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As it stands now, this is a weak line-up of opponents. That could certainly change if one of the many teams on the schedule that looks like a dog now has a much better than expected season that will make a significant difference.
With only 12 games in football we're talking about a small number making a significant difference.
Even with the weak line-up this year( if the opponents hold to form) 10-2 would be a solid season and get them a January bowl. Even assuming losses to the only quality teams on the schedule (nebby and wisky).
While 8-4 wouldn't be bad, it would be without any quality wins(again assuming form holds).
It's only a 2 game difference, but I just see 10 wins(no top 25 wins) as a significantly better season than 8 wins(no top 25 wins).
With only 12 games in football we're talking about a small number making a significant difference.
Even with the weak line-up this year( if the opponents hold to form) 10-2 would be a solid season and get them a January bowl. Even assuming losses to the only quality teams on the schedule (nebby and wisky).
While 8-4 wouldn't be bad, it would be without any quality wins(again assuming form holds).
It's only a 2 game difference, but I just see 10 wins(no top 25 wins) as a significantly better season than 8 wins(no top 25 wins).
If Iowa piss-pounded all of these lackluster foes on the way to MIRACULOUSLY being 7-0, that's one thing. Quite another to beat the Sisters of the Poor in a series of "screamers" and shout from the rooftops "We're 7-0"!
Let's just say I'm a bit skeptical that either of those things are going to take place.
Iowa plays Wisconsin, NU and annual pain in the a$$ on the road....and the media darling goofers that are deemed a preseason quality win for every other team....and the other annual pain in the a$$ that periodically challenge(and that beat the cheese heads last year). The schedule argument is old, tired, and lacks real understanding.
Yeah, but Boise St. destroyed the weaker teams on their schedule like you would expect a top team would. They weren't inching out wins vs teams like Ball St. and UNI.
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It was a 7 win team that played a very crappy schedule with the teams on it and had it been a more difficult schedule, likely a 4 or 5 win team. Tough time comprehending?
It was a 7 win team that played a very crappy schedule with the teams on it and had it been a more difficult schedule, likely a 4 or 5 win team. Tough time comprehending?
That's all you got? You're the one who made the contradictory statements. I comprehend just fine.
Not brain surgery here. Iowa would be lucky to get 4 wins against ISU's schedule. Iowa State is not very good. Iowa State beat Iowa last year and will beat Iowa again this year. So what's your point? With ISU's schedule, Iowa is a 4-win team ... Did I make that clear enough for you?
You are spot on. Iowa was a 4 or 5-win team least year with any sort of a tougher schedule. The koolaid drinkers will try to continue to spit shine the lump of coal that is Iowa football.
No, isu schedule is not brutal. They play three non-conference games with Iowa being the 'best' of the three (and we already are aware from you, Des Moines Hawki, that Iowa is terrible) then go to big xii that features a three win team (Kansas), a four win team (Tech) and a six win team (Texas) along with Okie State that also won six regular season games. Throw in 7-6 West Virginia and you have the makings of eight teams on the schedule that are anything but daunting.
Give up the comparisons if you truly want to be perceived as a Hawk fan. The tired lament of 'if we only played in the Big Ten' and/or 'if we only played Iowa's schedule' is meaningless as witnessed by over 100 years of football futility in Ames, Iowa.
So then Iowa will not be as good as their record indicates unless they win 4 or 5 games (or less) this season. Got it. Thanks.
Is a 10-win Iowa team really a 7-win team then or still a 4 or 5 win team that lucked out in 5 or 6 more games? I guess we need a graph then to map out what Iowa's win totals would hypothetically/"actually" be with a tougher schedule in comparison to the number of games they end up winning in 2015.
That is unless of course it's a fixed number of 4 or 5 wins, meaning we could hypothetically win 12 games and actually only be a 4 or 5 win team that just got lucky with an easy schedule and got some breaks against the good teams we played at the end of the season whoever and wherever that may have been......hypothetically speaking.
Which is why I'm asking.
P.S. don't worry too much with the thought of us winning 10-12 games etc. I know it bothers you when you have to argue against that. Besides we're only winning 5 games this year after all....
You really believe that ESPN knows that much about strength of schedule? . I think it is arrogant for fans to go around belittling the teams on our schedule. Illinois State is one of the top FCS teams in the country and would give most of the Power 5 teams a run for their money. Iowa State is a Big 12 team that always plays tough against us. Pittsburgh is a team that always recruits well and now they have Pat Narduzzi as their coach. They will be plenty tough. I'm sure McCarney will have North Texas fired up for a shot at the Hawks. Wisconsin and Nebraska are teams that have been winning 9 or 10 games per season for quite awhile. Minnesota was a Top 25-30 team last year and they say they will be tougher this year. Fitz has been recruiting pretty well at Northwestern and they believe they will bounce back this year. Indiana has a damm good offense and Maryland is another team that recruits well and has a good coach. Illinois and Purdue are improving programs as well. So I for one think it is arrogant to go around complaining about how "easy " the schedule is.
No different than Kirk Herbsteit put Iowa on that list in 2014. In 2014, Iowa had to replace 3 very good LBs and a slew on special teams. It was a disappointing season in 2014. It will be interesting to see how hungry the 2015 team becomes ...
Which is why most people are predicting a 4-6 win season at best.....they're just putting all the blame on Iowa and the coaching staff for that happening.
