American Athletic Conference

[Auger]

I would love to see this conference grow and see some stability. I know the B1G tried to schedule a series with the PAC but I think it would be awesome for the B1G and the AAC to schedule a home and away series to strengthen each others SOS. For the B1G the teams would likely be favored in all the games but it would provide a chance to maybe beat a team like Temple or Houston and have another top 25 win on your resume. For the AAC it would give them a chance to beat a quality power 5 opponent and would also get a power 5 opponent into your stadium. A schedule of Memphis, Iowa St, and a Pittsburgh type team would be a solid non con for Iowa.

It would be good for football if the AAC could always field a couple teams in the top 25 and maybe always have one that was a top 15 type team to play in the New Years 6 bowls. I think it would be wise if he AAC could schedule two power 5 teams every year. Right now I think only the B1G and the ACC would be willing to do a home and away series. Most SEC teams wouuld never agree to a home and away.

 

[hawkinator85]

lol, wut?

Why should anyone give 2 shits about that league?

 

[Auger]

lol, wut?

Why should anyone give 2 shits about that league?

Have you watched any of those teams play? Or do you show them the same courtesy that most of the country shows Iowa? They have some good football teams that have beat some good power 5 teams. Of the teams in that conference almost all of them have sniffed around the top 25 at some point in the last 10 years. They are by far the best conference outside the Power 5 conferences and I wouldnt be surprised if they could have given the ACC a run for their money. I would love to see Iowa start to play some of those teams along with a Iowa St and another power 5 team every year.

 

[hawkinator85]

Have you watched any of those teams play? Or do you show them the same courtesy that most of the country shows Iowa? They have some good football teams that have beat some good power 5 teams. Of the teams in that conference almost all of them have sniffed around the top 25 at some point in the last 10 years. They are by far the best conference outside the Power 5 conferences and I wouldnt be surprised if they could have given the ACC a run for their money. I would love to see Iowa start to play some of those teams along with a Iowa St and another power 5 team every year.

 

[Auger]

So this season the AAC beat the following
Temple beat Penn St
Memphis beat Ole Miss and Kansas
Cinncinatti beat Miami
East Carolina beat Virginia Tech
Houston beat Louisville and Vanderbuilt
South Florida beat Syracuse

Close losses
Temple lost to Notre Dame by 4
UCONN lost to Missouri by 3
East Carolina lost to Florida by 7
and Tulsa hung right with Oklahoma for 3QTRs before losing by 14

 

[Auger]

I would much rather watch Iowa play Temple then some scrub team.

 

[hawkinator85]

I would much rather watch Iowa play Temple then some scrub team.

This is the first year they've been ranked in like the history of their program. They are the very definition of a scrub team.

 

[Cushawk]

If the B1G and ACC are both willing to do home and away series, why not just set up a B1G-ACC challenge every year? Why help a non-P5 gain status and cut into your take of the money?

 

[hawkinator85]

If the B1G and ACC are both willing to do home and away series, why not just set up a B1G-ACC challenge every year? Why help a non-P5 gain status and cut into your take of the money?

Because he has a sexual fascination with the former Big East schools, for some reason.

Is the OP named Mike Tranghese or Dick Gavitt?

 

[Recruiting Violation]

What nobody seems to be thinking about is that we will not be playing any home and home series against any opponents not named Iowa State while we're playing 12 games and a 9-game conference slate. On our years when we get 5 home games in-conference, we'll be playing in Ames. This leaves us 2 other games to fill, and (for ticket revenue) we'll be playing against non-P5 opponents who will not require a reciprocal game at their stadium. In our 4 conference home game seasons, we'll get ISU at home, leaving us with 2 more games to schedule non-P5 teams who will not require a home-and-home arrangement. As long as we require each season to have 7 home games, and as long as the schedule includes ISU, our 9-game conference schedule will preclude any home-and-home scheduling with any team (besides ISU, as mentioned).

