It has become more and more of an “arms race” in college football. The practice bubble was state of the art at the time but became outdated. The new football practice facility is a huge step up. However Minnesota, Northwestern, and others are also building impressive facilities. That ND player you talk about was correct in that Iowa had fallen behind at that time. Yes, unfortunately $ play a HUGE role in the success of your FB program.
The West is Wisconsin then everyone else
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It has become more and more of an “arms race” in college football. The practice bubble was state of the art at the time but became outdated. The new football practice facility is a huge step up. However Minnesota, Northwestern, and others are also building impressive facilities. That ND player you talk about was correct in that Iowa had fallen behind at that time. Yes, unfortunately $ play a HUGE role in the success of your FB program.
Iowa was taking some of their best players (Mark Bortz) back then. Wisconsin had not committed resources to football or basketball and simply dropped baseball in the 80s. Athletic program was a joke.
Was it also a “manhandling” in the Badgers 2014 26-24 victory? Iowa had more total yards and lost the games only turnover. Guess Wisconsin was “lucky”?
With the right development Stanley could be poised for a 2015 CJ Beathard type of a run next year.
Barry Alvarez >>>>>>>>>>Gary Barta.
I mentioned that Iowa had 2 unforced errors in the '17 game (a snap at the wrong time AND a ball that came off the QB's hand). However, I would assume that the "lucky" play you're talking about is the one when the Wisconsin football player was shoved backward ... and he stepped on the QB's foot as a consequence. Just "lucky" I guess ....
Sorry, but Wisconsin is not an Ivy. Thus admission standards are not an issue. If you are an athlete and they want you, and you are anything above border line, they will find a way to get you into the school. Duke took a student from a North Shore high school a few years back with an ACT of 23 to play basketball. A 23 for anyone other than an athlete will not get you anywhere near Duke. Stanford took a football player from another North Shore high school, the one my son attended, and as a Junior they worked with him and his parents to make sure that he met their minimums. Again, scores and grades that wouldn't get a non athlete into Stanford. Wisconsin is no different. If a student passes through the clearing house, and they meet minimums for the school they are getting in.
Actually, they have $20M more per year than we do.
My daughter got into Stanford as an athlete, and she worked her ass off her Senior year, taking 5 AP courses. Stanford wanted them. Had she chosen Michigan, she could have cruised through her senior year.
This is pretty debatable. This year would be for sure. Last year probably doesn’t top any of the Rose Bowl champ years.
You realize that within all of these words, you still admit that some schools can offer and accept athletes that some schools can’t, right?
The problem isn’t grades , it’s coursework, Wisconsin demands two years of foreign language along with the extra math course, that’s major for a lot of sub 4.5 types.LOL
If Wisconsin just ran the ball that game and the kids had played ten quarters, Iowa doesn’t score, go back and watch it, we handed you the game and Chryst became a better coach thereafter.
Oh I know what year we were talking, I just had to point out that “manhandling” the Hawks gave to the Badgers the year prior to getting “manhandled” by the Badgers in 2015
Oh... So you're trying to start a "who should have won games of past years" pissing match! Sounds fun. I'm gonna pass though.
Northwestern, Wisconsin, and I believe Illinois all require something more than meeting the NCAA Clearinghouse requirements. Northwestern wouldn’t have any athletics programs if they applied the same admission standards to athletes as they do to students. Now how many minimum qualifiers are going to be able to stay eligible at Northwestern? Not many. It’s up to the institution to figure out what they deem necessary.
Keep on living revisionist history if it helps you feel better about yourself. If you want a more accurate excuse ... that was the season Wisconsin was massively dinged up at RB. It was impressive what the Badgers pulled off in the face of that adversity that season.
Im honestly not sure how he survived the Meyer thing on top of the ridiculous 10 year contract extension.
And most of the 2000s.
10 years ago Wisconsin was Iowa jr.
Iowa stagnated they progressed.
Theres an excuse for every year but if you look at the big picture theres a pattern.
The way they run the ball works better than the way we do it.
The Hawks were very lucky in 2015. We did nothing Offensively. QB fumble bailed us out.
The end product is a direct result of a very proficient AD; and a staff willing to hire former players that probably don't share a surname with the head coach. And recruiting players that are best qualified that probably don't share a surname with the head coach.
Are you implying Brian wasn't worthy of a coaching position and that he and James weren't worthy of playing for Iowa?
So two kids who played in the NFL should not have played at Iowa? And the one who coached in the NFL should not coach at Iowa? Jesus, what a pathetic troll.
This is just how stupid some of the Hawkeye fans are.
Right there is a huge difference between wisky and us. We lost two senior tackles and replaced them with freshman...what the hell happened to the three years of player development in between that made us turn to true freshman....wisky is a reload program right now, Iowa is a rebuild team
