Hawkeye Add UNI to '20 Schedule

RobHowe

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UI Release:

IOWA COMPLETES 2020 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE



IOWA CITY, Iowa - - The University of Iowa has added a home date with Northern Iowa to complete its 2020 football schedule. The Hawkeyes and Panthers will open the season Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Kinnick Stadium.



With the addition of Northern Iowa (UNI), Iowa has also announced the movement of the 2020 nonconference game against Northern Illinois (NIU) from Sept. 5 to Sept. 26, also at Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes also host Iowa State on Sept. 12, as part of the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series. Iowa opens Big Ten play at Minnesota on Sept. 19, 2020.



Both Northern Illinois (Sept. 1) and Northern Iowa (Sept. 15) are also on Iowa’s 2018 nonconference schedule. Iowa holds a 16-1 series advantage over Northern Iowa, including a 31-23 decision in 2014 in the most recent meeting. The Hawkeyes lead the series with Northern Illinois 8-1, with NIU winning 30-27 in 2013 when the teams last met.



Iowa’s football schedules through 2020 are now complete. The Hawkeyes will host four Big Ten Conference games in both 2018 and 2020, along with the three nonconference dates. Iowa’s Big Ten Conference schedule, through 2021, was announced in September.



2018

Sept. 1 Northern Illinois

Sept. 8 Iowa State

Sept. 15 Northern Iowa

Sept. 22 Wisconsin

Sept. 29 Open

Oct. 6 at Minnesota

Oct. 13 at Indiana

Oct. 20 Maryland (HC)

Oct. 27 at Penn State

Nov. 3 at Purdue

Nov. 10 Northwestern (FW)

Nov. 17 at Illinois

Nov. 23 Nebraska



2019

Aug. 31 Miami, Ohio

Sept. 7 Rutgers

Sept. 14 at Iowa State

Sept. 21 Open

Sept. 28 Middle Tennessee State

Oct. 5 at Michigan

Oct. 12 Penn State

Oct. 19 Purdue (HC)

Oct. 26 at Northwestern

Nov. 2 Open

Nov. 9 at Wisconsin

Nov. 16 Minnesota (FW)

Nov. 23 Illinois

Nov. 29 at Nebraska



2020

Sept. 5 Northern Iowa

Sept. 12 Iowa State

Sept. 19 at Minnesota

Sept. 26 Northern Illinois

Oct. 3 Michigan State

Oct. 10 at Ohio State

Oct. 17 at Penn State

Oct. 24 Northwestern

Nov. 7 at Illinois

Nov. 14 Nebraska

Nov. 21 at Purdue

Nov. 28 Wisconsin
 
Non-con isn't great and will depend largely on what ISU looks like then. The conference schedule is a bear in '20.
 
Did I miss the memo, I thought Delaney banned B1G schools from scheduling FCS opponents past 2018.
 
I think it's great they rolled it back - 1. The fortune that lower FBS schools started charging to come visit a power 5. Shrink the market, the price goes up. 2. Other conferences do it religiously 3. I'd rather that $$ went to UNI then UAB or Louisiana Laffayette 4. Laugh all you want at UNI - they are a better football program then half of the bottom dweller FBS teams.
 
Clearly this is a political move and it is also part of the overall strategy. Iowa knows that they are rarely a national contender - this scheduling does not matter - and they might as well keep $ in the state and schedule a Win.

1 thing. Let's copy the SEC and have 2nd to last day in season to be Cup Cake Saturday.
 
In 2020, 11 of 14 SEC schools have already scheduled an FCS team. So, I guess none of them have National Title hopes in 2020 either. Simply put, with 9 conference schedule - Power 5 teams don't need to schedule murderer's row OOC's. Iowa is always shaky in September, this makes great sense to me.
 
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RobHowe said:
UI Release:

IOWA COMPLETES 2020 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE



IOWA CITY, Iowa - - The University of Iowa has added a home date with Northern Iowa to complete its 2020 football schedule. The Hawkeyes and Panthers will open the season Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Kinnick Stadium.



With the addition of Northern Iowa (UNI), Iowa has also announced the movement of the 2020 nonconference game against Northern Illinois (NIU) from Sept. 5 to Sept. 26, also at Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes also host Iowa State on Sept. 12, as part of the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series. Iowa opens Big Ten play at Minnesota on Sept. 19, 2020.



Both Northern Illinois (Sept. 1) and Northern Iowa (Sept. 15) are also on Iowa’s 2018 nonconference schedule. Iowa holds a 16-1 series advantage over Northern Iowa, including a 31-23 decision in 2014 in the most recent meeting. The Hawkeyes lead the series with Northern Illinois 8-1, with NIU winning 30-27 in 2013 when the teams last met.



