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Wisconsin schedule is laughable

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I just took a look at their schedule and they have not played any teams that are even average. Maybe Purdue and they barely won that one. Wisconsin a top 5 team? LOL.
 
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Its very similar to Iowa in 2015. This far in we had played Wisconsin and barely beat them.

What I'm hearing from the OP is Iowa still has a chance in the west. Wisconsin's three toughest games are their last three. Minnesota only because of the rivalry and them being beat up by then. They could realistically lose all of those.

Of course the Hawks need to win. We could lose all of our remaining games too. (well not Nebraska... Nebraska sucks)
 
I just took a look at their schedule and they have not played any teams that are even average. Maybe Purdue and they barely won that one. Wisconsin a top 5 team? LOL.
Northwestern and Purdue are both pretty tough ... and they played and defeated both of them. Ultimately, you can only plays the teams on your schedule. That is not the fault of the players. The last I checked, they defeated every team on their schedule. They still deserve kudos for that. For a case in point ... Syracuse beat Clemson. Ultimately, you still have to play and beat the teams on your schedule.
 
Look at your own schedule (Iowa's), and win what's there.
Iowa has played #2 PSU, top 20 MSU
ISU is 4-2 with a win over former top 5 Oklahoma
Wyoming is 4-2
NT is 4-2

Wisconsin's schedule is a joke
in 2014 these teams beat Iowa
Maryland then in 2015 Iowa beat MD
Minnesota beat Iowa then in 2015 Iowa beat Minnesota
Wisconsin beat Iowa and then Iowa beat Wisconsin
Nebraska beat Iowa and then Iowa beat Nebraska
ISU in 2014 beat Iowa then in 2015 Iowa beat ISU.

WHY IS when a team that loses to teams in one season then in the next beats those same team and the schedule is called weak.
 
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I just took a look at their schedule and they have not played any teams that are even average. Maybe Purdue and they barely won that one. Wisconsin a top 5 team? LOL.

they have not played a team yet with a winning record. crazy. and looking forward, the 2 teams they play that have a winning record (Michigan and Iowa) are both home games.
 
I just took a look at their schedule and they have not played any teams that are even average. Maybe Purdue and they barely won that one. Wisconsin a top 5 team? LOL.

Look we benefited greatly by the same schedule in 2015. It was still tough and a major accomplishment to win 12 straight games for us. It was not easy.

Wisconsin is a really good team and program. Did you watch their game against Purdue? They really dominated Purdue in many aspects but made some big mistakes that made the score deceptive like Taylor fumbling at the 1 yard line going in for a TD, a blocked punt and tipped screen pass deep in Purdue territory that went the other way with a big Purdue return. Taylor had over 200+ yards rushing. He's really tough to stop.

Purdue is much improved too though but they struggled mightily to move the ball on Wisconsin's D. If they had given the big Wisky mistakes there would have been an upset. Purdue's front 7 and DL is much better than year's past.

I think we will struggle against both Purdue & Wisconsin. If we allow 200 yards on the ground and 450 yards of offense to a horrible IL team then that's a yo in my book. Wisconsin could absolutely steam roll us.

I see Wisconsin winning out to finish 12-0. They could beat PSU if PSU wins the East.
 
Perhaps they should issue a public apology? "Gee, so sorry everyone on our schedule this year is average or sucks ass."

It will be the same apology Iowa will have to make next season ( like the one they had to make in 2015).
 
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I honestly can't believe an Iowa fan is making fun of another teams "weak year" schedule. In the west, this will happen anytime Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State are left off the cross-over schedule. It's the nature of the beast and the only way to fix it is for more West teams to get better. Of course, that won't happen as recruiting in the west isn't as consistent. Best they can hope for are a stable of teams that can make a run any given year, just not the same team every year.
 
The ranking is based on winning all games and a top ten start of the year based on not losing a lot of players from a team that played 5 top ten teams and winning a bowl game. They will play Michigan and if they don't trip up osu or psu most likely. Now if you are talking Purdue the Badgers out gained them more than 2 to 1, had a 200 yard rusher, 200 yd passer and a 100 yard receiver. Just a weird game in a monsson. But if it makes you feel better hammer away. The inevitable is coming!! Bucky will roll the pigs . .or hawks.
 
This a prime example of why Iowa fans routinely get mocked by all other college fan bases.
Iowa fans mocking another teams schedule may be the funniest thing I’ve read all day.
Clueless is a great descriptor for message board Iowa fans.

I legit laughed at this comment when I read it because it is like an exact complaint of what everyone got all up in arms about during our undefeated season.

"The media needs to just shut up. Iowa can't control who they have on their schedule bla bla bla" Iowa fans can be the worst!
 
The ranking is based on winning all games and a top ten start of the year based on not losing a lot of players from a team that played 5 top ten teams and winning a bowl game. They will play Michigan and if they don't trip up osu or psu most likely. Now if you are talking Purdue the Badgers out gained them more than 2 to 1, had a 200 yard rusher, 200 yd passer and a 100 yard receiver. Just a weird game in a monsson. But if it makes you feel better hammer away. The inevitable is coming!! Bucky will roll the pigs . .or hawks.

