Sounds like we might get some good schedule news
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If you wait long enough, Iowa sometimes gets around to doing the right thing...like realizing Beathard is the QB who actually does give Iowa the best chance to win...but it's still not wise to hold your breath.
I hope this means we'll drop Iowa St. PLEASE!!!!!!!! We can play them every three years or do but not every damn year!!
Unfortunately, Morehouse implied this would take the place of the Miami of Ohio game for 2019.
http://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/quick-slants-5-takeaways-from-hawkeyes-tuesday-20160913
3. Scheduling change is in the air or maybe not
Iowa athletics director Gary Barta watched some of the Labor Day weekend games and told The Gazette last weekend that one of those mega-games is something he would consider.
Barta specifically mentioned the LSU-Wisconsin game at Lambeau Field. The Big Ten now has a nine-game league schedule. Iowa also is tied by contract to the Iowa State game through the 2021 season. With those two factors, a mega-game at a neutral site won’t happen, Barta said.
“There’s nothing brewing (along the lines of taking a break in the Iowa State series), but it’s just intriguing,” Barta said. “I really was just reacting to watching some of those games last weekend. Who knows? Sometime in the future, but there’s nothing imminent.”
On Tuesday, Iowa deputy director of athletics Gene Taylor discussed football scheduling. Football schedules are part of his job. Iowa’s next open date is 2019. Taylor said he’d like to fill that and then look to scheduling out.
During Iowa’s Rose Bowl trip in January, Taylor said Iowa has had some talks about a neutral site game. Iowa hasn’t done a neutral site non-conference game since it played Northern Illinois at Soldier Field in 2012. Nothing has been announced and nothing may ever happen, but on the topic Taylor echoed Barta’s thoughts.
“It’s time to change it up a little bit,” Taylor said. “I’d like to see some other Power 5 schools, maybe not always a MAC (Mid-American Conference) school.”
Taylor also added that the nine Big Ten Conference games coupled with the Iowa State game freeze Iowa’s scheduling possibilities.
“Those kind of things, if we ever do it, would be something you want to do for your fan base,” Taylor said. “Just right now, it’s not anytime soon that I can see.”
Still, this is the second time in a week that a top Iowa athletics official has at least acknowledged that the UI wants a different look in scheduling.
3. Scheduling change is in the air or maybe not
Iowa athletics director Gary Barta watched some of the Labor Day weekend games and told The Gazette last weekend that one of those mega-games is something he would consider.
Barta specifically mentioned the LSU-Wisconsin game at Lambeau Field. The Big Ten now has a nine-game league schedule. Iowa also is tied by contract to the Iowa State game through the 2021 season. With those two factors, a mega-game at a neutral site won’t happen, Barta said.
“There’s nothing brewing (along the lines of taking a break in the Iowa State series), but it’s just intriguing,” Barta said. “I really was just reacting to watching some of those games last weekend. Who knows? Sometime in the future, but there’s nothing imminent.”
On Tuesday, Iowa deputy director of athletics Gene Taylor discussed football scheduling. Football schedules are part of his job. Iowa’s next open date is 2019. Taylor said he’d like to fill that and then look to scheduling out.
During Iowa’s Rose Bowl trip in January, Taylor said Iowa has had some talks about a neutral site game. Iowa hasn’t done a neutral site non-conference game since it played Northern Illinois at Soldier Field in 2012. Nothing has been announced and nothing may ever happen, but on the topic Taylor echoed Barta’s thoughts.
“It’s time to change it up a little bit,” Taylor said. “I’d like to see some other Power 5 schools, maybe not always a MAC (Mid-American Conference) school.”
Taylor also added that the nine Big Ten Conference games coupled with the Iowa State game freeze Iowa’s scheduling possibilities.
“Those kind of things, if we ever do it, would be something you want to do for your fan base,” Taylor said. “Just right now, it’s not anytime soon that I can see.”
Still, this is the second time in a week that a top Iowa athletics official has at least acknowledged that the UI wants a different look in scheduling.
I would look forward to an upgrade! How about Bowling Green?
