Jeff Brohm

IF Iowa had gone 12-1 this year, they would have been in the playoffs, no doubt in my mind. And the BT West is considered weak this year. The truth is somewhere in the middle, no absolutes. Win 'em all, you're in. Lose one, and you might still be in. As long as the loss isn't in the BTC game. Both are true for Iowa ('15 and '18).
 




IF Iowa had gone 12-1 this year, they would have been in the playoffs, no doubt in my mind.

There should be at least some doubt.

Right now there are, by my count, at least 7 other teams that might match that:

Bama / UGA
Clemson
ND
Mich / OSU
OU / WVU
WAZU
UCF
 


I know you're not suggesting that Louisville would hire a "morally questionable" coach...
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I have no idea what you're talking about. She just needed a lift home.

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I have no idea what you're talking about. We just liked the same restaurant.
 


I must be missing something; how is Louisville a better coaching gig than Purdue? Lower academic standards, less stringent recruiting guidelines, more money, all the above?
 


I know you're not suggesting that Louisville would hire a "morally questionable" coach...

They made one mistake in the past with that slimy assistant basketball coach. He just needs to come clean and tell the investigators what he knows, namely that he took that $37k a year salary, invested the whole thing in Bitcoin, made $9 million and was using that, without any direction or guidance from Coach Pitino, to pay for improper benefits for recruits.
 


There should be at least some doubt.

Right now there are, by my count, at least 7 other teams that might match that:

Bama / UGA
Clemson
ND
Mich / OSU
OU / WVU
WAZU
UCF
IF Iowa had beaten OSU or Michigan in the title game, that was part of my unstated premise, then I think they would have been a shoe-in.
 


Not sure what ball games you've been watching, but after watching him outcoach the Ferentz Family Brain Trust the past two seasons, this is excellent news for the Big Ten. That #4 kid that they have playing the slot is a mark of a program that has probably resorted to "morally questionable" recruiting tactics and if Brohm had stayed there for 5 years, they could have gotten scary good.


#4 you mentioned played at Trinity High School in Louisville. The same high school Brohm played for and his whole family attended for more than one generation.
 


I must be missing something; how is Louisville a better coaching gig than Purdue? Lower academic standards, less stringent recruiting guidelines, more money, all the above?
He's from there and wants to go back. Once you cross that Kentucky border, you're in the South so you can get away with a little more in terms of recruiting.

I think it's also easier to sell Louisville than Purdue. The girls at Purdue are kind of "meh." It's kind of a nerdy engineering school.
 


[QUOTE="RobHowe, post: 1772645, member: 41027"]Moore went to Purdue because of Brohm, his brother and their family's name in Louisville. If you're going to spew this nonsense, at least do some research, BUD.

And I guess we should want bad coaches at all the other Big Ten West schools. Excellent logic, BUD.

You are one smart cookie.[/QUOTE]


This is exactly correct.
 


#4 you mentioned played at Trinity High School in Louisville. The same high school Brohm played for and his whole family attended for more than one generation.
Yeah, look I get it. They have a cover story. Good for them. I'm just saying I don't buy it. This guy had Bama interest, OSU offer, a bunch of other interest. He was an Army All-American. They do have a better cover story than when Hugh Freeze got Treadwell out of Illinois.
 


I must be missing something; how is Louisville a better coaching gig than Purdue? Lower academic standards, less stringent recruiting guidelines, more money, all the above?


The lure of the alma mater. I am with you though, why not wait a year or 2 for the OSU or the LSU job. Even the USC gig likely to come open this year would be better than Louisville.
 


No need to capitalize, BUD, pal.

Anyway, yes, yes we should want bad coaches in the Big Ten West. Not sure if you know this, but college football is a zero sum game. For every win, there is a loss. No one nationally says "welp, Iowa finished 8-4 but they are as good as a 12-0 team because they lost 4 close ones to good coaches in the rough and rugged Big Ten West."

Iowa went 11-0 in the regular season in 2015 and still had a difficult time garnering national respect. I think you're trying to just poke at Rob to get him going.
 




The Big Ten West simply needs to be better and raise its profile not be in competition with the ACC Coastal for worst P5 division. We don't know that Wisconsin will rebound next year or if Nebraska will ascend. Who knows what happens at Illinois or Minnesota? Losing good coaches like Brohm is not good for the league or the division.

I think we just disagree on what makes up a strong division. I think a strong division has at least 2 and possibly 3 high end teams, the rest really doesn't matter I don't think. The problem for the West is they don't even have that 1 top end team this year (like Wisconsin last year).
 




The Big Ten West simply needs to be better and raise its profile not be in competition with the ACC Coastal for worst P5 division. We don't know that Wisconsin will rebound next year or if Nebraska will ascend. Who knows what happens at Illinois or Minnesota? Losing good coaches like Brohm is not good for the league or the division.


I agree with this. I'm sick of every year the national media and opposing fans bagging on the BIG west. It's kind of embarrassing having Iowa in that mix. I enjoy good games every week. It's better for the conference.

Iowa State rising up now is better for the state of Iowa. Same kind of situation.
 




Iowa went 11-0 in the regular season in 2015 and still had a difficult time garnering national respect. I think you're trying to just poke at Rob to get him going.

Iowa was actually 12-0 that year. Iowa was 9-0 in 2009 and got no national respect despite playing Michigan and a good Arizona team with Nick Foles at QB. I recall Ferentz making a comment about the computers having Iowa at #1 because the computers hadn't seen Iowa play or something. It doesn't matter who Iowa plays. Until you have sustained success like Dabo has done at Clemson, you are considered a joke until proven otherwise. Iowa proved they were a joke that year and the time bince then has reinforced it save for 60 glorious minutes against Michigan in 2016 and 60 glorious minutes against OSU in 2017.
 


Iowa was 9-0 in 2009 and got no national respect despite playing Michigan and a good Arizona team with Nick Foles at QB

Come on! You're making shit up now. No respect? They were #4!!

And they got to 9-0 thru miracles!

If you need 2 blocked game-winners to beat UNI, how much respect do you deserve?

Oh, and that "good" Arizona team went 8-5. They ended up unranked after getting blown out in their bowl by Pelini's Huskers. Michigan? Lost 7 of their last 8 to go 5-7. Not exactly signature wins.
 




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