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To me it's not about comparing it to the B12 as much as the attention it gets like it's so much better than it is. I don't recall the Big 12 North getting very high praise during its down years in the mid-late 2000s.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not claiming the big 10 west is good. I just find it funny that this site acts like it’s group of five bad, that’s just simply not the case.
 

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How many other teams play 11 power five conference teams? I’ll wait for the answer…
Just sayin’ if Iowa really wanted to play Notre Dame they could have, and blaming Iowa State for that not happening is a reach.

Also - here’s Pittsburgh’s schedule:

Wofford
Cincinnati (Big 12)
at West Virginia (Big 12)
North Carolina (ACC)
at Virginia Tech (ACC)
Louisville (ACC)
at Wake Forest (ACC)
at Notre Dame (ACC-adjacent)
Florida State (ACC)
at Syracuse (ACC)
Boston College (ACC)
at Duke (ACC)

I count 11 P5 opponents - including, wait for it, Notre Dame. So it can be done.
 
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Just sayin’ if Iowa really wanted to play Notre Dame they could have, and blaming Iowa State for that not happening is a reach.
I hadn’t heard that Notre Dame was on the table. Honestly, I think both Iowa State and Iowa would benefit by not playing every year. I’d hate to see the series go entirely away, but would rather it only be every other year to get some variety in.
 

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How is that out of context? The contention here is the B12 is superior to B10 West. If you look at the head to head record, recruiting rankings, players drafted… it compares quite well to the B12. This site seems to cling to the fact that the Big Ten west gets drummed by Ohio State or Michigan in the title game and the fact TCU beat Michigan last year as the main argument that the B12 is much tougher.
I think the main argument that the B12 is much tougher because all 10 teams in the B12 had a top 25 SOS last year and you can’t say the same with the big ten west
 

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Just sayin’ if Iowa really wanted to play Notre Dame they could have, and blaming Iowa State for that not happening is a reach.

Also - here’s Pittsburgh’s schedule:

Wofford
Cincinnati (Big 12)
at West Virginia (Big 12)
North Carolina (ACC)
at Virginia Tech (ACC)
Louisville (ACC)
at Wake Forest (ACC)
at Notre Dame (ACC-adjacent)
Florida State (ACC)
at Syracuse (ACC)
Boston College (ACC)
at Duke (ACC)

I count 11 P5 opponents - including, wait for it, Notre Dame. So it can be done.
Colorado also does it this year... 11 P5 opponents.
 
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Just sayin’ if Iowa really wanted to play Notre Dame they could have, and blaming Iowa State for that not happening is a reach.

Also - here’s Pittsburgh’s schedule:

Wofford
Cincinnati (Big 12)
at West Virginia (Big 12)
North Carolina (ACC)
at Virginia Tech (ACC)
Louisville (ACC)
at Wake Forest (ACC)
at Notre Dame (ACC-adjacent)
Florida State (ACC)
at Syracuse (ACC)
Boston College (ACC)
at Duke (ACC)

I count 11 P5 opponents - including, wait for it, Notre Dame. So it can be done.
Cincinnati was not going to be power 5 when this game was scheduled.

It is extremely rare to play 11 p5 teams. I think Iowa wanted to bump it a year and still maintain the home game or something. I can’t find anything news articles on it but remember Kakert posting about it and why it didn’t work out. Does @ChrisMWilliams remember any details?
 

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Love the idiots who laugh at this like it isn’t factual.
Few years back so 2019 with college Gameday in Ames or how about 2021 with college Gameday in Ames? Stop with these lies lol the obsession with Notre Dame from Iowa fans is hilarious, particularly because many older Iowa fans like Notre Dame as well.
 

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Don’t get me wrong, I’m not claiming the big 10 west is good. I just find it funny that this site acts like it’s group of five bad, that’s just simply not the case.
It’s not G5 level but it’s been horrible lately.
 

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I came here to provide accurate information and know that Iowa fans and ISU fans will never agree on things, even when facts are presented. Can’t wait for September.
Stating something on a website doesn’t make it a fact. Lol you do realize that non conference games are scheduled out years in advance right? The ADs don’t call each other up the summer before to schedule a game. Have some ******* logic
 
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Few years back so 2019 with college Gameday in Ames or how about 2021 with college Gameday in Ames? Stop with these lies lol the obsession with Notre Dame from Iowa fans is hilarious, particularly because many older Iowa fans like Notre Dame as well.
What does Gameday have to do with it? Stop with the incoherent posts.

It was on the table, not some “lies being spread by Iowa fans”.
 

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Stating something on a website doesn’t make it a fact. Lol you do realize that non conference games are scheduled out years in advance right? The ADs don’t call each other up the summer before to schedule a game. Have some ******* logic
Yes, I have ******* logic. If I remember correctly, it was in like 2018 for the 2021 season.
 

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I’ve heard a little more, supposedly there are 3 defensive starters who are linked, two at positions with very good depth, one at a position that will really hurt this year.

None of the 3 would be likely 1st team All-BIG players this year.
Two more defensive players in the two deeps will be likely missing time, both in defensive backfield. Noah Shannon is a good player but Iowa has a crap ton of depth at dline. The pending defensive backfield suspensions could hurt a lot more, one safety and one corner. Iowa has a lot of depth at safety, but corner depth is the worst it’s been at Iowa in years.
Now that it has come out that Noah Shannon was one of the 3 Iowa starters you were alluding to, and using the info from your posts above, it sounds like two of these three names are also involved -
Jermari Harris, Quinn Schulte and/or Xavier Nwankpa.

I guess we will see how accurate your inside information is.
 
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