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It's tough because the season's end in similar fashion regardless of whether or not Iowa beats ISU in 2002 or MSU in 2015. Iowa wasn't getting into the BCS Championship Game over undefeated Miami or Ohio State. Iowa would have probably played against USC anyway and the result is what it is. If...

I think Penn State won't be the same caliber team they were the past two seasons because of the severity of what they lose. If it wasn't in Happy Valley, I'd actually expect Iowa to win the game. The Purdue game could be fairly tricky because I think Jeff Brohm is a rising star as a head coach...

I was on GoIowaAwesome and they had a post regarding some of the early season lines in games of interest to Iowa (-7 ISU, +5 Wis, -7 NW, -8 Neb). I didn't see the rest of the schedule, but if those are the early season lines for those games, then Iowa will be favored against everyone except...

For what's it's worth to this discussion, Hunter Johnson was considered a pocket passer by Rivals and 24/7.

I think Ferentz is a good, but not elite coach. After two decades, his strengths and weaknesses are well known within the fan base. The style of play is established. Ferentz's biggest strengths aren't exactly things that people see (player development, technical fundamentals) and some of his...

This is something that people don't quite understand. A perfect example of this would have been a few years back with Blake Bortles in the NFL. The guy throws for over 4,400 yards and 35 TD's which on the surface looks great, but there are a ton of empty calories in those stats.

I think it's an interesting point that you bring up. Saban was at Michigan State for 4 seasons with the breakout season occurring in his last season. Saban also took the program over after it had some minor sanctions imposed on it. Dantonio was 33-19 in his first 4 seasons at Michigan State with...

In regards to being a downfield receiving threat, Fant is probably the best TE prospect in the country. He has excellent straight-line speed for such a big guy and it takes defenses by surprise because it's something they probably can't understand until they see it. Defenders think they should...

I don't want to put words into your mouth, but I only have so much to work with between Barney Stinson swinging his finger around his head and "He'd probably have about the same record as Alabama had the 10 seasons prior to Saban arriving." What I get from your responses is that you believe...

S So it's batshit crazy to think that Ferentz would win 9-10 regular season games annually at a blue blood program when he's winning pretty damn close to 7 wins per year at Iowa? Philisophically, they are pretty close to the same guy. The term "Tresselball" refers to winning games by playing...

I think the Tressel comparison is fair. So would Les Miles at LSU or Lloyd Carr at Michigan. I wouldn't go as far to say that Ferentz would for sure win a national championship at one of those places, but he got Iowa one defensive stop away from the playoff. I'd feel safe saying that he'd have a...

The "Big Brother, Little Brother" term is used when there are more than one power 5 in the state. Examples would be Iowa-Iowa State, Michigan-Michigan State, Oregon-Oregon State, and so on. The best way to arrive to the appropriate answer to this question would be to ask one's self "Are the...

It wasn't one of my proudest moments typing that.

I don't know where the path to playing time is easier at TCU vs. Iowa comes from. Iowa's starting job could be open as early as 2019 and will definitely be open in 2020. As of right now, any future Iowa QB's would be competing with Peyton Mansell and Spencer Petras. At TCU, the projected starter...

Andy Dalton is currently an NFL starter.

Where I think they are right: -This is a no brainer, but the Wisconsin Offense will be really really good and I think they are underselling how good Wisconsin will be at WR. In terms of talent, it's probably as deep of a group as they've had in recent memory with Quintez Cephus, AJ Taylor, and...

My criticism with these benchmarks is that they don't take into account where you're coaching at. The proven achievable ceilings and the proven floors differ from program to program. For instance, there are only a small handful of programs that can actually reach the standards you have set at...

"Measureables" are a part of the equation, but things like win percentage and championships are not the only indicators of a coaches quality. I think most posters here have an appreciation for the work Bill Snyder has done at Kansas State. I certainly would consider him a Hall of Fame College...

When looking at the RB position, replacing Wadley is a daunting task and I don't mean that statistically. Assuming the RB's stay healthy, I think we'll end up with a rusher that gets to 1,000-1,100 yards and catches 25 or so passes. Also, his physical skill set when it comes to speed, quickness...

I think most people are selling the WR unit short here. Last year, we mainly played three WR's (Vandeburg, Easley, Marsette) and a fourth got some limited action (Smith). Three of the those four weren't on campus at the beginning of 2017 and the lone experienced member was coming off of an...