Hawkeyes Add Middle TN State to '19 Schedule

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IOWA ADDS MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE TO 2019 SLATE


IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa has added Middle Tennessee State to the home football slate for the 2019 season, giving the Hawkeyes a full schedule of games for the next three seasons. The announcement was made Tuesday by UI Deputy Athletics Director Gene Taylor.


Middle Tennessee State will visit Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 28, 2019. The Hawkeyes open the season at home against Miami, Ohio and Big Ten foe Rutgers. Iowa travels to Iowa State and has an open weekend before closing the nonconference schedule against the Blue Raiders.


Middle Tennessee State posted an 8-5 record in 2016, earning a spot in the Hawaii Bowl, where it dropped a 52-35 contest to the host school. Middle Tennessee State averaged 39.7 points per game. MTSU scored 51 points in a win at Missouri.


Coach Rick Stockstill has been at Middle Tennessee State for 11 seasons, posting a 72-65 record. Stockstill has led the Blue Raiders to six bowl games and MTSU has been bowl eligible eight of the past 11 seasons.


Iowa’s nonconference slate in 2017 includes Wyoming and North Texas at home, and a road game at Iowa State. In 2018, the Hawkeyes host Northern Illinois, Iowa State, and Northern Iowa to open the season.

IOWA IN THE BLACK AT OUTBACK BOWL


IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa athletics department announced today a surplus of $6,025 from its participation in the 2017 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida. The Iowa football program earned its fourth straight invitation to a January postseason contest.


“While we would have liked to have a different outcome of the Outback Bowl game, it is rewarding to see that all parties involved traveled with the overall budget in mind,” said Gary Barta, the UI’s director of athletics. “It is always a challenging and expensive undertaking to move such a large number of people for a bowl event. To be able to provide a great experience for our student-athletes, marching band and staff, and to come in under budget, speaks well of the dedication of our staff in being mindful of the budget we were working with.”


The UI athletics department was provided a share of $2,050,000 from the Big Ten Conference to cover expenses for the athletics department team and staff, the Hawkeye Marching Band, and the institutional official party.


Expenses for the team and staff included $1,533,036, with the primary expenses including lodging and meals per diem ($575,060), air transportation ($570,414), and ground transportation ($106,266). The UI Marching Band expenses of $449,692 included $241,319 for air transportation and $124,957 for lodging and meals. The official UI travel party expenses totaled $61,247.



IOWA RANKS 20th IN HOME FOOTBALL ATTENDANCE


IOWA CITY, Iowa – With an increase of over 6,000 fans per home game, the University of Iowa football program ranked 20th in the nation in home attendance during the 2016 season, averaging 69,656 fans per contest. In addition, the Hawkeyes ranked eighth-best nationally in increased average attendance over the 2015 season. The official attendance figures were released by the NCAA on Monday.


Iowa football sold out four games (70,585) among its seven home events last season. The Hawkeyes hosted two night games, and both featured capacity crowds as Iowa defeated Iowa State (42-3) and second-ranked Michigan (14-13).


The increase of 6,514 fans per home game over the 2015 average, while ranking eighth-best nationally, led the Big Ten Conference. The Hawkeye football program ranked 24th nationally in total attendance for all 13 games played (62,880 average).

“We are proud to rank among the top programs in the nation in home football attendance, but it certainly isn’t something we take for granted,” said Gary Barta, the UI’s director of athletics. “Coach Kirk Ferentz and his staff have maintained a level of excellence in the product on the field of play. We will continue to make home events in Kinnick Stadium enjoyable and exciting, while providing a fun, family atmosphere.”



The Big Ten Conference ranked second nationally in overall attendance (66,151), drawing over 6.4 million fans as seven conference programs ranked among the top 20 in home attendance.
 
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For a second there, I was pretty damn excited for our non-con basketball schedule to add Middle Tennessee State as they've been pretty formidable lately and would have added a nice challenge to the schedule.

Then I realized it was for football. Are you kidding me? So Wisky schedules LSU, Nebby schedules Oregon, Ohio State schedules Oklahoma, Northwestern schedules Notre Dame, and our response is to schedule MTSU? That's freaking pathetic....
 
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This will help us prepare for the annual bowl game blowout...

And, more importantly, pad KF's record as a winning coach...

And create talking points of positive buzzz....about a win...or not...
 
The reason this keeps happening now is ISU... All those other schools the likes of Cowherd compares us to such as Wisky, MSU, etc don't have an ISU that they are married to for home and homes. They have us handcuffed to what we can do just about. I wish we'd just drop ISU... Playing them does nothing for me anymore. Losing to them sucks and beating them means next to nothing. It's the most one sided thing ever that Iowa gets nothing out of. I say drop them for 5 or 6 yrs and see how it goes. I bet we'll never miss them...
 
You have to schedule at least two cupcakes during the non-con season to get at least 6 wins. It's the college football landscape and it's not going to change anytime soon.
 
two cupcakes for everyone else
three cupcakes for us
cats get fat on extra cupcakes
 
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Its all due to the home-and-home agreement with Iowa State, combined with the mandatory 9 big ten games. Iowa needs their 7 home games per year so they have to pay cupcakes to come into Iowa City and get beat on (not including NDSU).

Either blame Iowa state for constantly being a terrible football team, or blame Iowa for continuing to schedule them.
 
I saw some guys over on Black + Cardinal Divide's Facebook page arguing about this. I agree that it's a pretty weak add and I would really like to see some stiffer competition in the early parts of the season. Don't get me wrong, I like the easy win but a serious with the likes of Oklahoma, Kansas State or someone like that would peak my interest quite a bit more.
 
I just find it bizzarre that some Iowa fans would prefer to drop Iowa state every year but continue to play 2 lower level teams every year like North Texas or Middle Tenn.

Iowa State is not the problem. 2 cupcakes a year is the problem. There should never be more than 1 cupcake per year on the schedule. This is embarrassing.
 
This is what we know. In order for Iowa to get in the playoff, we almost all the time have to go undefeated. Do they care much whether we play tough non-con or not if we go undefeated? Not so much. We go undefeated and win Big Ten title we are in no matter who we played in Non-con as long as no UNI, etc. Can we get in if we lose 1 game? Maybe. Has to be against a "name" opponent in the Big Ten and not have our asses handed to us in the loss, but MUST win the Big Ten title game. Iowa will NEVER get into the field of 4 without winning the Big Ten title game. That is how we end up with MTSU on our non-con schedule. And North Texas and Wyoming and Miami of Ohio. It is all prep for Big Ten and we have to almost always run the table if we want a shot of getting into field of 4. A loss maybe to Michigan on the road and a Big Ten title game win might get Iowa in, but anything short of that we are OUT. Once they change to a field of 8 or field of 16, then we can lose 1 or 2 and still have a reasonable shot of getting in. That is why it is what it is and because "iowa is a developmental program". We don't have 4 stars on the bench if a 5 star goes down with injury.
 
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