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CySoup

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JohnnyFive said:
Nobody said they were super duper crappy. Iowa was a good team but not elite, which is what most analysts considered Baylor last year before all the injuries. They still rolled a very good UNC team in their bowl game (again, it was without a quarterback). When Iowa played elite teams it lost. Period. It didn't play elite teams at any point in the 12-0 start. And the two top 25 teams Iowa did play during the 12-0 start weren't even top 20.
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Now see that is a fair and spot on analysis. CyTwins, why don't you try this sometime?
 
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CySoup said:
Basically in 9 conference games for Baylor they faced 6 unranked teams and 3 ranked teams. If you count Iowa's 9th BigTen game, then they faced 6 unranked teams and 3 ranked teams.

This is really going to make people mad, but it is what it is. Iowa lost to #6 and beat #21 and #23 while Baylor lost to #5 and #7 and bet #20.

Seems like neither team could beat a top 10 team, but they could both beat the #10-#25 teams.
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Might as well throw in the bowl game if we're going to throw in the conference title game. Baylor went 2-2 against top 20 teams, Iowa went 0-2.

It doesn't matter, we both agree Baylor was better than Iowa and the Big 10 sucks, nothing more to argue about.
 
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CySoup

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JohnnyFive said:
Nobody said they were super duper crappy. Iowa was a good team but not elite, which is what most analysts considered Baylor last year before all the injuries. They still rolled a very good UNC team in their bowl game (again, it was without a quarterback). When Iowa played elite teams it lost. Period. It didn't play elite teams at any point in the 12-0 start. And the two top 25 teams Iowa did play during the 12-0 start weren't even top 20.
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CyTwins said:
Might as well throw in the bowl game if we're going to throw in the conference title game. Baylor went 2-2 against top 20 teams, Iowa went 0-2.

It doesn't matter, we both agree Baylor was better than Iowa and the Big 10 sucks, nothing more to argue about.
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The bottom line is both Iowa and Baylor couldn't beat the elite teams they played (both 0-2 vs top 10 teams), so they were not elite because of this. They were both very good teams though as their records proved. Don't need any hypotheticals to look at their records and understand this.
 
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CySoup said:
The bottom line is both Iowa and Baylor couldn't beat the elite teams they played (both 0-2 vs top 10 teams), so they were not elite because of this. They were both very good teams though as their records proved. Don't need any hypotheticals to look at their records and understand this.
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Baylor was very good, I mean they beat two top 20 teams. Iowa didn't and was not very good. Iowa was good but not as good as Baylor.
 
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CySoup said:
Basically in 9 conference games for Baylor they faced 6 unranked teams and 3 ranked teams. If you count Iowa's 9th BigTen game, then they faced 6 unranked teams and 3 ranked teams.

This is really going to make people mad, but it is what it is. Iowa lost to #6 and beat #21 and #23 while Baylor lost to #5 and #7 and bet #20.

Seems like neither team could beat a top 10 team, but they could both beat the #10-#25 teams.
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Seems like you really like the hoks...Panther, Eagle, or GED?
 
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Nobody is trying to say Iowa's schedule is hard. However, going 12-0 is impressive. It surely isn't the greatest team to go 12-0, but being in the club is pretty cool. It doesn't happen to every team. Somebody has to play the bottom feeders in the conference. It all equals out in the end. Just admit to it that Iowa went 12-0. Get over it. Stop trying to make it sound like it is easy to do.
 
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milldaddy said:
Nobody is trying to say Iowa's schedule is hard. However, going 12-0 is impressive. It surely isn't the greatest team to go 12-0, but being in the club is pretty cool. It doesn't happen to every team. Somebody has to play the bottom feeders in the conference. It all equals out in the end. Just admit to it that Iowa went 12-0. Get over it. Stop trying to make it sound like it is easy to do.
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Iowa went 12-2
 
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breck53 said:
I guess they don't understand there's a regular season, and post season. Hard concept I guess.
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I'll give you a pat on the back for the 'regular' season. But I'll buy you a shot for your 'post' season.
 
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SplitIdentity said:
Yes. Baylor was all bark and no bite.
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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???
 
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