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It's all about money, the playoff with 4 teams was getting it right and crowning the best team. Honestly they should just have the winner of the Big Ten play the winner of the SEC championship games and be done with it. A team having to potentially play 16 games in order to win the NC is crazy.

Pac12 is going to be a joke of a conference. They really need to drop the Pac12 from the Power 5.

Don't worry they will keep expanding it, it's just a matter of time. It won't be long and it will look like the FCS playoff bracket. I'd rather they go back to a 4 team playoff as I think it worked, but that will never happen. Looking through the recent seasons the only one that looked like...

He might have been, Rhule has a lot of connections to the east coast and had played for Paterno. The best coaching job Rhule has ever accomplished was leading Temple to two 10 win seasons that included a win over Penn State.

Back in the day Fry was all about getting Iowa to bowl games. Now the question becomes how often will Iowa be a playoff team? I think that's going to be the new bar going forward.

The problem is the fan base, they still think of themselves as a blue chip program when that is long gone. They need to accept who they are and stop firing their head coaches. It all started when they fired Solich then when they got lucky with Pelini after the Callahan fiasco but then they...

So did the OP ever go start his own blog/forum?

I have to admit if that hit would have been on an Iowa player I would have been looking for a targeting call as well but I can see both sides of the argument. I've read many non Iowa/Nebraska fans go back and forth on it. Had the ball carrier not lowered his helmet at the point of impact no...

Probably but he's the big name that will make the donors happy and the money will roll in.

Absolutely, at the end of the day I'll be "dialed in" as well once the game starts. Just offering opinions on who I'd prefer to face, that Vandy team looks legit and I hope they get into the playoffs. I think Iowa would have had a tough time slowing down Pavia. I think we are set up for a...

Looks like Notre Dame, screw them. They need to pick a conference already and Pitt will be dropping out of the top 25.

With as easy it is for players to switch schools via the portal it really makes no difference if Ole Miss let's him coach through the playoffs or not. If the players are going to follow him to LSU they will regardless if they let him coach or not. IMO, it should be up to the players.

Vandy beat Tennessee so it might be between Vandy and Texas for a playoff spot with the Citrus Bowl being the consolation prize. I think Tennessee goes to Tampa.

If you are saying Vandy because you think Iowa has a better shot against them I'd disagree. Vandy is going to be thrilled to be there and will likely outnumber us 2:1 in the stadium and it's not likely many of their players will skip the game. This happened to us last year in Nashville, the...

I'd be shocked if it wasn't the Reliaquest Bowl. There could be a scenario where Iowa winds up back in the Citrus Bowl if Michigan were to pull off an upset against Ohio State sending 4 Big Ten teams into the playoffs. Probably will face the loser of Tennessee vs Vandy.

Sweet victory! Always feels good to beat Nebby and my fingers are crossed this win clinched Iowa the ReliaQuest Bowl. I really want to go to Tampa.

I think it's funny. If the Big Ten could do it all over again would Nebby even get into the Big Ten now? They only got in because of the prestige of their football program and now that's gone.

I don't know about passing the eye test. Tonight I had flashbacks to the Lickliter years watching this offense pass the ball around even with wide open shots available. Granted this is a more talented team than anything Lick every had but I about fell asleep tonight.

Staple in my household as well.

Yeah these holiday tournaments are getting weird. If Iowa wins tonight then they win Group 2 and there are no other games. Bring back the old Amana Hawkeye Classic!