ESPN radio say Hawks "very easy schedule."

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Today (Saturday) at 1:10 PM, I was listening to ESPN radio, 1600 AM, and the two guys doing the radio show were talking about easiest schedules in college football this season. I did not catch their names, anyone know?

But they said the Top 3 easiest schedules in America this fall are

#1 TCU
#2 Boise St
#3 Iowa Hawkeyes

Huh? Their argument was that Iowa plays their toughest games at home, with the exception of Arizona. Wtf? Top 3? Easiest schedule? Huh?

It just floored me. Anybody know who these guys were? I could not stay and listen. But they deserve an email.
 




imported_PawkHawk1 said:
Today (Saturday) at 1:10 PM, I was listening to ESPN radio, 1600 AM, and the two guys doing the radio show were talking about easiest schedules in college football this season. I did not catch their names, anyone know?

But they said the Top 3 easiest schedules in America this fall are

#1 TCU
#2 Boise St
#3 Iowa Hawkeyes

Huh? Their argument was that Iowa plays their toughest games at home, with the exception of Arizona. Wtf? Top 3? Easiest schedule? Huh?

It just floored me. Anybody know who these guys were? I could not stay and listen. But they deserve an email.
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Most favorable? Perhaps. Easiest? Not a chance. Getting all your toughest opponents (sans Arizona) at home is favorable. But when you face two top 10 teams at home, those games aren't easy.
 


On ESPN TV this morning, I believe it was Brad Edwards who did this segment and it was the easiest schedules among teams ranked in the Top 10. There was also a segment with the 3 teams in the Top 10 with the hardest schedules and I believe Alabama had the toughest, OSU was one of the 3, and I can't remember the 3rd team (getting old).
 


I believe it dealt with the easiest three schedules of those schools that are national title contenders (I think their cutoff was the current top 10). I heard the three toughest schedules and they were florida, tOSU, and Alabama


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Easy schedule? Because Iowa is hosting tOSU, Wisc, PSU, and has road games against NW and AZ? Boise State is only playing 2 top 20 teams this year. Az, MSU, NW, are all quality opponents. They may not be ranked now, but by October those three probably will be.
Saying Iowa has a easy schedule this year is a over simplification by someone who doesn't know anything about the Big 10.
The lower end teams in this conference don't have any respect for their betters. tOSU-Purdue 2009... Every year in the B10 theres a contender that gets knocked down by a team they should beat.
 
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Once again we prove that they will let anyone talk on the radio. Besides Mike and Mike the rest of them suck!
 


I was listening to Fox Sports radio over the noon hour and they were picking the top 3 in each conference. All three picked tOSU 1st, Wiscy 2nd, and then Iowa...
 


Hawkfromnorwalk said:
I was listening to Fox Sports radio over the noon hour and they were picking the top 3 in each conference. All three picked tOSU 1st, Wiscy 2nd, and then Iowa...
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I think lot of peps are pickin Wisconsin because most of their offense(10) is back, including John Clay.
 




There is no doubt that Iowa has the easiest schedule of any team ranked in the Top10, from the Big10...located in Iowa...and wearing black and gold...with ANF stickers on their helmets...and boasting the 1939 Heisman Trophy winner.
 




fufred said:
Iowa's OOC schedule is pretty weak, compared to the other top 10 teams it pales in comparison.
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I will agree with Fufred on this one. Our OOC schedule sucks ***. I would rather get three non BCS schools and 1 good-power school than 1 decent bcs, 1 sucky bcs, and 2 cupcakes.
 






We did catch a break with schedule this year though. We have all big games at home, but Arizona with the bigger games spaced out.
 




I can't say I like being compared to "easy schedules" in the same sentence with TCU and especially Boise State. But since it is a comparison of top 10 teams I will say this---- Iowa in the top 10 + "easy" schedule are two phrases I can get used to!! Hope I can hear this every year as that would mean we are head and shoulders above our big ten foes!
 


fufred said:
Iowa's OOC schedule is pretty weak, compared to the other top 10 teams it pales in comparison.
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Bama plays San Jose, Duke, GA St and a very average PSU team at home and Iowa "pales in comparison" to that - WTF?

Also keep in mind when it comes to conference games OSU plays two additional bottom feeders teams in the Big Ten (Purdue and Illinois) that Iowa doesn't. BTW did you know Eastern Michigan went 0-12 last year?
 




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