All Iowa Football Team---Post Bowl Edition

LOL, this is all about Sagarin? HAHA, that is a joke if you are using just Sagarin, no wonder you seem so stupid on this. There are many SOS metrics, and they are all over the board. If you think one is gospel, that kind of shows how simple you are.

Sagarin is the most referenced SOS site out there by far
 
Sagarin SOS doesn't break things down between offense and defense. Was Iowa State's schedule tough? Absolutely. But looking just at the defenses they (Goodson and Hall) faced, ISU's schedule wasn't nearly as tough as their overall SOS. Iowa faced three defenses that were better against the run than the best rush defense ISU faced (which was Iowa), and six defenses that were in the top 40 (TCU was the next best rush defense ISU faced at No. 40). Five of those six were also in the top 40 by YPC, while only one of the defenses ISU faced was in the top 40 by YPC (Iowa).

I still picked Hall, but let's at least try to be honest about the quality of competition faced.
Yeah but you can't rely on rankings and stats because Big 12 teams and Big Ten teams were going up against completely different offenses. The Big 12 gets a bad rap when it comes to "not playing defense," but it could just be that the stats make it seem that way because the offenses are some of the best in the nation. The Big 12 puts plenty of defensive players into the NFL so that has to count for something.

And we all know the Big 12 is the better conference. We only have one really bad team, and even they are improving. Big Ten has some teams that are a complete joke - Rutgers, Maryland, Northwestern, Purdouche, Nebraska etc. And Minnesota being in the top 10 was laughable. Six of their conference opponents have a record of .500 or less. That is half of their schedule of teams that have a combined record of 23-48. They barely squeeked out three non-conference wins against crap teams. They are gonna lose to Auburn by 21+
 
There is a reason why some basketball schools have hired schedule strategists to help them get in the tournament and get a better seed. Much better to beat the #130th ranked team like a drum than it is to beat the #284th ranked team the exact same way. Neither are losses, but the 130th ranked team doesn't kill your SOS like the 284th ranked team does.
Please stay on topic, this is a Iowa Football recruiting thread, not basketball scheduling. I don't want to have to report you to the mods.
 
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Google it. It's all the Register uses, it's all KXNO uses, Cowherd uses it too IIRC. I've honestly never heard of any other SOS metric unless ESPN is trying to push off their metrics nobody uses

Wow, you need to start following college football. I haven't seen anyone reference only a Sagarin rating for college football, like ever.
 
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Sagarin isn't used for anything. It is the USA Today's version of the ESPN FPI. LOL that you use it for anything at all, I'd bet you wouldn't be caught dead using it for BB, and it is even worse for football.
 
Sagarin isn't used for anything. It is the USA Today's version of the ESPN FPI. LOL that you use it for anything at all, I'd bet you wouldn't be caught dead using it for BB, and it is even worse for football.
It doesn't matter what analytical system he would use, if you wouldn't like it, you'd diminish it.
 
Sagarin isn't used for anything. It is the USA Today's version of the ESPN FPI. LOL that you use it for anything at all, I'd bet you wouldn't be caught dead using it for BB, and it is even worse for football.

It’s literally the only reputable source for SOS that I know of for college football
 
It doesn't matter what analytical system he would use, if you wouldn't like it, you'd diminish it.

Not true at all. I could show you 3 SOS rankings that have Iowa's schedule tougher. There is a reason we have gone away from these determining playoff teams. These rankings are all over the board.

There really is no sense trying to have an actual discussion about this with @CyTwins he is only trolling. I think most people understand that ISU schedule wasn't tougher than Iowa's, but that isn't something @CyTwins is gonna let stand.
 
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