Kirk Herbstreit says...

[BeachCyclone]

that Northern Illinois lost to Iowa, the "worst team in the B1G!"

[geburgess]

Hard to argue with him, Iowa was miserable this year.

[cyclonedave25]

Loved his 5 minute rant. He was ******!

[scyclonekid]

That was gold Jerry GOLD!! True though.

[ISU1294]

that Northern Illinois lost to Iowa, the "worst team in the B1G!"

Only good part of NIU getting in is getting to listen to everyone bash on Iowa.

[SplitIdentity]

Herby is one of the best out there. Props up teams when they're good, not afraid to bash them when they're bad. Iowa finished on a 6 game losing streak. Definitely could be the worst team in the big ten. Maybe Illinois is worse. Unfortunately, that travesty of a pillow fight never took place.

[Clark]

Hard to argue with him, Iowa was miserable this year.

Except I'm pretty sure I saw them curbstomp Minnesota. I'm also pretty sure Illinois was the worst team not named Colorado in the country. They sucked this year, but Herby was speaking with quite a bit of hyperbole there.

[clonedude]

NIU gets in, and teams like Georgia, A&M, LSU, and OU don't. Unreal. Just unreal.

[CycloneJL]

David Ubben ‏@davidubben
Our man David Pollack sums up the four-word case against Northern Illinois crashing the BCS: "They lost to Iowa." Enough said.

[MeanDean]

How could you do otherwise? Can you imagine any way to SUPPORT the idea of NIU in a BCS bowl? I wonder what kind of odds you could have gotten in Vegas for THAT bet in August?

[CyCrazy]

Except I'm pretty sure I saw them curbstomp Minnesota. I'm also pretty sure Illinois was the worst team not named Colorado in the country. They sucked this year, but Herby was speaking with quite a bit of hyperbole there.

Iowa sucks dude move on.

[ISUAlum2002]

Loved his 5 minute rant. He was ******!

I love Kirk's rants (he does it so rarely), so I'm ****** I missed it. Hope ESPN posts it somewhere.

[ISUFan22]

Herby is one of the best out there. Props up teams when they're good, not afraid to bash them when they're bad. Iowa finished on a 6 game losing streak. Definitely could be the worst team in the big ten. Maybe Illinois is worse. Unfortunately, that travesty of a pillow fight never took place.

This has logic and makes sense.

Except I'm pretty sure I saw them curbstomp Minnesota. I'm also pretty sure Illinois was the worst team not named Colorado in the country. They sucked this year, but Herby was speaking with quite a bit of hyperbole there.

This is spin and makes me think of Dan McCarney.

I'm not an Iowa hater - but trying to defend the 2012 Iowa football team is pointless.

[MeanDean]

Iowa sucks dude move on.

C'mon, they beat 3 bowl teams, one of them a BCS Bowl team!

[Rabbuk]

Except I'm pretty sure I saw them curbstomp Minnesota. I'm also pretty sure Illinois was the worst team not named Colorado in the country. They sucked this year, but Herby was speaking with quite a bit of hyperbole there.

Your qb might have been the most ineffectual player in the country