Colin Cowherd just ripping the Hawks wow
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It's pretty simple really. He hates Iowa, but loves drawing a reaction from the Iowa fan base even more.
Iowa's schedule is better than FS1's.
He is a professional troll who got canned at ESPN.
He knows if he trolls certain fan bases (ie IOWA) that will result to alot clicks to article and people listening.
He knows if he trolls certain fan bases (ie IOWA) that will result to alot clicks to article and people listening.
Another talking head who thinks he will find popularity by bashing Iowa. Guys like him don't care how foolish they look as long as they can draw attention to themselves.
I loved how KF called him out for spewing misinformation "some guy with a mic"
Any relevant news in this thread? Cowherd just want to troll the iowa fan base. And the worst part is we let him. McLovin on the Dan Patrick show was saying yesterday how he gets bombarded from Iowa fan on his Twitter daily. Just stop people. Why do you b*tch and give our fan base such terrible publicity. No wonder we are seen as whiners.
The Herd took offense to this quote from KF:
Q. If that person with the microphone who made that comment about your schedule called you and asked you if you would come on his program, would you take that call?
KIRK FERENTZ: That’s a good question. I don’t know. It’s kind of like that scene from Rocky, right, where — it’s Hulk Hogan, right? Is that the guy? Hulk Hogan beats the crap out of Rocky for a while, and Rocky is like, what the heck. It’s a game. I understand that. People that have a national mic have to make news.
But I also say this: I really respect people that do their research, do their homework before they throw things out there, and I probably should just be quiet right now, so I will.
Herd said he doesn't need to make news with the things he says on the show. The Herd said that KF has scheduled weak non-conference in his tenure at Iowa. Which is hard to argue.
Iowa non-conference 2001-2017 (left out Iowa State each year)
0 games vs. the SEC
4 games vs. the Pac 12
2 games vs. the Big 12 (2001)
6 games vs. ACC
Only 12 of 46 of the non-conference were against a Power 5 league.
2001 - #9 KState, Western Michigan, #1 Nebraska
2002 - Ken St, Miami (OH),
2003 - Miami (OH), Buffalo, #16 Arizona State
2004 - Kent St, Arizona State
2005 - Ball State, UNI
2006 - Montana, Syracuse, NIU
2007 - NIU, Syracuse, Western Michigan
2008 - Maine, FIU, Pitt
2009 - UNI, Arizona, Arkansas State
2010 - Eastern IL, Arizona, Ball State
2011 - TN Tech, Ptt, LA-Monroe
2012 - NIU, UNI, Central Michigan
2013 - NIU, MO St, Western Michigan
2014 - UNI, Ball State, Pitt
2015 - Illinois State, Pitt, North Texas
2016 - Miami OH, NDSU
2017 - Wyoming, North Texas
However, the Herd foolishy said that if Iowa wins out and beats Ohio State or Mich St in the B1G title game, Iowa STILL shouldn't be in the playoff. That is a joke.
Q. If that person with the microphone who made that comment about your schedule called you and asked you if you would come on his program, would you take that call?
KIRK FERENTZ: That’s a good question. I don’t know. It’s kind of like that scene from Rocky, right, where — it’s Hulk Hogan, right? Is that the guy? Hulk Hogan beats the crap out of Rocky for a while, and Rocky is like, what the heck. It’s a game. I understand that. People that have a national mic have to make news.
But I also say this: I really respect people that do their research, do their homework before they throw things out there, and I probably should just be quiet right now, so I will.
Herd said he doesn't need to make news with the things he says on the show. The Herd said that KF has scheduled weak non-conference in his tenure at Iowa. Which is hard to argue.
Iowa non-conference 2001-2017 (left out Iowa State each year)
0 games vs. the SEC
4 games vs. the Pac 12
2 games vs. the Big 12 (2001)
6 games vs. ACC
Only 12 of 46 of the non-conference were against a Power 5 league.
