One of the better ones I've seen.
'We're going to run right here, and you can't stop that, and then we'll hit our underrated TE Dwight Clark for 15 on the other side. Good luck.'
Iowa not a top 32 team?
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One of the better ones I've seen.
'We're going to run right here, and you can't stop that, and then we'll hit our underrated TE Dwight Clark for 15 on the other side. Good luck.'
Nobody's team EVER loses a hypothetical matchup. Message board 101.
Too bad their OL performance had to take a big step down on consistency when Morgan had to move over to DL to make room for Brain. The individual studs are still studs, but those greater than the sum of their parts units were done at that point. Morgan was so good.
Not too bad but this would be mine ( in no particular order)
1-Alabama
2-Clemson
3-Georgia
4-LSU
5-Oklahoma
6-Ohio State
7-Michigan
8-Wisconsin
9-Oregon
10-Michigan State
11- Miami
12- Florida
13- Texas A&M
14- Okie State
15- Penn State
16- USC
17- Auburn
18- Notre Dame
19- Ole Miss
20- Washington
21-North Carolina
22- Florida State
23- Virginia Tech
24- Kentucky
25- Baylor
26- Texas
27- Utah
28- BYU
29- UCLA
30- Michigan State
31- Pittsburg
32- Iowa
Mostly similar but I just barely had Iowa. The case could be made for a Stanford or Nebraska or someone else but that would be mine.
I think the Beamer era comp is pretty good to Iowa in a lot of ways. They are programs that the college football people, media and hardcore fans know and really respect, but it doesn’t have the juice to get much excitement from casual fans.
If there is ever a dissolution of conferences and starting from scratch to form a league there could be some strange choices from a media standpoint that those of us that follow college football closely don’t really get.
For example, there’s no way in hell UNC is getting left out. No chance a league excludes a fast growing, high pop state like that with a name program. UVA probably same thing. Or there are teams like UCLA, who doesn’t interest its own fans, but if they are good will draw interest from casual fans. Same with Miami.
I think Iowa is the better program right now, but that’s not how they would select the teams imo. It’s not a meritocracy; it’s whoever gets them the most money. And I think including Nebraska would make them more money than Iowa
No way Pit, UCLA, Kentucky, VTech, or North Carolina make the Top 32 programs if it was just football.
I would agree with that. I think Iowa likely still gets in the Top 32, but I also think in that scenario ISU is probably down in the late 40s.
Penn State that year had 6 draft picks in the first 60 picks. They were loaded but we just ran Russell right at them until we ultimately went to prevent mode it should of been a 20 point victory in Happy Valley. Michigan wasn't as lucky. They finished 10th but were beaten to an oblivion in the big house. Iowa state and September games in general was Ferentz's early achilles much like Campbell today.
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We are talking brand. My point is that Iowa has the name. You mentioned Minnesota. More people follow Iowa than Minnesota. That state is a hockey state, a Vikings state, and a twins state, in that order. Iowa has some order of iowa and iowa state. Not really much else. For name brand, Iowa is second in the west.
I’d argue with significantly on Michigan State but at that point it’s moving periods. I can’t necessarily disagree with anything else.
Almost bigger to Alabama really. As soon as Saban retires, they will overtake them too.
You are probably right, I think Iowa would be in, but it would be close. I call Iowa a Bubble team that could go either way at 32.
Iowa State I think would need it to go to 48 to be somewhat safe. ISU starts to get to bubble status in the 40s, by 50 they are in, I think. What would hurt us is being the 2nd team from Iowa, other small population states like Neb, Min, Wis, Mo, etc. only have 1 to worry about.
Probably not, the State suffers with 1 brand as big of those 2 by having 2 power 5 schools in it imo. I think if there was only an Iowa or Iowa State it would surpass Wisconsin in terms of diehards and following.
