According to Ross Piersbacher, an elite recruit, the reason he bolted to Bama is he wanted to play in big games.
Iowa Football: The Fake ID of College Football
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UNI gets about $600,000 to play Iowa State at Ames. A school like Ball State would get about $900,000 or $1 million to play in Ames and not get a return game in exchange.
IMO, Iowa State should forget the home and home series with teams like Tulsa. Do like other bigger schools and get guaranteed 7 games at home every year. Pay the money and buy a home game.
Iowa and Iowa State each play 10 P5 Conference games each season. No question that the Western Conference of the Big 10 is very weak.
Iowa is no longer allowed to play FCS teams. And they must play at least 1 P5 non-conference opponent. There is no rule that Iowa can not play more than 1 non-conference P5 opponent. And if Iowa State was dropped, it would be very likely that Iowa would schedule a weak P5 opponent.
IMO, Iowa State should forget the home and home series with teams like Tulsa. Do like other bigger schools and get guaranteed 7 games at home every year. Pay the money and buy a home game.
Iowa and Iowa State each play 10 P5 Conference games each season. No question that the Western Conference of the Big 10 is very weak.
Iowa is no longer allowed to play FCS teams. And they must play at least 1 P5 non-conference opponent. There is no rule that Iowa can not play more than 1 non-conference P5 opponent. And if Iowa State was dropped, it would be very likely that Iowa would schedule a weak P5 opponent.
What Iowa needs to do is get a decent non-con every other year, that way you only need to leave the State 1 out of 4 years. Teams like VA Tech and South Carolina come to mind.
With the way the new Big 10 is set up, and how it's watered down the strength of schedule, they've got to address that a little bit on the non-con side, and they aren't. They won't leave the State anymore for any non-con game, period. If I'm an Iowa fan, home games are nice but c'mon.
With the way the new Big 10 is set up, and how it's watered down the strength of schedule, they've got to address that a little bit on the non-con side, and they aren't. They won't leave the State anymore for any non-con game, period. If I'm an Iowa fan, home games are nice but c'mon.
UConn and Utah came to mind for me. UConn was in the Big East then, and I wouldn't call it a good league, the top half was decently good and they just came off a Fiesta Bowl appearance.
Utah had a damn good team.
Iowa can schedule those teams now. What is stopping them? Good grief, they are scheduling Wyoming and North Texas this year. WTF?
Hold on. So the fans of a team who haven't schedule a non conference game vs another P5 teams beside Iowa since 2002 is making fun of someone's schedule?
What is different about Iowa's schedule than just about any other P5's schedule? Iowa plays one home and home against another P5 school every year and tries to schedule two rent a wins. Just about every P5 does school does this.
I find it funny that fans of a school are picking on Iowa's OOC schedule when their's is even worse year in and year out.
It's actually a national talk show host that is making fun of Iowa. We're just having fun agreeing with him.
ISU's overall schedule every year is definitely tougher. With a minimum of 10 P5 teams on the Cyclone schedule annually, Hoks have no room to thump their chests. Throw in the weakness of the BIG 10 West and it's quite laughable.
The Power 5 only has come into play within the last 5 years. A Big East time like WV was at the time, or Louisville could have played for a National Championship.
Wasnt UCONN just transitioning to FBS when they beat ISU back in 2002?
And Utah was in the MWC back in 2010 when they rolled ISU.
They want a guaranteed 7th home game. You won't always have that with a home and home series against another P5 team if they keep the ISU game every year.
Comparing that Uconn team to WVU and Louisville. And they weren't a P5 school, my point still stands. At least you didn't try to say Utah was a P5 school.
They Need the 7th home game to pad their record. Nevermind that the Big 10 west is horrible. Apparently KF wants the insurance to keep duping millions out of the Iowa taxpayers.
Well, this isn't that hard but I'll say it anyway.
Money.
There, I said it.
Please link how many P5 teams didn't play 7 home games last year.
I'm emailing Cowherd to let him know Iowa wants 7 guaranteed home games. I'm sure that will change his entire narrative and apologies to hok fans should be forthcoming.
