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100 Days until the Beginning of the End...

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that Ferentz will be here next year.
 
One could say that about any day. Ferentz eventually will die.

But I have a feeling he will be head football coach this time next year....so no soup for Brew City.
 
bagdropper: didn't you also say that the Brewers would not fire Yost before the end of the 2008 season?
 
Yeah, possibly. That was utterly ridiculous. I know they made it to the playoffs, but they had to ruin Sabathia's arm and career to do it.

The only way KF is canned is if Iowa turns in an ISU type season. And that ain't happening.
 
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Yeah, possibly. That was utterly ridiculous. I know they made it to the playoffs, but they had to ruin Sabathia's arm and career to do it.

The only way KF is canned is if Iowa turns in an ISU type season. And that ain't happening.
Actually, judging by how this team is shaping out and the realization of that fact by Kirk Ferentz....it probably is.

Iowa could lose more games against this "weak" schedule because they're not a good team themselves. The talent level is not there at all. Doesn't matter if you want or expect Iowa to do better simply because the schedule is "weaker". If you're a bad team, then you're a bad team. It's like giving this schedule to Colorado, for example, and telling them that it'd be a joke if they don't win 9 games. Colorado is a bad team. They wouldn't win 6 games against Iowa's schedule simply for that fact.

Iowa may not either........just sayin.
 
Actually, judging by how this team is shaping out and the realization of that fact by Kirk Ferentz....it probably is.

Iowa could lose more games against this "weak" schedule because they're not a good team themselves. The talent level is not there at all. Doesn't matter if you want or expect Iowa to do better simply because the schedule is "weaker". If you're a bad team, then you're a bad team. It's like giving this schedule to Colorado, for example, and telling them that it'd be a joke if they don't win 9 games. Colorado is a bad team. They wouldn't win 6 games against Iowa's schedule simply for that fact.

Iowa may not either........just sayin.

But Iowa isn't a "bad" team in the way a Colorado or an Indiana is. They are a boring, mediocre team, I'll grant you. But they are pretty solidly average - a typical .500 team that will probably do "ok".

In some ways, this is WORSE than being bad - at least in the short-term, because it puts you in limbo in terms of leadership changes.
 
I agree, but I'm simply trying to explain why this Iowa team isn't built to win many games despite what we want, as frustrating as that may seem.

With the current staff, you can't magically make a bad situation into the best without some major, major stuff happening, including factors beyond Iowa's control, like other teams in the Big Ten not being as good as they're expected to be like they f***ing used to do back when Iowa had successful seasons............................................................................................................................
 
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