Can't we just buyout a few years of this crazy Iowa St contract? Didn't we just pay $1,000,000 to Miami/Oh to come play us? Get out of it as soon as possible!
While dropping ISU for another Power 5 would be great, it would also be a huge upgrade just to take a step up from the directional Michigan schools and the Ohio minor league teams to play some AAC squads instead. Most are located in areas where we have some sort of recruiting base, 75% of them at least have a pulse, and we probably wouldn't need to do a home and home.
Iowa vs Arkansas at Arrowhead in 2019. Call it a hunch.
They wouldn't be dropping these hints if something wasn't in the works. Messaging like this isn't by accident; as the administration must feel it's in a good place negotiation wise for 2019. An announcement of this nature is also be a good way to help reinforce Iowa's national narrative as we get closer to playoff discussion time.
IMO, this is a story worth watching as we head into November.
My hope ... Iowa. Notre Dame. Soldier Field.
IMO, this is a story worth watching as we head into November.
My hope ... Iowa. Notre Dame. Soldier Field.
I don't think Houston is quite like those others, however if Herman stays (which I doubt) I think we may end up with a real test early on.
Are you guys reading what I'm reading. Barta is clearly not on board.
The regents will mandate the ISU game. And Barta is their sidekick.
In 2019, the series will be renewed. Case closed
The regents will mandate the ISU game. And Barta is their sidekick.
In 2019, the series will be renewed. Case closed
There will likely be some political pressure. Iowa is throwing some of these things out there right now to get people used to the idea of the game perhaps not being played. After 2021, perhaps there is a chance to play ISU every other year, with a game against a different P5 conference team in the off years. Of course further realignment could change everything.
This is pointless, since Iowa won't nut up and play a neutral site game w/ISU on the books, but just for fun...
Open dates in 2019 are 9/21 and 9/28, but you know damn well KF won't sign off on a neutral site game the week before travelling to Ann Arbor for the conference opener. So that leaves 9/21.
Here's a list of respectable P5 opponents available* that weekend:
Arkansas
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
*Note: I did not include teams that may be open, but already have a road OOC game, or already have a P5 opponent and have not shown a willingness to play two.
Open dates in 2019 are 9/21 and 9/28, but you know damn well KF won't sign off on a neutral site game the week before travelling to Ann Arbor for the conference opener. So that leaves 9/21.
Here's a list of respectable P5 opponents available* that weekend:
Arkansas
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
*Note: I did not include teams that may be open, but already have a road OOC game, or already have a P5 opponent and have not shown a willingness to play two.
This. They're laying groundwork for an Iowa/ISU contract renewal that may include some off years or some other sort of flexibility to the scheduling that will enable us to keep 7 home games and still play either away or neutral site games vs other P5 teams.
For you youngsters, Iowa played some tough schedules. I watched some great teams come into Kinnick back in the day when they sold "knot hole" tickets. 9 conference games and all big boy conference teams.
1971 schedule
Ohio State
Oregon State
Penn State
Purdue
Northwester
Minnesota
Michigan State
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Perhaps but the scheduling wouldn't allow us to play ISU every other year. It would have to be 2 years on, 2 years off to maintain the 7 game schedule
Would love it if Iowa played a Colorado school, there are so many Iowa transplants here and it would be nice to play Colorado, CSU, or even Air Force (prefer it be CU though). Also think we need to play ND, we have a history with them (going way back). Or maybe ND can nut up and just join the Big Ten and that problem would be solved.
Pretty sure at that time it really didn't matter who we played because it was an L.....at that time we were probably getting paid to play teams like we paid Miami of Ohio....I get your point though
The Big Ten needs to go back to an 8 game conference schedule. This would free up our schedule for some nice out of conference match ups. Who cares if it is a home and home, we'll be playing 5 road games in conference every other year now anyway. We're already losing a home game.
Interesting, I didn't realize we played 9 game B1G schedules back then (that was sort of a 10 game B1G schedule except PSU wasn't in the B1G yet).
Auburn,Georgia, or LSU, or Oklahoma, Okie St. in Dallas, give some love to our recruiting efforts in Texas.
