I don't think you can read into it too much. If I've learned anything about Ferentz over the years its that he's is going to do whatever it is he's going to do for his own reasons whether it makes any sense to anyone else or not. In this case he maybe holding off making the announcment because...
If this is the way it goes for to$u then I think that you would have to consider this the green light from the NCAA to break the rules. IF all you care about is winning then there would be no reason not to.
OU was supposed to be playing for the NC (or at least that's what many people thought) + Norm's last game + Iowa's track record for bowl preparation = Hawks win!
IA 24
OU 17
Exactly. To my mind this seems to smack of a little corruption within the NCAA itself. Handing out this information to a potential coach before he is even hired so that he and to$u can put themselves in the best possible position......hmmm.
You guys are looking at this all wrong I'd love to go to NWs bowl game so I could rub it in their faces when they lose AGAIN. You could start chanting 49! 49! 49! and then push a nerd to the ground.
The PSU bowl game? Well yeah, that's just sad.
I was walking down the sidewalk today and there was a guy a squatting there talking a dump right there. I just glanced at him briefly but in that moment our eyes locked and then he suddenly shouted "WTF ARE YOU LOOKING AT!!" .... and I was like wtf?