Monsson? Is he related to a Munson?
 
This a prime example of why Iowa fans routinely get mocked by all other college fan bases.
Iowa fans mocking another teams schedule may be the funniest thing I’ve read all day.
Clueless is a great descriptor for message board Iowa fans.
@H8FULLGR8 is back masquerading as an Illini fan. How's dumpster fire Nebraska and all that?
 
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Iowa benefited from the same in 15. Can’t help who/where you play in conference

agreed, but Iowa beat Wisconsin. I think the point is that if Iowa beats Wisconsin......and everyone else in the West.......and Wisconsin still goes to Indy than that sucks.

I think with so much variability in who you can play from the other division, I would be on board with Division record being the determinant for going to the CCG. Then if there is a 3 way tie you go to conference record.

What would be more fair than that?
 
Iowa benefited from the same in 15. Can’t help who/where you play in conference

agreed, but Iowa beat Wisconsin. I think the point is that if Iowa beats Wisconsin......and everyone else in the West.......and Wisconsin still goes to Indy than that sucks.

I think with so much variability in who you can play from the other division, I would be on board with Division record being the determinant for going to the CCG. Then if there is a 3 way tie you go to conference record.

What would be more fair than that?

I dislike this. Takes away from the crossover games. If we’re going to do that than just split the B1G into two conferences. Essentially that’s what you would be doing.

College football is great because every game matters. Don’t cheapen that. Play who’s on the schedule and move on. If Wisconsin keeps winning they belong in the CG.
 
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I dislike this. Takes away from the crossover games. If we’re going to do that than just split the B1G into two conferences. Essentially that’s what you would be doing.

College football is great because every game matters. Don’t cheapen that. Play who’s on the schedule and move on. If Wisconsin keeps winning they belong in the CG.

I see what you are saying. I think I am still upset with the expanded conference which I have always been against.....and missing 4 of the teams in the conference each year is a product of that.

I would argue a bit that it takes away from the "every game matters" theory. With the playoff not having to take the big ten champ if they don't want to, every game still matters in this scenario......rankings and bowl destinations are what any team not in a playoff scenario is playing for. A shot at a conference title game if you are the best team in your division would be a nice reward.....I think it sucks if it is helped being determined by a schedule quirk.
 
I see what you are saying. I think I am still upset with the expanded conference which I have always been against.....and missing 4 of the teams in the conference each year is a product of that.

I would argue a bit that it takes away from the "every game matters" theory. With the playoff not having to take the big ten champ if they don't want to, every game still matters in this scenario......rankings and bowl destinations are what any team not in a playoff scenario is playing for. A shot at a conference title game if you are the best team in your division would be a nice reward.....I think it sucks if it is helped being determined by a schedule quirk.

So are you saying the West is being won by a schedule quirk? In 2015 we beat every team in the West regardless of our cross-overs which we won also. In 2016 Wisconsin went undefeated in the West also. If Wisconsin does the same this year how is that a quirk! That would be 3 straight years the West champ beat everyone in the West and made the title game. I'm too lazy to check the previous seasons before 2015 but that may be the case other seasons too.

I'm not sure how you can make this argument of a quirk this year when we have not yet swept the West which would include beating Wisconsin? Could it happen that we run the table which would include beating Wisconsin and that being Wisconsin's only loss sure but that's the only scenario that could match your 'quirk' complaint. Northwestern is likely the second place team in the West if not us and Wisconsin beat them along with Purdue already.

Bottom line is we had opportunities to win both of our first two cross-overs regardless of difficulty and did not get it done. That includes making one stop against PSU. We are just not good enough so complaining about the schedule is irrelevant and it's definitely not relevant if we do not beat Wisconsin and the rest of the West teams anyway but Wisconsin does.
 
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I just took a look at their schedule and they have not played any teams that are even average. Maybe Purdue and they barely won that one. Wisconsin a top 5 team? LOL.

Terrible post, you make Iowa fans sound like hypocritical jackasses.
 
Iowa has played #2 PSU, top 20 MSU
ISU is 4-2 with a win over former top 5 Oklahoma
Wyoming is 4-2
NT is 4-2

Wisconsin's schedule is a joke
in 2014 these teams beat Iowa
Maryland then in 2015 Iowa beat MD
Minnesota beat Iowa then in 2015 Iowa beat Minnesota
Wisconsin beat Iowa and then Iowa beat Wisconsin
Nebraska beat Iowa and then Iowa beat Nebraska
ISU in 2014 beat Iowa then in 2015 Iowa beat ISU.

WHY IS when a team that loses to teams in one season then in the next beats those same team and the schedule is called weak.
THIS is more laughable then Wisconsin's schedule.
 
Screw the schedule talk, its no use complaining or arguing how Division champion should be determined. I've done both and does not make me feel better in the end. You simply play who you get on your Schedule and win the games you have to.

