Funny coming from a gopher fan ripping on last 15 years. Looking on ESPN they go back to 02'. The few years Minny had some success they had a true cream puff schedule not having 1 single power 5 team from 02' to 05'. 06' played that "power house" Cal team. Followed by 07' & 08' with not playing any power 5 teams again until 09' where you play Cal again and Syracuse (you know one of those garbage teams Iowa plays as you said shouldn't get any credit for) which is one and only time Minny played 2 power 5 teams. 2010 & 11' play someone good finally with USC but then 2012 there's Syracuse again one of those as you put "charmin soft" teams. 2013 another year of no power 5 schools until TCU last 2 years. But I'll give you credit Minny did manage to beat Kent st, Colorado st and Ohio all by 3 pts last year. Finally looking at next year you have the powerhouse of the PAC 12 in Oregon St you know the team who lost all their conference games last year and 2 wins overall.
So to summarize since 02' Minny has played 8 teams from power 5 conference 2 of the games being a team Iowa has played and have gone 2-6 with both wins coming against Syracuse. Rip on Pitt all you want but the gophers haven't beaten anyone better then them in last 15 years during the non conference schedule. They've had 7 years of not playing anyone but I forgot you had USC for 2 years so that means you schedule tough. Of all the schools to criticize non conf a gopher fan is the last one who should be doing that. in last 15 years you've won 10 games once in 03' when you are talking about easy non conf schedule beat 4 tough teams in Ohio, Troy, La Lafeyette and Tulsa. Since that year you've never managed to win more than 8 games. Seriously Minny fans are last ones who should be opening there mouths about schedules being too easy let alone about success for football due to the lack of quality they have in each.
Try using paragraphs next time, easier to break up your incoherent rambling.
Iowa was in the Top 20 for scheduling the toughest ooc schools because they schedule nearly 2 BCS/P5 teams a year, which virtually no one does.
That's the funniest thing I've heard in a long time.
Of course we get the usual recycled garbage response, never mind ISU is year in and year out one of the weakest Power 5 schools in the country. Then of course Iowegians claim to hate playing them.
And you got to be kidding about "virtually no one schedules 2 BCS teams a year"....that's ridiculous.
Over the last 10 years, Iowa has played EXACTLY 7 games non con vs Power 5 opponents not named Iowa State.
Getting the Clones every year (and into the future as your sole P5 opponent), is the biggest gift I've ever heard of. What makes it comical is how the Hawk fanbase looks down upon ISU, all the while reaping the benefits of getting that yearly cupcake match up (or maybe not? Doesn't Capt Kirk have a losing record vs the clones??)...
Looking back, it's Arizona twice. Syracuse twice. And Pitt 3 times.
Other than that, here's your last 10 years of non con opponents:
Northern Iowa 4 times
Northern Illinois 3 times
Ball State twice
Montana
Maine
Florida International
Eastern Illinois
Tennessee Tech
Central Michigan
North Texas
Illinois State
Missouri State
Western Michigan
Meanwhile Minnesota has played USC twice, TCU twice, Cal twice, Colorado State twice, Air Force..
Let's not act like those are the same, one lacks anything that even resembles a "big game".
Looking into the future, it will be more of the same...as Iowa will continue to play bottom feeder ISU as their single yearly matchup vs a Power 5 school...while padding the rest of the slots vs the usual cupcakes.
Moving to a 9 game B1G schedule means that there is exactly a zero % chance the Hawkeyes ever play a meaningful or "marquee" matchup before the start of conference play. Although it's nice to stack up those wins, it's also the same reason the nation doesn't show Iowa any respect, or give them any benefit of the doubt.
/facts.
Hmm, we've had many of those. It's just that we play them in December/January when your season is already over
Was quite the track meet in Pasadena, I think that McCaffery kid took like 3 gold medals home that day.
