ChosenChildren
Well-Known Member
Some observations at the end of the 2025 regular season for Iowa:
1. The stability of the coaching staff at Iowa continues to pay off. Many recruits are attracted to that stability. It is showing up in Iowa's recruiting. we need to keep Ferentz and Parker at the helm.
2. Comparing Iowa to Nebraska, be careful what you wish for when you are clamoring for a new coaching staff (I, of course, have been guilty of this behavior). Exhibit A has to be Nebraska. In 2014, Nebraska fired Bo Pelini, coming off of a 9-4 season. Since then, 3 coaches (Riley, Frost and now Rhule) have gone 35-62 in the Big Ten. That's a horrific 36% winning percentage. Incredible, really, for a program that ruled college football in the 90s and early 2000s. Iowa, on the other hand, has gone 66-31 during that same time, a sparkling 68% winning percentage. During that time, as you know, Iowa has won 10 of 11 from its hated rival. Pretty amazing, really.
Back in 1999, Ferentz went 4-19 in his first two seasons. Iowa had the wisdom to stick with him. It was a good decision.
1. The stability of the coaching staff at Iowa continues to pay off. Many recruits are attracted to that stability. It is showing up in Iowa's recruiting. we need to keep Ferentz and Parker at the helm.
2. Comparing Iowa to Nebraska, be careful what you wish for when you are clamoring for a new coaching staff (I, of course, have been guilty of this behavior). Exhibit A has to be Nebraska. In 2014, Nebraska fired Bo Pelini, coming off of a 9-4 season. Since then, 3 coaches (Riley, Frost and now Rhule) have gone 35-62 in the Big Ten. That's a horrific 36% winning percentage. Incredible, really, for a program that ruled college football in the 90s and early 2000s. Iowa, on the other hand, has gone 66-31 during that same time, a sparkling 68% winning percentage. During that time, as you know, Iowa has won 10 of 11 from its hated rival. Pretty amazing, really.
Back in 1999, Ferentz went 4-19 in his first two seasons. Iowa had the wisdom to stick with him. It was a good decision.
