Leave UNI off the freakin schedule ... This game does NOTHING for Iowa ... NOTHING ...
Hawkeyes complete 2020 schedule by adding UNI
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Thank you.
People complain that scheduling the Clones is a lose/lose . . . and those same people are describing UNI as a "quality" opponent.
A home game
A should be easy win towards Bowl eligibility.
You may not like it, but don't say it does nothing.
It does absolutely NOTHING. If we lose, we end up on Sportcenter ... If we win ... so what and we gain nothing by beating a 1-AA team ... Let's just send them a check for $800,000 and call it a day ...
again, seemingly easy win towards bowl eligibility. Which is important for a host of reasons.
You don't like it, we get it. But to say nothing gain shows a lack of understand of college athletics.
I understand college athletics pretty well ... I was a sports reporter for 10 years ... so I've dabbled in covering college athletics ... this game does nothing for Iowa except give UNI a big fat check ... and it gives Iowa a big black eye if it loses.
So bowl eligibility does nothing? No extra practices, no increased interest, no increased enrollment, no increased donations, no benefits on the recruiting trail.
Home game revenues, which you obviously know far outpace the cost of paying that $800,000, does nothing.
Oh yeah you know it well. The game means does nothing, you totally nailed it.
Hayden said we were never going back after we got screwed on a complete phantom holding call in 1988.
Hold on there Tex LOL! I think your stats are a little off but I get where you are coming from.
I was merely pointing out the obvious and to be fair, Iowa is 1-4 against OK and Texas all-time. And I seem to recall NDSU beating Iowa, and UNI giving Iowa a run for their money several times recently.
Hats off to Iowa or Iowa State whenever they beat one of the perennially top 2-3 programs in their conference!
I'm not talking about bowl eligibility ... I'm talking about playing a team that's not named UNI and one that has a name that doesn't include "Iowa" in it. Should we play Drake, too? Wait, how about Grand View?
Freakin stupid to have a Big Ten Game and then have a non conference game. Freakin stupid to put UNI on the schedule anytime Freakin stupid to put Iowa State on the schedule. Yeah I know it's out of our hands on that one..
Let's just admit it our non conference schedule is a farce... eventually people will wise up and say enough is enough I'm not dropping hundreds of dollars to watch boring football ...
Let's just admit it our non conference schedule is a farce... eventually people will wise up and say enough is enough I'm not dropping hundreds of dollars to watch boring football ...
Normally, I'd be screaming about UNI again, however, in this case, I think it can be justified based on the following:
1) we will most likely be breaking in a rookie QB
2) ISU is getting better and may be at their best personnel wise in years
3) Iowa has back to back road games at PSU and OSU with a inexperienced QB
Now, obviously, most solid D-1 programs are not still filling out their 2020 schedules and that's an entire different discussion. Most are in to 2024 right now. Our athletic department should try to get out of ISU every year and try to get some decent home and homes vs. other P5 teams. But, UNI represents a great pay day for Iowa as UNI can bus in (no flights) and should not present a major issue for Iowa.
1) we will most likely be breaking in a rookie QB
2) ISU is getting better and may be at their best personnel wise in years
3) Iowa has back to back road games at PSU and OSU with a inexperienced QB
Now, obviously, most solid D-1 programs are not still filling out their 2020 schedules and that's an entire different discussion. Most are in to 2024 right now. Our athletic department should try to get out of ISU every year and try to get some decent home and homes vs. other P5 teams. But, UNI represents a great pay day for Iowa as UNI can bus in (no flights) and should not present a major issue for Iowa.
The UNI game ostensibly gives Iowa a relatively healthy win before a huge schedule that includes trips to Minnesota, OSU, PSU (back to back), and Purdue, while also hosting MSU, NW, Nebraska and Wisconsin.
Iowa still schedules tougher than most P5 schools.
Iowa still schedules tougher than most P5 schools.
Nope. They can lose once, particularly if that loss is to Ohio State or Penn State or really any Big 10 team. If Iowa only has one loss and gets to the CCG and wins, they will be in the playoff.
Iowa is without a doubt the worst at non-conference scheduling in the B1G, and I really don't think it's close, at least among teams that are supposed to be perennial competitors. Barta must have actually gone to the conference office and asked for special permission to schedule UNI. Unreal. We are about 5-6 years past the time we needed to drop (or at least limit) the Iowa St series and hire an A.D. with cajones.
Isu averages more than 3 wins a year, and uni is 6-21-3 against isu, not exactly a a regular basis lol
This! I think many fans agree...not interested in this game. Schedule a home and home with SOMEONE! ANYONE! Colorado... Kansas St would be fun. Missouri, Syracuse, Louisville... Somehow Purdue was able to schedule Louisville, but Iowa can't? Give me a break. I'm fine with one "warm up" game, but then let's get going.
Again, I ask.......................
Who the f***'s idea was it to make this schedule?
Fire this person from working, permanently.
Wisconsin played #84 Utah State, #109 Florida Atlantic, and #110 BYU in the non-conf.
B1G allows FCS games, no special permission was necessary.
Massey has ISU #38.
https://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm
B1G office creates conference schedules, Iowa has nothing to do with it other than give their non con game dates.
I'd like to see Iowa schedule better in the non con but it won't happen with ISU on the schedule.
Wisconsin's non-conference schedule was particularly soft this year, but don't even begin to compare Iowa's and Wisconsin's non-conference schedules over the next 10-12 years. Opposite ends of the spectrum.
Just because they get one good win doesn't mean they are that good. They're only 3-2 and BTW the polls usually have knee jerk reactions to BIG upsets. It's what they do
Gary Barta is garbage and these OOC schedules reflect that. Iowa gets none of my money until he's kicking rocks.
There should be no FCS teams on the schedule anymore. Period.
I thought that practice had ended?
As much as the NCAA is incompetent, this is such an easy fix: FCS wins do not count toward bowl eligibility. Done!
I thought that practice had ended?
As much as the NCAA is incompetent, this is such an easy fix: FCS wins do not count toward bowl eligibility. Done!
You've lost to them 3 times since 2007. That's fairly regular. Oh, sorry, ISU averages 3.6 wins a year.
Wisconsin future schedules:
http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa/big-ten/wisconsin-badgers.php
About the only remarkable thing is their 2020/2021 ND series while also having a Syracuse HaH the same years. The other years, their schedules are no better than Iowa. At least Iowa has a P5 every single year, Wisky has none for 2017, 2018, 2019. USF as their big game in 2019.
The Massey rankings are a compilation of over a hundred computer rankings, it is not a poll. Computer rankings do not have knee jerk reactions. They do reward team's for beating a top ten team on the road.
I take me wallet and go home. You do what you want with your money.