Iowa lost two winnable games, as it turned out, against two of the top 3 in the east, PSU and MSU. We had to win two of the three against the East to insure we go to the Championship, 1 out of three at the very least. Losing all three, would give us no chance. We knew that at the beginning of the season, Wisky has held serve so far and must finish strong to represent, if they win the games on their schedule that they have to, they should go to the Championship.

The "strength of schedule" pendulum will swing in our favor next year, our prospects in 2018 look brighter.

There, I said it. Sorry for wasting everyone's time with my previous posts (if you took the time to read them).

The rest is a bunch of "Would'ah, could'ah, should'ah, IF!" If worms carried 45's birds wouldn't mess with them.
 
This a prime example of why Iowa fans routinely get mocked by all other college fan bases.
Iowa fans mocking another teams schedule may be the funniest thing I’ve read all day.
Clueless is a great descriptor for message board Iowa fans.

You know what really helps the strength of schedule? Giving all your opponents a W and never having to play the last place team in your division.
 
THIS is more laughable then Wisconsin's schedule.
you do realize that ISU is receiving votes in both polls and bet Oklahoma who was in the top 4 at the time.

read a post about the shedules
2014 Iowa lost to these
Wisconsin
Maryland
Minnesota
Nebraska
ISU

THEN in 2015 these turned into wins
#19 Wisconsin in Madison
Maryland
Minnesota
Nebraska
ISU
#20 NW
Pitt.
doesn't look weak to me.
Wisconsin 2017 schedule
Utah State
FAU
BYU
the BT schedule teams don't control that.
 
I see what you are saying. I think I am still upset with the expanded conference which I have always been against.....and missing 4 of the teams in the conference each year is a product of that.

I would argue a bit that it takes away from the "every game matters" theory. With the playoff not having to take the big ten champ if they don't want to, every game still matters in this scenario......rankings and bowl destinations are what any team not in a playoff scenario is playing for. A shot at a conference title game if you are the best team in your division would be a nice reward.....I think it sucks if it is helped being determined by a schedule quirk.

Hows this for a scenario?

Lets have a conference with 20 schools. We can just call it The Conference. We will have an Eastern Division and Western Division.

East: [we'll call this division the Big Ten]
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan State
Purdue
Indiana
Northwestern
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa

West: [we'll call this division the Pacific-10]
Cal
Washington
Oregon
Oregon State
Washington State
Standford
USC
UCLA
Arizona
Arizona State

We can play The Conference Championship Game each year at the Rose Bowl.

Then you could have The Other Conference with the following divisions.

East: [we'll call this the Atlantic-10]
Clemson
Duke
Maryland
North Carolina
North Carolina State
South Carolina
Virginia
Wake Forest
Georgia Tech
Florida State

West: [we'll call this the Southeastern Ten]
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

The can play The Other Conference Championship Game at the Orange Bowl.

Winners for the championship games can play for the national championship in Indianapolis each year.

Everyone will play a twelve game schedule. Play everyone in your conference and one team from the other three conferences each year on a rotation so everyone plays everyone over a ten year span.

Anyone not of the list is SOL.

;)
 
Hows this for a scenario?

Lets have a conference with 20 schools. We can just call it The Conference. We will have an Eastern Division and Western Division.

East: [we'll call this division the Big Ten]
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan State
Purdue
Indiana
Northwestern
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa

West: [we'll call this division the Pacific-10]
Cal
Washington
Oregon
Oregon State
Washington State
Standford
USC
UCLA
Arizona
Arizona State

We can play The Conference Championship Game each year at the Rose Bowl.

Then you could have The Other Conference with the following divisions.

East: [we'll call this the Atlantic-10]
Clemson
Duke
Maryland
North Carolina
North Carolina State
South Carolina
Virginia
Wake Forest
Georgia Tech
Florida State

West: [we'll call this the Southeastern Ten]
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

The can play The Other Conference Championship Game at the Orange Bowl.

Winners for the championship games can play for the national championship in Indianapolis each year.

Everyone will play a twelve game schedule. Play everyone in your conference and one team from the other three conferences each year on a rotation so everyone plays everyone over a ten year span.

Anyone not of the list is SOL.

;)

So Miami (FL) and all Oklahoma and Texas teams are screwed?

Lol. That will go over real well.
 
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So ... Notre Dame, Penn State, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Texas and A&M are all SOL with no chance to win the National Championship? I think each school had won multiple national championships in the past.

Needs some tweaking IMHO...
 
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The West champion is mostly decided by what team avoids the powers of the East the most.
 
This a prime example of why Iowa fans routinely get mocked by all other college fan bases.
Iowa fans mocking another teams schedule may be the funniest thing I’ve read all day.
Clueless is a great descriptor for message board Iowa fans.
Yes .. Iowa ... and only Iowa ... has clueless fans who post anonymous (and ridiculous) stuff on the world wide web ...:confused:
 
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