All Iowa Football Team---Post Bowl Edition

[Hawkmi]

 

[Statefan10]

Sure OU is tougher than Penn St. Is Baylor tougher than Wisconsin? Is OSU tougher than Michigan? Is K-State tougher than Minnesota? Not according to the actual polls those games aren't tougher. Then of course you have to play Iowa which helps you SOS and us playing ISU hurts our SOS.

This stuff is all seriouz business for @CyTwins I have found. Almost as seriouz as his Iowa Super Bowl troll. These are two sacred cows that @CyTwins will defend to the death on this site.

I mean technically speaking both Baylor and OU are tougher than anyone on Iowa's entire schedule, and we played both of those teams on the road. And yes, Baylor is better than Wisconsin. Baylor's only two losses this season were to OU, neither of those games were blowouts, and one of the games happened with Baylor's starting QB out almost the entire game.

 

[Legend Hawk]

I mean technically speaking both Baylor and OU are tougher than anyone on Iowa's entire schedule, and we played both of those teams on the road. And yes, Baylor is better than Wisconsin. Baylor's only two losses this season were to OU, neither of those games were blowouts, and one of the games happened with Baylor's starting QB out almost the entire game.

It is definitely tough playing top 20 teams. That is why Iowa's conference schedule was tougher, they had to play 4 top 20 teams compared to ISU playing 2 of them.

I mean I would totally agree that ISU's non conference schedule was tougher than Iowa's. ISU had to play a top 20 team, and Iowa didn't. Yet we are just talking conference schedule here, and Iowa's was obviously tougher.

 

[dexterhawk]

No, do you use the top 25 rankings determined by the CFPP, or do you go by what Sagarin says the top 25 is?

He uses AP

 

[Statefan10]

It is definitely tough playing top 20 teams. That is why Iowa's conference schedule was tougher, they had to play 4 top 20 teams compared to ISU playing 2 of them.

I mean I would totally agree that ISU's non conference schedule was tougher than Iowa's. ISU had to play a top 20 team, and Iowa didn't. Yet we are just talking conference schedule here, and Iowa's was obviously tougher.

It actually "obviously" wasn't tougher lol. It's quite funny you stop your ranking at 20 to help your narrative because OSU is ranked #25.. Also, outside the 4 ranked opponents Iowa played, they played a bunch of tomato cans. Purdue, Rutgers, and Northwestern were absolute atrocities this year..

 

[CyTwins]

It is definitely tough playing top 20 teams. That is why Iowa's conference schedule was tougher, they had to play 4 top 20 teams compared to ISU playing 2 of them.

I mean I would totally agree that ISU's non conference schedule was tougher than Iowa's. ISU had to play a top 20 team, and Iowa didn't. Yet we are just talking conference schedule here, and Iowa's was obviously tougher.

8th compared to 37th. Our schedule is Oregon your schedule is Michigan State. Think how big of gap that is for a second

 

[dexterhawk]

8th compared to 37th. Our schedule is Oregon your schedule is Michigan State. Think how big of gap that is for a second

AP Iowa 19 ISU n/a
CFP Iowa 16 ISU n/a
Sagarin Iowa 16 ISU 23

 

[CyTwins]

AP Iowa 19 ISU n/a
CFP Iowa 16 ISU n/a
Sagarin Iowa 16 ISU 23

Phantom holding calls: Iowa n/a Iowa State 1

 

[Legend Hawk]

8th compared to 37th. Our schedule is Oregon your schedule is Michigan State. Think how big of gap that is for a second

You get a big bump playing Iowa in the non conference, that is a top 20 team. Iowa didn't get that bump from ISU. I thought you were talking conference schedules anyway? You got Sagarin's conference SOS numbers?

 

[TRYHARDER]

8th compared to 37th. Our schedule is Oregon your schedule is Michigan State. Think how big of gap that is for a second

Again? Bad bad bad analogy.

 

[TRYHARDER]

8th compared to 37th. Our schedule is Oregon your schedule is Michigan State. Think how big of gap that is for a second

If you played Oregon 12 times do you really think you'd be 7-5 ?

 

[CyTwins]

If you played Oregon 12 times do you really think you'd be 7-5 ?

Yeah. If we played Michigan State 12 times we'd probably be 10-2

 

[TRYHARDER]

Yeah. If we played Michigan State 12 times we'd probably be 10-2

I'll help. about 4-8

 

[CyTwins]

I'll help. about 4-8

You think Michigan State is better than Iowa State? Dantonio sucks

 

[Statefan10]

I'll help. about 4-8

Michigan State was worse than Illinois this year. They weren't competitive in any game against a good team this year and their best win was Indiana, another team who's record was a byproduct of the terrible schedule they played.

 

[TRYHARDER]

You think Michigan State is better than Iowa State? Dantonio sucks

No. Dantonio does suck. We agree on that. That was for Oregon which is what I asked you.

 

[CyTwins]

No. Dantonio does suck. We agree on that. That was for Oregon which is what I asked you.

So you think Iowa State goes 4-8 vs Oregon and 10-2 vs Michigan State? Just goes to show how big of gap it is

 

[TRYHARDER]

So you think Iowa State goes 4-8 vs Oregon and 10-2 vs Michigan State? Just goes to show how big of gap it is

Or shows how bad your analogy is

 

[CyTwins]

Or shows how bad your analogy is

10-2 with Iowa's schedule would be pretty fun to have

 

[Legend Hawk]

10-2 with Iowa's schedule would be pretty fun to have

You went 1-5 vs bowl eligible teams, and 0-3 vs top 25 teams. You would have gone 0-4 vs top 25 teams playing Iowa schedule and 2-5 vs bowl eligible teams. 7-5 vs Iowa's schedule is what you would have been.

Iowa beat 1 top 20 team, so Iowa would have gone 1-1 vs OU and Baylor. Iowa didn't lose to a team ranked outside the top 20, so Iowa goes 10-0 vs the rest of ISU scheduled. Iowa is 11-1 vs ISU schedule.