Ways to change this:
1. Give up the 7th home game - IMO, this is very unlikely
2. Give up the ISU series, or alter the terms to have "off periods" - Even more unlikely than #1.
3. B1G gives up the 9 game schedule - Not much Iowa can do about that, but the Pac-12 is already making noise about going back to 8 games, as the 9-game schedule they're running is adding up to extra losses for some of their teams. It'll take at least a few years before this might change for the B1G, but all it would take is a year or two where we fail to make the playoff before the talks would begin.
4. Expand to 13 regular season games - Not much Iowa can do here either. The fact that some teams are already playing 15 games (and could do 16 if they play at Hawaii) means that there would be some resistance, but I think this ultimately might happen. Similar discussions were had when football schedules were increased in years past (e.g. from 11 to 12), but $$ talks.

 

[Auger]

What nobody seems to be thinking about is that we will not be playing any home and home series against any opponents not named Iowa State while we're playing 12 games and a 9-game conference slate. On our years when we get 5 home games in-conference, we'll be playing in Ames. This leaves us 2 other games to fill, and (for ticket revenue) we'll be playing against non-P5 opponents who will not require a reciprocal game at their stadium. In our 4 conference home game seasons, we'll get ISU at home, leaving us with 2 more games to schedule non-P5 teams who will not require a home-and-home arrangement. As long as we require each season to have 7 home games, and as long as the schedule includes ISU, our 9-game conference schedule will preclude any home-and-home scheduling with any team (besides ISU, as mentioned).

Ways to change this:
1. Give up the 7th home game - IMO, this is very unlikely
2. Give up the ISU series, or alter the terms to have "off periods" - Even more unlikely than #1.
3. B1G gives up the 9 game schedule - Not much Iowa can do about that, but the Pac-12 is already making noise about going back to 8 games, as the 9-game schedule they're running is adding up to extra losses for some of their teams. It'll take at least a few years before this might change for the B1G, but all it would take is a year or two where we fail to make the playoff before the talks would begin.
4. Expand to 13 regular season games - Not much Iowa can do here either. The fact that some teams are already playing 15 games (and could do 16 if they play at Hawaii) means that there would be some resistance, but I think this ultimately might happen. Similar discussions were had when football schedules were increased in years past (e.g. from 11 to 12), but $$ talks.

Iowa will still do home and away series with other teams. You just schedule the away on a year you have ISU at home. A lot of these teams have more wieght behind them then a lot of the other teams we end up playing.

 

[Auger]

Because he has a sexual fascination with the former Big East schools, for some reason.

Is the OP named Mike Tranghese or Dick Gavitt?

Haha what are you in middle school? Listen kid a team like Temple or even Navy has a lot more to offer Iowa then most all the cream puffs we play every year. Why not play a game or a team where a big part of our recruitng base is at.

 

[BioHawk]

Iowa will still do home and away series with other teams. You just schedule the away on a year you have ISU at home. A lot of these teams have more wieght behind them then a lot of the other teams we end up playing.

This is possible, but very difficult as they available weekends have to be there.

 

[Recruiting Violation]

Iowa will still do home and away series with other teams. You just schedule the away on a year you have ISU at home. A lot of these teams have more wieght behind them then a lot of the other teams we end up playing.

Sorry, but did you read the above? If we schedule a home-and-home with any FBS team, even if we alternate with ISU, we'll be losing our 7th home game:

ISU home years
- 4 conference home games
- 5 conference away games
- This leaves two remaining games, and if we have an away game against somebody else, that puts us at 6 and 6.

So every other year (those ISU home games and 5 conference away games), we'd have 6 home and 6 away. I don't see this flying with the athletic department.

 

[Auger]

This is possible, but very difficult as they available weekends have to be there.

I agree. I would be for a nuetral game as well. I want to see Iowa schedule better non con games and not have it get worse because of the 9 game league slate. It would look good for Iowa to have Iowa St and 2 cream puffs every year. The AAC offers Iowa a chance at getting a good opponent that would come to Kinnick. A home and away wouldnt be bad either if Iowa would play another game out in the northeast for recruiting purposes.

