No. Alabama won their semi-final and lost the title game. We would have lost the semi-final.
Rivals Recruiting team ranking for 2020 as of 4/12/19....Iowa #11
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All I'm saying is regarding the 2015 season - No, "close" to winning it all does not fit for Iowa. All I'm sayin'.
The big reason Iowa and Wisconsin have had success with 40th place recruiting is the continuity with their style and in their coaching staffs. Nebraska has had too many changes, with suspect coaching, to take advantage of better recruiting. Frost will change that, as most will agree. It is the amount that it changes that is unknown. Meanwhile Iowa is recruiting at a higher level. Wisconsin maybe not so much. It's about to get interesting in the west.
ND works, they got lucky to play such a good "sounding" crappy schedule lol.
FSU works to imo, but then agian look at where they are right now
Suckeyes works too, they would have been curbstomped again last year.
My point is we had a bunch of medicore games that year and never beat any really special teams. It was fun having a chance at making the playoffs, just saying that team was far from championship caliber.
They weren't 30 seconds away from being the final 4 teams standing out of 131 D1 teams? That isn't close for you? Get a clue.
close to getting in the playoffs or close to actually winning them?
i think he's talking about actually being a championship team, in that case no they weren't close.
Dude. Buddy. Mi amigo - We were soooooo darn close to making the playoffs, which was awesome but we were not close to winning it all. Almost being in the final four is not "close" to being national champions.
If you're arguing we were almost a playoff team I'm sorry, there was a communication breakdown at some point.
ND works, they got lucky to play such a good "sounding" crappy schedule lol.
FSU works to imo, but then agian look at where they are right now
Suckeyes works too, they would have been curbstomped again last year.
My point is we had a bunch of medicore games that year and never beat any really special teams. It was fun having a chance at making the playoffs, just saying that team was far from championship caliber.
For the record and I believe you ferreted it out already...I don’t think he was ever saying “we would’ve won it” and I know I wasn’t… I thought the premise was close to making it into the playoffs?!
Sure, we watched Iowa beat a Mike Riley coached team. Congratulations, you joined every other team in the B1G in that group. So we had an inept Chancellor who hired an inept AD, who for some reason lost his mind and hired Mike Riley. We can't do much about that.
We also watched Scott Frost make up 39 points in one year...and lose by 3 in your stadium...with a bunch of guys he didn't recruit and a true freshman QB.
You know where this is going, but you're too proud to admit to it. It will be good to put this ridiculous Iowa Mike Riley based winning streak out of its misery in Lincoln next year.
See. I don't get this way of thinking.
Should Iowa have destroyed OSU 2 yrs ago?
Saying ANY team can't play with the Bama's and Clemson's of college football is really just wasted breath. Any team can beat any team on a given day. Prove that statement wrong. I'll wait for your answer.
Bang! This is part of my argument for thinking Iowa can win da hole thang! If the team does it's part in all facets and we get some things to go in our favor it can happen. Make the playoff then who knows.
100% false.
No one has ever said that recruiting rankings don't matter. What many here HAVE said is that Nebraska specifically has been fabulous at taking very good recruiting classes and turning that into really crappy football teams. It is why when you Fusker idiots come here and brag about your recruiting, you look really, really stupid and don't realize it. It is a great source of entertainment and joy for fans of a team that you constantly "out-recruit" yet constantly lose to.
Carry on....
So what you’re telling me is scores from last year transfer to the next year… So we can pretty much expect Ohio State is going to lose to Purdue by 70 next year?
Yuck...
Here’s the deal you’re over here selling yourself you’re not selling anybody else over here we all know it’s going to be a tough game pretty much every game is… Until it isn’t...you’re trying to convince yourself, you’re the one that’s too stubborn to admit it.
The truth is you guys had all the momentum in the world you should’ve won the game and you didn’t .... let that sink in for a moment.
I’m pretty giddy that in a game we were dominating, then made a few mistakes, lost momentum & let you guys back in it, yet we still won? Thats actually HUGE and Any experienced Iowa fan can regurgitate a number of games that went the other direction… So although you are trying to convince yourself that means somethings coming into the next year… I would agree, it Showed tremendous growth, resiliency and determination on our part.
See we can all play stupid games
Kick the FG on the 3 yard line its an Iowa blow out.
Seriously, that game was INCHES away from being yet another ass-kicking. Hockenson takes that fake in, and Nebby wilts and we hang another 40-burger on them.
It took them a missed fake, 3(!) fourth down conversions, and a BS late hit call for Nebby to even make it a game.
Yep.....I didn't like the fake FG call but I get why. Just about backfired though.
Here is a list of DB's drafted since 2000:
DBU? Most DB’s drafted
• Since 2000
28- Ohio State
24- Virginia Tech
22- Alabama
22- LSU
22- Florida
21- Miami
20- FSU
17- UGA
17- USC
16- Clemson
16- Nebraska
16- OU
16- Texas
That works.
Now go back to your buckeye nuts and poor driving ability, you are no longer needed.
When it is just one game, anything can happen. See Iowa v Ohio State. No one and I mean NO ONE saw that coming. One game. Can happen.
And if you could list how much each was paid in college they would be the top earners also!
100% correct. Game plan, turnovers, momentum. All factor in for one game. Probability against it, yes, but that probability of upset is a lot better than 0.
I'm not going against the idea that anything (a miracle in this case) can happen. Again, what I'm saying is we weren't close to being natl champions. Had we beaten Mich St and then beaten Alabama yet lost in the title game, I'd say we were indeed "close" to winning it all.
So..you're saying that because those players didn't choose to go to Iowa , that they were paid?
But we didn't even get to the playoff and play Alabama and therefore, in my opinion, no one should consider Iowa "close" to being national champs. The word "close" just doesn't belong. Had we beaten Mich St we still had Mt. Everest to climb, twice..
But I understand, people have summited Everest so it could have been possible had we gotten that far.
I'm not gonna say we can lay claim to top db program. But development of them is as good as anyone imo. We aren't gonna get the same talent you guys will as well as fl/ga etc.
That said......why the hell are you using stats starting 19 years ago?
How many coaches you had even 10 year ago are still with your school?
Lol...What does poor driving ability and buckeye nuts have to with what I posted as a response for some one who was not you?
No one said you guys didn't develop players..I was just responding to the person that stated that Iowa was in the top 10 % of DB's drafted in the NFL. that's all, no need to get your panties in a bunch.
Also, What does the number of coaches have to do with anything?
Everything you've said is fair. I'm not sure why people get defensive when facts are brought to the table.
I was more thinking the last 10 years but even so you basically proved my point. Iowa can say we develop DBs but from a production standpoint we aren't close to being considered a top DB factory.
What do coaches have to do with developing kids into nfl players? They have something to do with it.
Lets face it bud, your list is whack! Any defensive list that even mentions braska is clearly way out of date lol. You play them annually, so you should knows this.
Odd, cause Cowherd labeled Nebraska that the very next year.
Two 4-8 seasons in a row. Keep up the good work. See you again next spring.
Idk. I do know the very next season when Nebraska got ranked high prior to playing Wisconsin, Ohio State, etc., Cowherd went off about them being the fake ID of college football.
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