2001 - #9 KState, Western Michigan, #1 Nebraska
2002 - Ken St, Miami (OH),
2003 - Miami (OH), Buffalo, #16 Arizona State
2004 - Kent St, Arizona State
2005 - Ball State, UNI
2006 - Montana, Syracuse, NIU
2007 - NIU, Syracuse, Western Michigan
2008 - Maine, FIU, Pitt
2009 - UNI, Arizona, Arkansas State
2010 - Eastern IL, Arizona, Ball State
2011 - TN Tech, Ptt, LA-Monroe
2012 - NIU, UNI, Central Michigan
2013 - NIU, MO St, Western Michigan
2014 - UNI, Ball State, Pitt
2015 - Illinois State, Pitt, North Texas
2016 - Miami OH, NDSU
2017 - Wyoming, North Texas
However, the Herd foolishy said that if Iowa wins out and beats Ohio State or Mich St in the B1G title game, Iowa STILL shouldn't be in the playoff. That is a joke.
Um there something awfully deceiving with your numbers..
Why in some years did you only include 2 non conference games, some 3, and some 4? Also you do realize that leaving out ISU completely scews your data? Also you do realize that his non conference schedule is not any different than 90% of the other P5 conferences?
Ok? What would that be? I left out that awful Iowa State program that we can't shake from our schedule for a reason.
For the life of me, I can't figure out why playing Pitt & ISU in the non con is so horrible? I get it, ISU is terrible, but at least Pitt is an above average opponent. Plenty of teams only schedule one P5 in non con.
Cowherd will only dish out North Texas to support his narrative. (He further calls them North Texas St. to add a touch of salt)
I guess I don't really care because its simple: win and then rest is history.
The only plus of all of the commotion is that it can add fuel in that lockerroom.
LOL, wut? Oh sure, leave out the P5 team we've played every year in that range, lol. Maybe the reason why we've only played a second P5 teams 25% of the time is because we already play one every year?
Now put up the SEC numbers vs P5 teams ooc for that same era. How many of them played 2 P5 teams ooc 25% of those years. Iowa is probably in the top 20 P5 teams in the country for playing other P5 teams ooc.
Now put up the SEC numbers vs P5 teams ooc for that same era. How many of them played 2 P5 teams ooc 25% of those years. Iowa is probably in the top 20 P5 teams in the country for playing other P5 teams ooc.
Not counting that awful program in Ames that we can't shake from our schedule
Since 2002 and through 2017, only 10 of 44 non-conference games have been vs. Power 5 league schools
Pitt 4
Syracuse 2
Arizona State 2
Arizona 2
Herd's point is that we don't go out and play anyone in non-conference. Other Big 10 teams play the SEC in non-conference. Iowa chooses not to for what reason?
Since 2002 and through 2017, only 10 of 44 non-conference games have been vs. Power 5 league schools
Pitt 4
Syracuse 2
Arizona State 2
Arizona 2
Herd's point is that we don't go out and play anyone in non-conference. Other Big 10 teams play the SEC in non-conference. Iowa chooses not to for what reason?
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Because they are not in areas we generally are trying to build recruiting ties to (Pitt, Syracuse) or areas with lots of alumni and transplanted Iowans (Arizona, ASU). Also, when we are clicking, we generally get to bend an SEC team over in a bowl game anyway.
It takes two to tango with non-con, STB.
Do you believe Iowa should play at the SEC's houses just to placate your sense of what a non-con schedule would look like? Because that's the only way Iowa would play an SEC team as a regularly scheduled game.
In Iowa's 100+ year history, the ONLY non-conference game Iowa has ever played against the SEC was against Tennessee in a Kickoff Classic at the Meadowlands in the mid 80's.
Hell, Iowa COULDN'T play them until they integrated in the 70's anyway.
I'll tell you this story I've told hundreds of times on this board. It needs repeating yet again.
