think "oh wow, now THEY know how to schedule tough OOC opponents". But what you dont see after that is they turn around and play Wisc-Whitewater, Akron and No Texas (just examples). Same can be said with Bama. You'll see them in a huge week 1 game, but after that, its Jacksonvill St, Tennessee St, and GA southern.

Lastly, I guess my question is- what do you want Iowa to do? Schedule a bunch of top 10 opponents for 3 of the 4 weeks to start the season? NO ONE would do that. NO ONE. I actually thought Iowas OOC this year was pretty legit. ISU is always a battle, Pitts a really, really tough playing P5 team similar to Iowa, and (the other) ISU is about as good as it gets for an FCS team. So that leaves No. Texas. Whatever, every team plays cupcakes.

 

[khawk4]

They are getting in their complaints now because their resume will look nothing like the top teams in a few weeks. My favorite line of thinking is when they think they should get credit for wins against teams that "were ranked at the time." Not really how it works, but it's something to grasp on to and rile the tavern faction.

Ok, now Im starting to realize that we are in a damned if we do, damned if we dont situation. You know what happens to teams ranked in the 18-25 rankings following a loss? They drop out. So, just to clarify this, Wisconsin and Northwestern were great before they played Iowa, but after they lost, they are terrible? I can see what you are saying, but at the same time, you are literally punishing Iowa for beating them. I know they werent in the top 10 when Iowa played, but Iowa cant help that.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Sounds like Jon Miller just went full so pwoud. Lol.

 

[clairvoyantdan]

Ok, now Im starting to realize that we are in a damned if we do, damned if we dont situation. You know what happens to teams ranked in the 18-25 rankings following a loss? They drop out. So, just to clarify this, Wisconsin and Northwestern were great before they played Iowa, but after they lost, they are terrible? I can see what you are saying, but at the same time, you are literally punishing Iowa for beating them. I know they werent in the top 10 when Iowa played, but Iowa cant help that.

Exactly. Nevermind the reason they fell out was because Iowa beat them... Rationality at its finest.