On occasion, Iowa has a season of brilliance, leaving the faithfull hungry for more, and lamenting when it doesn't happen. I wanted to see how this compared to the rest of the NCAA during the span of the "modern" era of Hawkeye football 1979-2014. After researching the win-loss records of the NCAA during that time:
1979-2009 Iowa ranked 27th in win %, 5th in the Big
1979-2014 Iowa ranked 30th in win %, 5th in the Big
so, despite the last 5 years of mediocrity, our position in the big picture is pretty consistant.
Perspective-It appears that the long term Iowa product is only capable of a top 25 percentile result.
Not elite, not bad, just good enough to frustrate the hell out of us.
1979-2009 Iowa ranked 27th in win %, 5th in the Big
1979-2014 Iowa ranked 30th in win %, 5th in the Big
so, despite the last 5 years of mediocrity, our position in the big picture is pretty consistant.
Perspective-It appears that the long term Iowa product is only capable of a top 25 percentile result.
Not elite, not bad, just good enough to frustrate the hell out of us.