Bob Bowlsby during the halftime of the 2003 Orange Bowl was asked by Dolph about the non-con schedule, and Bowlsby stated (paraphrasing) that he had gone to EVERY school in the SEC over the years, asking for home and homes...and not one single solitary school would agree to anything other than "their place only" games. Not only that, but for the most part every school except for programs roughly in the same exact spot as Iowa said the same thing to him. Pitt, AZ, ASU, et al.
Some would agree on a 2 or 3 to 1 deal, but for the most part, it was Iowa going to their house or nothing at all.
So, you OK with that? Iowa playing say an SEC school at their place every year? If so...you're the worst athletic director ever in agreeing to do that.
Do you believe Iowa should play at the SEC's houses just to placate your sense of what a non-con schedule would look like? Because that's the only way Iowa would play an SEC team as a regularly scheduled game.
In Iowa's 100+ year history, the ONLY non-conference game Iowa has ever played against the SEC was against Tennessee in a Kickoff Classic at the Meadowlands in the mid 80's.
Hell, Iowa COULDN'T play them until they integrated in the 70's anyway.
I'll tell you this story I've told hundreds of times on this board. It needs repeating yet again.
Bob Bowlsby during the halftime of the 2003 Orange Bowl was asked by Dolph about the non-con schedule, and Bowlsby stated (paraphrasing) that he had gone to EVERY school in the SEC over the years, asking for home and homes...and not one single solitary school would agree to anything other than "their place only" games. Not only that, but for the most part every school except for programs roughly in the same exact spot as Iowa said the same thing to him. Pitt, AZ, ASU, et al.
Some would agree on a 2 or 3 to 1 deal, but for the most part, it was Iowa going to their house or nothing at all.
So, you OK with that? Iowa playing say an SEC school at their place every year? If so...you're the worst athletic director ever in agreeing to do that.
Oh, and Cowherd...Iowa being successful does nothing for his show to drive ratings. How many radios in Iowa? How many TV's?
Pimping Iowa does NOTHING for his show. He readily admits, he wants the most compelling story. And for the most part, any small state midwestern school that plays old school football that today's cell-phone addicted tse-tse fly attention span younger generation falls asleep to isn't going to provide that.
Pimping Iowa does NOTHING for his show. He readily admits, he wants the most compelling story. And for the most part, any small state midwestern school that plays old school football that today's cell-phone addicted tse-tse fly attention span younger generation falls asleep to isn't going to provide that.
That's just BS reasoning. Iowa's non-con schedule is representative and just fine. Iowa is rather unique in that there is a Power 5 school not in its conference that it plays every year. There are a few other examples (Florida-FSU, Georgia Tech/Georgia, South Carolina/North Carolina?) But he can't just remove Iowa State games like they don't count or don't exist.
Cowherd is basically a huge fan of teams from big cities of big brand names. It's why he's in love with USC, whoever Lebron plays for, the Patriots, Alabama, et al.
Also, as others have said...go look at just about any other P5 team's OOC schedule and find anyone that does any more at all than Iowa does. Plus, it's not our fault that other teams are afraid to play us. Remember when Missouri backed out of a two year deal at the last minute and we had to replace them with Arkansas State or something? At least Missouri had the cajones to agree to a home and home in the first place before chickening out. More than you will get out of anyone in the SEC.
Sorry, tecmo, we have to be factual here. Of the @60 non-con games in that period you cite, Iowa played 26 P5 teams. Again, stack that against any of those SEC teams for us.
Also, why did you stop at 2007? Is it because it Iowa's played 2 noncon teams each year since then, which blows up you and the herd's nonsense?
Also, why did you stop at 2007? Is it because it Iowa's played 2 noncon teams each year since then, which blows up you and the herd's nonsense?
Great point. It was actually a 4 game series Pinkel backed out of as soon as he was hired in the early 2000s. Couldn't get another P5 team to fill in on such short notice, and Misery actually had to pay us to get out of the series.
