ah...ok. We don't play them in BB because we got absolutely jobbed in their gym a few years back. I would have shut it down too after that.
Iowa adds UNI to 2026 schedule
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That's right, they initially decided to not do home and home with them after the one very controversial game. I don't recall why they cancelled it, but there was bad blood after Iowa wouldn't play up there anymore.
We don't play them in BB because they demand a home-and-home series, and that's below Iowa's standing.
I call B.S. No college student would refer to other college students this way.
Hot take.
That’s probably because a good portion of the posters either weren’t born, or old enough to remember.
Also, to those who say “just schedule a D-1 team”…..it’s not as easy as they seem to think.
what Hayden did or didnt do is completely irrelevant. The landscape of college football is completely different.
I know you don't want to go on the road and stub your toe against a lesser opponent in a mediocre stadium, but hell Iowa has to play at Northwestern's 3A high school stadium every other year. If only Iowa State could be an every other year thing. Or whatever logistics need to be so a home and home could happen with someone else.
College students call each other way worse all the time. It's really not that unreasonable of a statement.
I like the Iowa State game from the perspective that Iowa gets to play a team that very geared up to play Iowa/takes Iowa very seriously, which is good preparation for conference play. Campbell seems like a good coach, but the overreaching hot takes about his "greatness" from the national pundits and Iowa State fans gets tiresome.
It will be interesting that if the Big 12 loses its status as a "power conference" if Iowa looks to do the every other year thing. My guess is Iowa doesn't look to change things, just not how current leadership at Iowa operates. It would be nice to add in other regional teams like a Missouri or Colorado or Arkansas or name the school.
So we are never playing a non conference game outside the state of Iowa for remainder of our lives. Got it.
I agree that the clones are totally amped up to play Iowa, and they give us their best shot. It is good preparation for Big Ten play. But it would be fun to play a P5 for two years out of four. That doesn't seem unreasonable.
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In the current situation/setup, correct unless you count a bowl game.
But much has changed in college FB in the last 2 decades, so I wouldn't count on that being status quo forever.
I see Iowa has scheduled some more big time MAC schools over the next 6 years...once a decade might play a P5 opponent outside of the midwest
It's not our fault we have Nebraska on our schedule, the B1G makes us play that MAC school.
Besides PSU with Pitt. Iowa is the only Big 10 school with an instate rival that is a power 5 school. Also get back to us when Nebraska starts playing more than 1 P5 team in the non conf. Speaking of MAC didn't you guys lose to one a couple of years ago?
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I think as long as Barta and Pollard are around they'll keep playing or least extending the series. I'm not opposed to the series living in state and I get why they keep playing it. But we know with Pollard and ISu they have zero desire to play any other P5 schools since its been about 20 years they played one not named Iowa. Granted be nice to play another big name school once in a while. Barta mentioned 5 years ago after week 1 had a bunch of big games. Mentioned playing a 7th de facto home game at a place like Soldier or Arrowhead. However since then nothing much has happened on that front minus some rumors of a possible ND game that swiftly went away once they signed on to play Wisconsin at Soldier Field.
I doubt ND was a serious option. I could be wrong. We Iowa fans tend to overstate how anxious a ND or Alabama or Georgia would be to schedule Iowa to play.
I would love to see the Hawks come back down to Tucson to play the Wildcats -- having moved down here a few years ago, I need a live Hawkeye football fix! I know Arizona has been down in football, but they will be improved this season as the new coach Fisch is someone who wants to be here and is recruiting well and has put together a good staff.
I would love to have the men's BB team take a trip to the McKale Center as well. Both coaches like a free flowing offensive game and I think it would make a great national TV game.
Um we will be playing at Rutgers every other year bud
You'd think 2020 would show ISU the benefit of not playing us lol
Of course they do.
Yeah, it sorta is. 19-year-olds don't accuse other 19-year-olds of being "young and impressionable kids." Those are clearly old dude obfuscating's words and thoughts, wrapped up into a cool story to try to impress everyone with his anecdotal experience to strengthen his argument.
You do realize some of the seniors on this years team are 23 and 24 years old, right?
Lol, “if” UNI beats Nebber?!
That game’s over already. UNI beats Nebber by 25 in Lincoln.
Oregon, Miami, Oklahoma, UCLA, Arizona, Oklahoma (again) and Tennessee upcoming. It isn't even close.
When they went to 9 conference games the removed that so teams could ensure OOC home games
I think KF is on record as saying they aren't going to the Pacific time zone again why he's the head coach for a non-conference game after the ASU and Arizona experiences (2004 and 2010). Iowa is starting to try and recruit Arizona so maybe he will change his stance on that.
Basketball would be a great series. It's been done before, in the 1990s I believe.
Well. Guess he has to change that stance now. Plus, that scheduled UNI game may not happen now.
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