It's similar, but when your annual schedule includes Bama, LSU, Auburn and A&M, it's kind of understandable to start with a borderline expectation of 8-4/9-3 as a "good" season. It ain't like they're losing to Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin with startling regularity.Sounds familiar, doesn't it?!??!
There's a different ceiling for them in that league... No doubt. Ours is ever so fluctuating when it sure as heck shouldn't be but that's on us more than anythingIt's similar, but when your annual schedule includes Bama, LSU, Auburn and A&M, it's kind of understandable to start with a borderline expectation of 8-4/9-3 as a "good" season. It ain't like they're losing to Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin with startling regularity.
With the realignment of the B1G, Iowa should be a 9-3/10-2 program most years. There will always be down years, but a great coach with the resources Iowa has and the schedules they draw ought to routinely go 3-0 non-con and 6-3 in conference play. A losing record in conference play with Iowa's schedule would get every coach in the SEC fired.There's a different ceiling for them in that league... No doubt. Ours is ever so fluctuating when it sure as heck shouldn't be but that's on us more than anything
Yet Auburn is playing Purdue in the bowls and LSU is facing the power House of the aac UCF.It's similar, but when your annual schedule includes Bama, LSU, Auburn and A&M, it's kind of understandable to start with a borderline expectation of 8-4/9-3 as a "good" season. It ain't like they're losing to Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin with startling regularity.
Welp, there goes that argumentYet Auburn is playing Purdue in the bowls and LSU is facing the power House of the aac UCF.
With their 71st sos.
https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/ranking/schedule-strength-by-other
I think I beat this guy up in Jr. High
Wow, you knocked the cover off of that one. You're right, Iowa is a way better program than LSU or Auburn and all 7-5 seasons are created equally.Yet Auburn is playing Purdue in the bowls and LSU is facing the power House of the aac UCF.
With their 71st sos.
https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/ranking/schedule-strength-by-other
Yep. He was a man of Steele. One of my favorite episodes.I swear old Colonel Potter is acting all crazy, almost like he is a totally different person.
I swear old Colonel Potter is acting all crazy, almost like he is a totally different person.
I'm just saying.Wow, you knocked the cover off of that one. You're right, Iowa is a way better program than LSU or Auburn and all 7-5 seasons are created equally.
I don't think Mississippi State will blow Iowa out of the water. I think it will be a matchup of good defenses against crappy offenses. I'm merely pointing out that with divisional alignments, athletic directors and fans have to be aware of the realities of their division when setting expectations. Like, take Maryland as an example. Assuming equal strength of OOC games, they'll probably need a helluva lot better team to finish 10-2 than Wisconsin would need. Same goes for a comparison of Mississippi State and just about anyone. The SEC West and Big Ten East are probably the two best divisions in football and if you ain't one of the powers stuck in those divisions, it's tough sledding. The Big Ten West, where Iowa plays, is among the crappiest divisions in football.I'm just saying.
We had the 34th and miss St had the 5th sos.
We both went 8-4. So you think they are going to blow us out? Beings their 8-4 was so much harder to achieve?