Iowa’s football schedules through 2020 are now complete. The Hawkeyes will host four Big Ten Conference games in both 2018 and 2020, along with the three nonconference dates. Iowa’s Big Ten Conference schedule, through 2021, was announced in September.



2018

Sept. 1 Northern Illinois

Sept. 8 Iowa State

Sept. 15 Northern Iowa

Sept. 22 Wisconsin

Sept. 29 Open

Oct. 6 at Minnesota

Oct. 13 at Indiana

Oct. 20 Maryland (HC)

Oct. 27 at Penn State

Nov. 3 at Purdue

Nov. 10 Northwestern (FW)

Nov. 17 at Illinois

Nov. 23 Nebraska



2019

Aug. 31 Miami, Ohio

Sept. 7 Rutgers

Sept. 14 at Iowa State

Sept. 21 Open

Sept. 28 Middle Tennessee State

Oct. 5 at Michigan

Oct. 12 Penn State

Oct. 19 Purdue (HC)

Oct. 26 at Northwestern

Nov. 2 Open

Nov. 9 at Wisconsin

Nov. 16 Minnesota (FW)

Nov. 23 Illinois

Nov. 29 at Nebraska



2020

Sept. 5 Northern Iowa

Sept. 12 Iowa State

Sept. 19 at Minnesota

Sept. 26 Northern Illinois

Oct. 3 Michigan State

Oct. 10 at Ohio State

Oct. 17 at Penn State

Oct. 24 Northwestern

Nov. 7 at Illinois

Nov. 14 Nebraska

Nov. 21 at Purdue

Nov. 28 Wisconsin
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I don't know if anyone has ever asked or suggested this, but why not try a playing a game...neutral site, say like Arrowhead Stadium or St. Louis, etc.)... against a comparable Power 5 conference team (Texas A & M, Ole Miss, North Carolina State, Miami [NOT Ohio], Louisville, Utah, Colorado - you get the picture)... that would garner both fan interest as well as a non-cupcake or FCS team...and could be a getaway for fans to travel to that can't make it to Iowa City all the time?
 
hawk2th said:
I don't know if anyone has ever asked or suggested this, but why not try a playing a game...neutral site, say like Arrowhead Stadium or St. Louis, etc.)... against a comparable Power 5 conference team (Texas A & M, Ole Miss, North Carolina State, Miami [NOT Ohio], Louisville, Utah, Colorado - you get the picture)... that would garner both fan interest as well as a non-cupcake or FCS team...and could be a getaway for fans to travel to that can't make it to Iowa City all the time?
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Because Iowa is already playing a power 5 school series with a home and away game with ISU. If they add another - that would mean Iowa is essentially play 11 games against P5 schools a year. As soon as everyone else starts doing that, then I think Iowa should too.
 
Nothing new here - but since our "rivalry" game is with a school not in the conference, Iowa is not like a lot of other schools that can schedule a decent Power 5 school each year. In general, those other schools put just one tough Power 5 school on the schedule and a couple of cup cakes; they pick up their rival in a conference game. Playing a couple of cup cakes each year is not an exclusive Iowa thing, by any stretch - most do. Give you one relevant example - Wisconsin. Look at who they've played non-conference over the years. It's hardly hurt their standing in the eyes of many. Iowa is forced to play ISU, which becomes their Power 5 non-conference game - it's just that ISU hasn't been a very good team over the years. Playing two Power 5 teams each year is not that common. Add in that Iowa plays 9 conference games now and it makes it even less likely there will be another Power 5 team added to Iowa's schedule.

People would probably not complain as much if every year instead of ISU, Iowa played a top SEC, Pac 12 or Big 12 school and two easier games.

Two solutions - drop ISU (yeah, right) or hope ISU gets a lot better (No thank you) - lead to the conclusion that nothing different will be done in the foreseeable future as far as scheduling. In fact, I would suspect ISU getting a lot better would be a greater impetus to them being dropped from the schedule.
 
This is Fran.

I never want to hear about the bball non con ever again.

See footballs underwhelming or embarrassing results against WMU Ball St Ark St UNI NIU and to cap off Gary's great coup..schedule your alma mater, give them a big check and then have them humiliate you nationally in Kinnick.

Genius
 
With teams like Penn State and Michigan on the rise and teams like Wisc, OSU, and MSU always good, having a few cupcakes in the non-conference is a good thing. It doesn't matter who you beat...it just matters that you win games. Ask the University of Washington, who thus far has not played a top 50 opponent and is ranked in the top 5.
 
Well here's to continuing to perpetuate a narrative about our weak non-con scheduling. Cheers... How long till Cowherd has that put in front of him to jab Iowa fans with nationally?
 
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