Hawk fans, what is an acceptable win/loss record each year for Iowa?

[NI hawk]

I don't expect to allow only 10 points to a bad ISU team and lose. I dont expect to allow 9 points vs Illinois and lose. I expect more than 3 points when starting a drive at opponents 5 yard line. I expect the coaches to try and improve a bad offense during the off season.

 

[stanzithemanzi12]

I'd say for an established program and staff the for a program like Iowa should be one year not going to a bowl, one 7 win season, one 8 win season, one 9 win season, one 10+ win season.

 

[katman15]

7 -8 wins …. But having said that last year wasn’t fun to watch.
I want some entertainment value with the product both on the field and in the stadium.. Right now we just aren’t fun to watch

 

[pistachio1999]

7 -8 wins …. But having said that last year wasn’t fun to watch.
I want some entertainment value with the product both on the field and in the stadium.. Right now we just aren’t fun to watch

Now we have to not only win, but win "pretty".

 

[lettheparamedicssortemout]

Now we have to not only win, but win "pretty".

football is suppose to be entertainment, like all sports....just so ya know


i guess you just check the scores?


explains a lot

 

[pistachio1999]

It depends on the year and the schedule.

Beyond wins and losses is the quality of the product on the field. What would be better, a 7-3 yawn of a win vs. SDSU to open the season or a competitive opening loss to say Oregon of the 42-38 variety? Well, a loss is never good, but I know which game would be more enjoyable to watch and would bode well for the rest of the season, and it sure as hell isn’t the former.

I think that’s the part of the W/L discussion that gets overlooked. Yeah, great, Iowa beat Nebraska by 3 points, but they laid an egg during the bowl game.

A pretty loss is better than an ugly win. Show me any football coach in the universe that thinks that.

 

[HawkAlum2002]

8-4 to 9-3, really depends on crossover games.

 

[grayhair81]

It depends on the year and the schedule.

Beyond wins and losses is the quality of the product on the field. What would be better, a 7-3 yawn of a win vs. SDSU to open the season or a competitive opening loss to say Oregon of the 42-38 variety? Well, a loss is never good, but I know which game would be more enjoyable to watch and would bode well for the rest of the season, and it sure as hell isn’t the former.

I think that’s the part of the W/L discussion that gets overlooked. Yeah, great, Iowa beat Nebraska by 3 points, but they laid an egg during the bowl game.

This makes me think of 1990. Hawks played at Miami when they were a juggernaut. They lost but showed promise. They went on to play in the Rose Bowl that year.

 

[BlackNGoldBleeder]

This makes me think of 1990. Hawks played at Miami when they were a juggernaut. They lost but showed promise. They went on to play in the Rose Bowl that year.

Correct.

 

[grayhair81]

Correct.

I guess you and I just aren't true fans since we will remember that loss more fondly than that epic against SDSU and the classic 7-hour masterpiece against Nevada.

 

[BlackNGoldBleeder]

I guess you and I just aren't true fans since we will remember that loss more fondly than that epic against SDSU and the classic 7-hour masterpiece against Nevada.

It’s also about getting better for the season.

 

[notlongago]

Iowa really has no excuse not to have 8 be the floor. double digit wins shouldnt be rare

 

[obfuscating]

is this with or without BF as OC?