Originally Posted by MontyBurns 
Well, 50% would be exactly average, so 47.5% is below average.
Why is the conference that supposedly dominates all other conferences below average?
Iowa has a losing record against out-of-conference BCS opponents the past ten years. They have a 3-7 record against
ISU and a 3-3 bowl record in that time frame. The only other out-of-conference BCS games I recall are 2-0 against Syracuse and 1-1 against Arizona State. That adds up to 9-11.
Edit to add: Just checked and in addition to the games above, in the last 10 years Iowa is 0-1 against Nebraska, 0-1 against Kansas State, and 0-1 against Arizona. That makes them 9-14 against out-of-conference BCS opponents.....including 4-10 against the Big Twelve. It's hard to believe that they're really a national power, no matter what their fans say...
Thank you for posting this Monty - I'd be interested to see what you think of a 46.1% overall against BCS conference teams is then (Big 12's)?
I mean, I'd like to know how you can prove to me (or anybody else) how the Big 12 is so much stronger than the Big Ten (statistically) if they place behind the BT in overall games played against BCS teams, and winning percentage?
And none of this "they played tougher teams" garbage, because remember, the Big Ten played a total of 8 more games against BCS teams, averaged more wins per season against BCS teams, and the Big 12's biggest hits came at the hands of "The weak Big East and ACC" (thanks jumbopackage for pointing this out).
