A ? I heard a lot: Is Iowa a national power?

[SDK46]

I'll let my data do the talking.....

If you go back to '79 when Fry started, we've averaged 7.226 wins a season (224 wins in 31 seasons)

I did a little Excel chart and the trend line is flat.....almost perfectly horizontal. (Wish I could learn how to cut/paste it to here....)

Combing these two data viewpoints my take is as follows:

1.) When Iowa does win more than just 7 games, we're above our last 31-year average.
2.) IMO, the average wins per year needs to be 9 or above to be considered a national power.
3,) We need to rise above just "respect" in order to be considered a national power. And you do that by winning the NC or at least the Big-10 a few years in a row.
4.) We cycle and when we do, we cycle to 6 wins, or less. National powers cycle but they go from say 11 wins to 9 or 8.

We have respect. We aren't taken lightly. We have a product we can be proud of. But we're by no means a national power nor are we really knocking on the door.

 

[jameskalina]

Is it fair to say Iowa is a national power in the 21st Century?

 

[SDK46]

Is it fair to say Iowa is a national power in the 21st Century?

Fair question.

Year and Wins

00 3
01 7
02 11
03 10
04 10
05 7
06 6
07 6
08 9
09 11

80 wins in ten seasons. 8 a year, 10.7% above the benchmark 31 year average of 7.225. Decent, but not in my book...not yet.

 

[briankaldenberg]

No - Iowa is not a national power. Nation Powers win national championships. I would say Iowa is upper-middle class.

 

[jameskalina]

Not to belabor the question, but many believe the 21st Century actually began in 2001 (2000 being the 100th year of the 20th Century).

For the sake of discussion what if we use 2001 as the beginning of the 21st Century?

 

[SDK46]

Not to belabor the question, but many believe the 21st Century actually began in 2001 (2000 being the 100th year of the 20th Century).

For the sake of discussion what if we use 2001 as the beginning of the 21st Century?

Good catch....make that then 77 wins in 9 years = 8.5 wins per year.
Getting there for sure. Clive neighborhood, but not quite the Hamptons.

 

[HawkeyeShane]

Ok, but what if we're only talking in 5 year spans...and those years are '02, '03, '04, '08 and '09?

 

[Tony]

not a national power...but we're sure good for a kick in the national powers' junk every now and then....I'm happy with that

 

[InNormwetrust]

No - Iowa is not a national power. Nation Powers win national championships. I would say Iowa is upper-middle class.

So does that mean we get tax breaks?

 

[briankaldenberg]

So does that mean we get tax breaks?

Tax breaks? Obama? lol.

 

[AEGHawkeye]

No we are not a national power. Our defense is always at that level but our Offense has kept us from the top rung during Kirk Ferent'z tenure(excluding '02). Put our mid-80's offenses with our current Defenses and we could repeat what Nebraska did in the 90's easily IMO.