On to Football Season

[NWICY]

Most sane Iowa fans (I know i'm making a broad statement) would acknowledge that Iowa's schedule was extremely favorable last year. No Michigan, MSU or OSU on the schedule. Iowa goes 12-0, beats a 5-6 Nebraska team to seal the deal. In 2004 and 2005, ISU got schedules where it didn't play Texas, Oklahoma or Texas Tech (the best 3 teams in the South). Goes into the last week of each season needing a win over a 4-6 Missouri team or a 6-5 Kansas team to win the division title and thrust the Cyclones into the national spotlight in the B12 title game. Loses both times.

Schools like Iowa or Iowa State need to take advantage when schedules and experienced rosters come together to have the opportunity for really good seasons. Iowa has managed the trick several times under Ferentz. Iowa State didn't, and the current B12 setup make it harder for the Cyclones to bring it about again. Not impossible, but very difficult when Oklahoma, Okie State, Baylor, TCU are on the schedule every year.

Unluckily this statement is accurate and true. I would change the several to a few times but enough to keep hope alive for Ia. fans, and Ferentz to stay employed and well paid.

 

[milldaddy]

LOL at Iowa State fan's trying to make 12-0 sound like it's nothing by making it 12-2. Win more games than you lose please, and then start talking to us.

 

[CyTwins]

LOL at Iowa State fan's trying to make 12-0 sound like it's nothing by making it 12-2. Win more games than you lose please, and then start talking to us.

LOL at Iowa fans thinking you can compare Iowa and Iowa State's records in football. ISU plays real competition. Going 12-2 with the easiest conference schedule in the history of college football isn't as impressive as you want to believe it is.

 

[DodgerHawki]

LOL at Iowa fans thinking you can compare Iowa and Iowa State's records in football. ISU plays real competition. Going 12-2 with the easiest conference schedule in the history of college football isn't as impressive as you want to believe it is.

We actually can compare the records. That's pretty much what has been doing on the last 40 pages of posts. Quite divergent conclusions being drawn from those comparisons. Such is life.

 

[ribsnwhiskey]

LOL at Iowa State fan's trying to make 12-0 sound like it's nothing by making it 12-2. Win more games than you lose please, and then start talking to us.

12-0 is nothing when you play in the weak *** big 10, don't play any of the good teams, and lose to the only 2 good teams you do play. LOL

 

[CloneinWDSM]

You can't really discount the fact that they went 12-0 in the regular season. They beat everyone they should've. Were they an elite team? No. They probably go 7-5 or 8-4 with our schedule.

 

[milldaddy]

No, we would have gone 12-0 in the defense optional league as well.

 

[CyArob]

No, we would have gone 12-0 in the defense optional league as well.

Stop. No, you wouldn't.

 

[CyTwins]

No, we would have gone 12-0 in the defense optional league as well.

Never change little bro

 

[hawxrox09]

You can't really discount the fact that they went 12-0 in the regular season. They beat everyone they should've. Were they an elite team? No. They probably go 7-5 or 8-4 with our schedule.

Lol, this is so good.

 

[CloneinWDSM]

Lol, this is so good.

Please tell me I'm wrong. If you couldn't keep up with Stanford, please let me know how you would combat Baylor and TCU's speed?

Oklahoma 0 chance you beat them.

OSU, Tech, WVU, Iowa would drop one of them. 8-4 seems about right. If you think Iowa could have hung with Baylor, TCU, or OU, then this argument is going no where.

 

[WastedTalent]

Please tell me I'm wrong. If you couldn't keep up with Stanford, please let me know how you would combat Baylor and TCU's speed?

Oklahoma 0 chance you beat them.

OSU, Tech, WVU, Iowa would drop one of them. 8-4 seems about right. If you think Iowa could have hung with Baylor, TCU, or OU, then this argument is going no where.

Their revisionist history is only going to get worse as time goes by.

 

[milldaddy]

Please tell me I'm wrong. If you couldn't keep up with Stanford, please let me know how you would combat Baylor and TCU's speed?

Oklahoma 0 chance you beat them.

OSU, Tech, WVU, Iowa would drop one of them. 8-4 seems about right. If you think Iowa could have hung with Baylor, TCU, or OU, then this argument is going no where.

By playing defense.

 

[CloneinWDSM]

By playing defense.

And how did that work for you against Mccaffery? You would have a better chance against OU than beating TCU or Baylor last year. They would run circles around you and your LB'ers.

 

[CyTwins]

By playing defense.

Didn't Minnesota have their season high in points against Iowa? That's not even talking about the defensive performance in that bowl game

 

[Frak]

No, we would have gone 12-0 in the defense optional league as well.

LOL, I doubt iowa would have went 12-0 in the MAC. But that's pretty much what they did I guess.

 

[SplitIdentity]

You do all remember that Baylor was down to their 4th string QB this year (who happened to be a backup WR), right?

I wonder where Iowa would have been had they lost their top 3 QB's on the roster? Hmmmm???

12-0

 

[CyTwins]

12-2

FIFY

 

[ICHawk24]

LOL, I doubt iowa would have went 12-0 in the MAC. But that's pretty much what they did I guess.

ISU went 0-1 in the MAC last year.

 

[CyTwins]

ISU went 0-1 in the MAC last year.

According to Sagarin Iowa would have been only been a 2 pt favorite at Toledo. We call that the Campbell factor