 

[Auger]

Sorry, but did you read the above? If we schedule a home-and-home with any FBS team, even if we alternate with ISU, we'll be losing our 7th home game:

ISU home years
- 4 conference home games
- 5 conference away games
- This leaves two remaining games, and if we have an away game against somebody else, that puts us at 6 and 6.

So every other year (those ISU home games and 5 conference away games), we'd have 6 home and 6 away. I don't see this flying with the athletic department.

Iowa is going to have to do this just like other teams are going to have to if they want a strong SOS. This is why the AAC would be an answer if you can't get a power 5 to play one game at your place then Iowa should try to grab one of the more consistent teams from the AAC to come in. Otherwise do what Utah did and suspend the BYU series for a few years. Playing ISU and two cream pufss is going to help Iowa any.

I don't think Iowa will have any problem having only 6 home games some years. When the B1G PAC series was first discussed no B1G team had a problem with it then knowing some years you might only have 6 home games.

 

[Recruiting Violation]

Iowa is going to have to do this just like other teams are going to have to if they want a strong SOS. This is why the AAC would be an answer if you can't get a power 5 to play one game at your place then Iowa should try to grab one of the more consistent teams from the AAC to come in. Otherwise do what Utah did and suspend the BYU series for a few years. Playing ISU and two cream pufss is going to help Iowa any.

I guess we'll see. For the record, I don't object to the idea. I just think it is unlikely. One thing I'll throw out there , is that if we decide to schedule home-and-home with another FBS team, then it really doesn't matter if we alternate with ISU. We'd be 7 home games when the other team is at home, and we'll be 6 home games when that game is on the road.

 

[soybean]

lol, wut?

Why should anyone give 2 shits about that league?

My guess is because they play some damn good football.

 

[soybean]

What is the obsession with this? Iowa has a terrible SOS this year, is getting made fun of it by everyone, and we're STILL going to make the playoff if we win on Saturday. A game against freaking Temple doesn't change that.

God, you're an idiot.

A win against Temple is better than a win against Illinois State.

 

[Auger]

Plus if your Iowa on years youre at ISU you could arrange it(this would be hard to sch but not impossible)

We don't recruit in Pennsylvania anymore, dipshit. Kirk himself has stated this on numerous occasions.

If Iowa wanted to play them, we would. So we must not want to.

Now go have mommy wipe your ass so you can take a nap.

Boy kid youre as dumb as you sound. Your simple brain does know where Temple is don't you? Its right in the middle and a few hours drive from New York, New Jersey,Maryland the D.C. area all areas we still recruit and have gotten guys from, even this year. Open a book read a map get something moving in that low wave brain of yours.

 

[hawkinator85]

My guess is because they play some damn good football.

So does the Missouri Valley.

 

[soybean]

So does the Missouri Valley.

Yes, the are a very tough FCS league.

 

[Auger]

Then why haven't we ever scheduled them, dipshit?

Must be a compelling reason. But I guess you're smarter than Kirk and Gary, right?

Boy kid your head must hurt do you even know where youre at? What year it is? Where cities are at? Whats going on in college football? Its ok ask for help there are those out there that can help you, teach even someone like you.

And to answer your question about SOS, Wow youre actually right about something this year Iowa controls its own destiny no matter what others say. But years down the road if we have 1 loss or even two losses after the B1G championship will our SOS keep us out of the playoffs even if we win the B1G? Or will it even push us out of a New Years 6 bowl? Maybe we will end up in Orlando becaus nobody likes our SOS. That might be hard for someone like you to understand.

 

[Auger]

Oh boy now youre going back in and deleting all your posts where you sound like a fool. You need help dude.

 

[Recruiting Violation]

Oh boy now youre going back in and deleting all your posts where you sound like a fool. You need help dude.

More likely, the mods are deleting them due to abusive content.

 

[yerpHAWK]

Why not do a 2 for 1 with the AAC. 2 home games, 1 road games. That way 2 out of every 3 years you get 7 home games, and 1 you get 6.