They are the fake id of college basketball and football is what you are saying?
The Fran fade
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Remember those 19 seasons that were statistically better than our Fizer Tinsley #3 final ranking.
Basically the same team as 19-20, swap Kriener for Nunge, have Pat much healthier, Jordan healthier, and Keegan is better than Pemsl. Plus all the experience of Joe, Luka, Jordan, and Connor returning.
You honestly didn't think Iowa was a Big Ten contender? Why is that?
Not if you want to claim this team as an all time great. If you claim that your entire history sucks compared to just the last 22 years of ISU basketball.
Or if you are just being honest, its possibly because you don't trust Fran.
Honestly, he's not much better than Alford was @ Iowa and the talent on this last year's team was pretty damn good.
Not sure I would be pushing my chips all in on the pre internet era.... but
I think the point with Weezy is that most don't think another year will matter draft stock wise. If anything next season could hurt more than it helps with Garza out of the picture. This certainly feels like a strike while the iron is hot situation for Joe.
What’s funny is that Iowa and its fans ran out Dr. Tom for that performance for Alfraud, Lick, and Mad Fran.
I guess it wouldn't be that different than Wigginton leaving early. He was projected late 2nd round or not drafted and didn't get drafted. If Weiskamp openly states he's coming out some draft boards might put him late second round and some won't have him.
Probably similar college stat production.
If you're looking for excuses, you'll love this article.
-Terrible draw
-Injuries
-Oregon was fresher
-The Ducks had more time to scout Iowa
I half expected the author to talk about how Iowa actually overachieved, considering they're still digging out of the Todd Lickliter hole.
An Optimist’s Guide to Iowa’s 2020-2021 Basketball Season
It was a hell of a lost of fun while it lasted and we’re all going to be telling our grandkids about this team and its superstar.www.blackheartgoldpants.com
Lol....but then I catch myself as I'm reminded we have a poster here who offers up excuses the reason we get double-digit pounded by Iowa is because, "it's there Superbowl".
TJ gonna correct that and we're gonna be back to the premier team in the state.
TJ is literally Prohm 2.0
Yeah but that's just your schtick in general - set Iowa State expectations impossibly high, set Iowa expectations unreasonably low. Lmao if you're really trying to spin Iowa exceeding your expectations this year
TJ gonna treat every opponent like it's a "Superbowl" and we'll never lose again by...what was it, 27 or 28 ?
Meh - rate of change of a kid in college between 18-22 or 20-24 isn't going to be all that different given the same point of experience in a program. 99% of kids are well past the rapid physical rate of change phase by 18, and they aren't going to run into a major slowdown until after 24 anyway. For most kids that development being huge from 18-19 is a function of them being in college for a year, not age.
So to further explain
Player A is a 20 year old freshman, Player B is an 18 year old freshman. Both are likely to make a big jump after a year in the program. Player B might improve more, but it's probably marginal. The major difference in development between these two will be in filling out, which is overrated in basketball.
Player C is a 20 year old freshman, Player D is a 20 year old junior. Player C is going to make a much larger jump on the basis of it being his first year in the program.
So will old underclassmen like Murray and Pat McC slow down in development before a typical 18 year old freshman? Yes, but the difference is going to be marginal until after they are gone from Iowa.
He might be...but we don't know that yet...so we will have to see it play out!
So, you still believe that Minnesota's football history is way superior than Iowa's?
What does literally really mean?
Literally is defined as something that is actually true, or exactly what you are saying word for word. An example of literally is when you say you actually received 100 letters in response to an article. ... (speech act) Word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.
"GCU was a bad matchup because they had big men to compete with Luka."
"Oregon was a bad matchup because they didn't have players to match up with Luka."
Apparently any team good enough to get into the tournament was a bad matchup for iowa.