Originally posted by 5Fan5:
Originally posted by FG86:
Originally posted by 5Fan5:
Wrong again, Pretender....
Originally posted by FG86:
Why shouldn't Iowa be finishing higher in the director's cup? Â
Statistics? Â Well for statrers, it looks as if the Big Ten is a much better and stronger conference than the big xii - at least according to results of the most recent full-year Director's Cup. Â
Following completion of the 2013-14 year, the Big Ten had a top five ranked team in Penn State; no top five team for the big xii. Â There were two Big Ten teams finishing in the top ten compared to just one for the big xii. Â Top twenty-five? Â The big xiii managed to place all of three institutions in that category whereas the Big Ten had six teams. Â Every Big Ten team other than Iowa finished ranked fifty or better. Â Half of the big xii failed to reach the fifty ranking mark. Â Looks like the Big Ten was a much tougher conference to compete within compared to the big xii.
More statistics for you, Pretender. Â Iowa (using Directors' Cup measures) was better than isu in football, wrestling and women's basketball for the 2013-14 year. Â Some could think through that and determine that Iowa is placing attention on the sports activities that have greatest impact on recognition, participation (football), fundraising and fan support. Â isu, being a full-fledged basketball school places the overwhelming majority of its emphasis on men's basketball.
Tell me/us, in the long-term is the better stategy/plan for an athletic department.
Too bad we weren't discussing this. I was looking for the statistics that shows that ISU is spending  all this money in nonrevenue sports trying to beat Iowa, and how much money Pollard is pumping into XC.
Too bad,
you posed the very question which I addressed in my response.  (Note: I have quoted your question here just for you to reread, Pretender.)
Now, go back and read my reply that includes actual Directors' Cup rankings for each the Big Ten and big xii.... it help to know at least something of what you Pretend to be so knowledgeable about. Â Iowa competes against typically stronger teams in the Big Ten than isu does in the big xii. Â That is where the discussion (and answer to YOUR question) begins and ends. Â
Pretender is as Pretender does.
(Why am I reminded of so many threads on the rivals forum of HR? Â You know the one's where you rant on and on and on without really saying anything other than Iowa is evil and bad and isu is okay. Â How many posts per day are you averaging now, Pretender? Â Some things just will never change, no matter how many different screen ids you use! Â Your obsessive hatred toward the University of Iowa Athletic Department just will not allow you to escape.)
Yes, I did pose the question. No, you didn't answer it. You rambled on and on about the B!G and Big 12.Â
So why isn't Iowa finishing higher in the director's cup?Â
Why? Â Because you are in absolute denial that the Big Ten is superior to the big xii concerning the Directors' Cup? Â Do you think it is more difficult to compete against better teams/programs or lesser ones? Â You can pretend all day long, but that will not change the fact of that matter. Â One only need look at the results and rankings. Â It is very evident that the Big Ten with every team not named Iowa ranked in the top fifty programs. Â Those are teams that Iowa competes against the majority of the time.
Conversely, isu competes in the big xii. Â Clearly, with five of its ten member teams falling 55th or lower, it is easier for isu to do better. Â This is not rocket science.
You and your ilk on here want to demean Iowa by comparing it to mighty isu. Â As has been aptly pointed out by many others, the success isu has is largely attributable to men's basketball, cross country, and a few women's sports. Â Iowa's Director Cup points come largely from football, wrestling, womens' basketball and a few other men's sports. Â By nearly any measure not the Director's Cup, Iowa is the better athletic program. Â Period.
(Did I/we miss your response to the number of posts from you? Â You like others to believe you are just the casual contributor her on HR... just like you tried to once do on the rivals forum. Â Three a day, I believe it was. Â Your obsessive habits have a way of catching up with you... all times of day and night, nearly every day again now for how long, Pretender?)