Iowa is getting a lot of hate all over. Rick Nuelheisel(sp), Russillo, Herbstreit, the bald skinng guy from the SEC, and Cowsh*t. It's always the weak West, Iowa doesn't play anybody, they play a boring offense, they would lose to Baylor, they played two ranked teams that shouldn't be ranked, even if they go undefeated the only good win on their schedule would be Ohio State, and on and on and on. I just shake my head as if Iowa is the only ranked team that have some questions about their schedule. It seems unless a team runs the spread and scores 60 pts and gives up 30 pts. they are considered outdated boring and average, unless the team is Alabama, or LSU.
We need to get this lady to call Cowturd for us. She will set him straight.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/alabama-fan-paul-finebaum-rant
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/alabama-fan-paul-finebaum-rant
Exactly. One could very easily think Iowa fans are a thin-skinned group based on how a portion of the fanbase operates on social media. Too many of our fans make a big deal out of things that are said by the media, whether it be a simple mistake or something a host said negatively about Iowa.
And yet some of you wonder why it was so annoying to listen to half our fanbase whine about the state of Iowa football over the last 5 years. It does get old, regardless of how upset you were with how Iowa was doing at football.
Doesn't hate Iowa, doesn't like KF because he won't let him interview him. Good smart play by KF
Anyone with more time than I have....look at the SEC non-conf strength of schedules. They are terrible.
does no good to look at iowa in a vacuum here - comparative analysis is appropriate.
Enjoying this season and Saturday is a day that the nation will envy. Wrestling in the morning with 40k of my friends then a night game for Floyd with 72k joining the party. As an Iowa fan this is as good as it gets. I'm proud of my school and these programs are what Iowans are about. Hard work and effort are building blocks that solidify a foundation and build character as we move forward. As a fan I can't wait to be a part of what will be a memorable moment in Hawkeye history.
Exactly. Any fans that TuneIn or respond to him on social media or click on his websites are doing exactly what he wants. Smart people would avoid it and not give him the satisfaction. All you are doing is enriching him.
He knows from experience and the experience of others that if they bash Iowa Iowa fans are passionate and they will respond which is exactly the opposite of what should be done
Here is the breakdown of power-5 non-conference opponents scheduled by team in the B1G:
Iowa: 2
Mich: 2 (+a ranked BYU)
NW: 2
Rutg: 2
OSU: 1
MSU: 1
Indy: 1
Mary: 1
Wisc: 1 (but a big one in Bama)
Ill: 1
Neb: 1 (+BYU)
Purd: 1
MN: 1
PSU: 0
To get 3 non conference home games a year you have to schedule the likes of non-power 5 schools. I think only Rutgers had all 4 non conference games at home. But some B1G teams even traveled to smaller schools: PSU@Temple, MSU@WMU, Purdue@Marshall....
I like Iowa's OOC formula. ISU, Power-5, and two tune ups. It isn't a clear grab for bowl wins and the non-conference shouldn't matter. Win the B1G and everything will take care of itself.
Iowa: 2
Mich: 2 (+a ranked BYU)
NW: 2
Rutg: 2
OSU: 1
MSU: 1
Indy: 1
Mary: 1
Wisc: 1 (but a big one in Bama)
Ill: 1
Neb: 1 (+BYU)
Purd: 1
MN: 1
PSU: 0
To get 3 non conference home games a year you have to schedule the likes of non-power 5 schools. I think only Rutgers had all 4 non conference games at home. But some B1G teams even traveled to smaller schools: PSU@Temple, MSU@WMU, Purdue@Marshall....
I like Iowa's OOC formula. ISU, Power-5, and two tune ups. It isn't a clear grab for bowl wins and the non-conference shouldn't matter. Win the B1G and everything will take care of itself.
The SEC is known for weak NC schedules. Cowherd needs to be all inclusive when TRYING to make a point.
