The schedule matters but not for the argument being made in this thread. If we were TCOB against the easy teams and just struggling against our SOS, thatd be a great argument for it. But we struggle against everyone. We lost to Kansas. We've put up back to back losses to FCS teams (good teams at the FCS level, but no BCS school should ever lose to an FCS program, period). For us the only difference the schedule made was that we got beaten by more than we would have with a slightly easier schedule.
Iowa isnt anything special. We beat them in a rivalry game. Big deal, especially since the verdict pretty much is we both had crappy seasons. As for Toledo, who the hell cares about Toledo? Because they beat a Ball State team that kept it close with Iowa? Big deal. In that game and in others, while Iowa generally has close calls, partially due to their style of play that keeps all games close, even ones they should lose, they generally have TCOB against their FCS opponents, so im not sure i'd go out there saying that NDSU wouldve "handled" iowa. If youre going to play the transitive game you were with Toledo, Iowa also beat UNI who beat NDSU.
