Nightmare scenario for the B1G: OSU loses to NW, IU loses to Pursue, and Michigan cancels.
Iowa vs Michigan. Alternate game vs BIG championship.
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Seriously?
You are actually researching and counting posts someone makes on here?
You really come to a rivals site, posting incessantly and observe your rivals posting habits, on their own site?
There is a bunch of gum-flapping, bullshitting on here but that is probably the one of the most pathetic behaviors I have seen around here. You need help.
Was looking forward to a match up vs. UI. Loved the H2H concept, considering the year. What a way to draw viewers for East vs. West, may the best division win. Ironically, it would likely have been the West; who takes a lot of heat compared to East.
They couldn’t pass up a good an opportunity for b10 to further game the system.
The amount of breaks uofi get each year is mind boggling.
It's no accident that Iowa is known nationwide as the fake ID of college football.
Not sure I see this as much of a break for Iowa. Michigan cancels, Iowa's screwed. Michigan wins, Iowa's screwed. Iowa wins, Iowa's screwed. Beating a really bad Michigan team won't do much in terms of moving up the bowl pecking order. Pretty much just hoping for a Purdue win over IU at this point.
still more impressive than any title Iowa has ever won since the mid 1980's. All alone in first at the end of the reg season is better than "shared" titles with teams you didn't even play. Or with teams that you lost to. Enjoy the championship game against the 2 win Skunk-bears.
Iowa has been climbing the rankings after beating terrible team after terrible team. What is to stop Barta from putting Iowa in the top 12-13 after their glorious win over Michingan?
I know it sucks, having that kevin guy as your conference's commissioner. Iowa has beat 6 of the teams they should have. I get it, totally. But it really looks like you're upset with Iowa State football and the success we're having this season.
As if we needed more proof Nebraska is the red-headed stepchild of the Big 10.
Nah, I don't think this is it nearly as much as they're just playing the rivalry games.
Why not have Michigan win?
Hawks are already 16. You honestly think they won’t be top 12 or 13 if they win again next weekend?
Like a Cyclone fan can't just walk down Main Street in any Iowa town and get a Hawkeye's opinion on Cyclone athletics.
I can't imagine why most of the B1G schools would not be outraged by the conference's manipulation of the schedule. Everyone thought their last game would be against equal competition. But instead, since there are so few schools with a winning record, those few schools have all been assigned a home game against inferior competition so as to essentially ensure a win and thus improve the attractiveness of those few teams to the bowl selection committees. The other ten teams and their fans are simply pawns being sacrificed for tOSU and the King's court. IMO, of course.
Isn't that what he said? Gonzo is the one that seems to think a win won't matter.
They might be top 12 or 13 THIS week, based on how much they move them up after every garbage win.
I do believe the last time Iowa won a conference title outright while playing every opponent in their conference was 1896, so regardless how hawk fans want to spin it, winning the regular season outright while playing EVERYONE is kind of a big deal.
Yep. What Campbell did during the regular season was unprecedented in the state.
Hell Iowa hasn't won even won an outright regular season conference title since 1985
Question. Since the B1G played zero OOC games and have just beat up on each other...how does anyone know how good or bad the B1G really is? Some of teams with losing records probably would have 2-3 more wins with OOC.
B12 had 1 OOC game each and they were all sunbelt type cupcakes....
Nobody really knows how good any of the conference’s are this year because
there just weren’t any quality OOC games.Probably should have expanded the playoff to 8 games this year for that reason alone.
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