JonDMiller
Publisher/Founder
So just what does Iowa’s win against Michigan State mean? Here are a few of my thoughts before I drift off into blissful sleep....errr....watch the last drive again.
RECRUITING: Good for the future, but also good for this year. Decommits are becoming more and more commonplace, because more and more kids are committing at an early date. A season like this makes you feel pretty good about the kids you have in the live well staying in the live well. It’s also a real good thing for the juniors who will be seniors for the Class of 2011.
ONE MORE VENUE: Kirk Ferentz now has wins in 10 of the 11 Big Ten stadiums. The lone piece missing on his resume? Ohio State
BCS: Last week, the average computer composite rankings had Michigan State 49th and Louisville 89th. Why does that matter? Cincinnati beat Louisville today, and the Bearcats were .0001 points ahead of Iowa in last week’s BCS poll. Unless the human pollsters downgrade Iowa for ‘winning ugly’ again, they will at least move to 5th in this week’s BCS poll. I am sure they won’t affect USC for their six point home win against Oregon State, because hey, they scored 42 points, right?
TWO WINS FROM PASADENA: I really believe that if Iowa beats Indiana and Northwestern at home these next two weeks, they will have an ‘at worst’ finish of 7-1 in the Big Ten. There is no way, no shot, that Minnesota beats Iowa on November 21st with a Rose Bowl bid on the line, or perhaps even more than that on the line. Get past Indiana and Northwestern, and the game at Ohio State becomes important for the national title picture (I can’t believe I am typing that), but if Iowa were to lose that one and beat Minnesota, they go to the Rose Bowl...yeah, I know that if Ohio State wins out right now, they would have the Rose Bowl tiebreaker over Iowa. But they are not going to win their final three games which are: @PSU, Iowa & @MSU. I think Ohio State beats them the week before the Hawks visit Columbus, and the Buckeye players will know the best they can play for is the Cap One. What is Orlando when you have been in the BCS for so many years in a row? A let down. Also, ‘Two Wins from Pasadena’ would be a sweet Wilco song.
RECRUITING: Good for the future, but also good for this year. Decommits are becoming more and more commonplace, because more and more kids are committing at an early date. A season like this makes you feel pretty good about the kids you have in the live well staying in the live well. It’s also a real good thing for the juniors who will be seniors for the Class of 2011.
ONE MORE VENUE: Kirk Ferentz now has wins in 10 of the 11 Big Ten stadiums. The lone piece missing on his resume? Ohio State
BCS: Last week, the average computer composite rankings had Michigan State 49th and Louisville 89th. Why does that matter? Cincinnati beat Louisville today, and the Bearcats were .0001 points ahead of Iowa in last week’s BCS poll. Unless the human pollsters downgrade Iowa for ‘winning ugly’ again, they will at least move to 5th in this week’s BCS poll. I am sure they won’t affect USC for their six point home win against Oregon State, because hey, they scored 42 points, right?
TWO WINS FROM PASADENA: I really believe that if Iowa beats Indiana and Northwestern at home these next two weeks, they will have an ‘at worst’ finish of 7-1 in the Big Ten. There is no way, no shot, that Minnesota beats Iowa on November 21st with a Rose Bowl bid on the line, or perhaps even more than that on the line. Get past Indiana and Northwestern, and the game at Ohio State becomes important for the national title picture (I can’t believe I am typing that), but if Iowa were to lose that one and beat Minnesota, they go to the Rose Bowl...yeah, I know that if Ohio State wins out right now, they would have the Rose Bowl tiebreaker over Iowa. But they are not going to win their final three games which are: @PSU, Iowa & @MSU. I think Ohio State beats them the week before the Hawks visit Columbus, and the Buckeye players will know the best they can play for is the Cap One. What is Orlando when you have been in the BCS for so many years in a row? A let down. Also, ‘Two Wins from Pasadena’ would be a sweet Wilco song.
