sportstalent
Well-Known Member
With Iowa getting recruiting on track beginning with next season's freshman, is it time for Iowa to start getting better teams on their schedule?
They can keep some of the patsies that are there like Brown and North Carolina A&Tm and a couple others, but it is time to up the strength of schedule.
When it comes down to it, I could care less how many home games are the result of it because they should be able to get some home-home games with teams. Get some teams that are middle of the pack, or lower in the power six conferences. Some teams that come to mind are: Cal, Stanford, Washington, Oklahoma State, Depaul, Providence, Seton Hall, Virginia, NC State, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida State, Wake Forest, Georgia and others.
Iowa is a fledgling program under Fran and needs to get exposure in the areas that they are trying to recruit the hardest.
If the 2012 class is as good as billed, it will not hurt to take some lumps prior to the conference schedule.
Also, what is it going to hurt anything if Iowa can't beat the schedule they are playing now? Playing all these games in the state of Iowa is doing exactly what for them...they don't get on TV. Play in a preseason tournament and get better teams to play, it will only help in the long run.
They can keep some of the patsies that are there like Brown and North Carolina A&Tm and a couple others, but it is time to up the strength of schedule.
When it comes down to it, I could care less how many home games are the result of it because they should be able to get some home-home games with teams. Get some teams that are middle of the pack, or lower in the power six conferences. Some teams that come to mind are: Cal, Stanford, Washington, Oklahoma State, Depaul, Providence, Seton Hall, Virginia, NC State, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida State, Wake Forest, Georgia and others.
Iowa is a fledgling program under Fran and needs to get exposure in the areas that they are trying to recruit the hardest.
If the 2012 class is as good as billed, it will not hurt to take some lumps prior to the conference schedule.
Also, what is it going to hurt anything if Iowa can't beat the schedule they are playing now? Playing all these games in the state of Iowa is doing exactly what for them...they don't get on TV. Play in a preseason tournament and get better teams to play, it will only help in the long run.