thejumper5
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We move up to 7th. Still behind TCU, Cinci, Boise State, but we gain significant ground on all three and gain a little bit of ground on Texas and Alabama. Also, we got 2 #1 votes this week.
11/1 Harris Poll
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jameskalina
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Last night ESPN projected Iowa to be 5th in today's BSC standings.
Based on the recently released polls I think Iowa remains at no. 4 in spite of some losses by teams Iowa had beaten.
Based on the recently released polls I think Iowa remains at no. 4 in spite of some losses by teams Iowa had beaten.
thejumper5
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I can't see Cincinnati, Boise State, or TCU jumping us in the BCS unless we lose at some point.
I do believe ESPN is trying to beat down the Hawkeyes for the way they win week to week. They want style points, and they don't want someone to come from no where to get to the BCS title game. They want to keep Iowa in the Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi, not the Citi BCS Championship Game.
Saginawbay
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Would have to agree with the Harris poll and USA Today poll Iowa will remain at 4 in the BCS. For some reason the media feels if you dominate early in a game and then play even or lose ground you dominate, but Iowa dominated 35-3 2nd half and still covered point spread so #4 is safe lets get ready for NU.
HawkeyeShane
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ESPN's not even trying to hide their dislike for the Big10 anymore...if Iowa were any other undefeated, major BCS conference team that isn't one of that conference's usual suspects (Michigan, Ohio State or Penn State in the Big10) they'd be falling all over themselves to tell the cinderella story of that team...this is just endless bashing except from Mark May, who refuses to play that game...that being said, screw it! Enjoy this season no matter what "they" say...this team deserves a tidal wave of positive fans pouring over them!
Hawkfromnorwalk
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It's too bad the rest of the Big 10 had to kill the conference nationally. Remember 2002-2006? The national media loved us those years. Even in 05 and 06 they were really amped up about Iowa early in the season. Unfortunately we didn't live up to expectations those years, but still, we were loved nationally. Now, because OSU and some of the other teams couldn't carry the torch for the conference, we're getting penalized for it.
Number 4 is as high as we will ever get, as long as the other 3 remain undefeated. Maybe the SEC title game loser causes us to jump to 3. We shall see. As i said before just win out and see where we land. Maybe something big will happen If Iowa can beat OSU. But as long as the human voters don't believe in Iowa, we are never going to get higher.
silvanthalas
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FWIW, my own number crunching with the computer estimates:
Florida, .9918
Alabama, .9333
Texas, .9227
Iowa, .8407
TCU, .8041
Cincinnati, .7867
Boise St, .7763
Florida, .9918
Alabama, .9333
Texas, .9227
Iowa, .8407
TCU, .8041
Cincinnati, .7867
Boise St, .7763
HawkAffliction
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Style points...this is the most exciting football in the country...people are watching Iowa just to see what they'll do next...I think it's frickin awesome...I see SEC fans everday down here in Dixie and everyone of them that knows me always get some hawk talk going...it's good for football...deep down everybody except for the Gators are sick of hearing about Tim....I hope this thing gets all mixed up.....it would serve these we walk on water Big 10 haters right...go Hawks!
clicheusername3
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I agree with you on this...yet exciting to espn only happens in the SEC...This morning Kincade said on the radio that every team in the SEC makes big ten looks slow and had quite few lines of hate for the B10...he obviously forgot about who the hawks have beat in bowl games lately
