Next few years of conference schedules released

[oldhawk12]

Iowa has had exactly ONE outright Big Ten title since 1958 (that's 65 years) so I hardly think that is a measurable for anything. Starting in 2015, Iowa HAS achieved the following:

1. 75-31 Record (71% winning percentage)
2. 2 West Titles (seven team division) and several runner-up finishes
3. Rose Bowl and final top 10 ranking in 2015; 12-0 regular season
4. Top 25 finishes: 5
5. 4-3 Bowl record including wins against ranked Missisippi State and USC
6. 4 Victories against teams ranked in the top 10 in 2016 (#2 MIch); 2017 (#5 Ohio State); 2019 (Minnesota, then 9-0); and 2021 (#3 Penn State).

Please name me a stretch of Iowa football over nine years that has been as good?

The only one I can come up with is 1981 through 1989 with Hayden:

1. 73-33-4 Record (68% winning percentage)
2. One outright Big Ten title and one shared in a ten team league
3. 2 Rose Bowls
4. Top 25 finishes: 6
5. 4-4 Bowl Record
6. 5 Victories against top 10 teams: 1981 (Nebraska, UCLA and Michigan); 1983 ( #3 Ohio St); 1985 (#2 Michigan);

I can argue that you are in the midst of the greatest extended run in Iowa football history.

1. Irrelevant due to soft schedule that’s been pointed out a million times
2. Winning the west isn’t winning a b10 title
3. Rose bowl when one or more other b10 teams went to better bowls so you can’t compare eras simply saying it. Also, the RB against stanford, iowa clearly was enormously overrated as we got our ass handed to us
4. I didn’t ask t25. I asked top 10.
5. .500 bowl record by winning minor bowls
6. None of the wins you are pointing out happened under frentz so not understanding your point

The run from Hayden 1984-1991 was the golden era & it isn’t even close

 

[NorthKCHawk]

Iowa has had exactly ONE outright Big Ten title since 1958 (that's 65 years) so I hardly think that is a measurable for anything. Starting in 2015, Iowa HAS achieved the following:

1. 75-31 Record (71% winning percentage)
2. 2 West Titles (seven team division) and several runner-up finishes
3. Rose Bowl and final top 10 ranking in 2015; 12-0 regular season
4. Top 25 finishes: 5
5. 4-3 Bowl record including wins against ranked Missisippi State and USC
6. 4 Victories against teams ranked in the top 10 in 2016 (#2 MIch); 2017 (#5 Ohio State); 2019 (Minnesota, then 9-0); and 2021 (#3 Penn State).

Please name me a stretch of Iowa football over nine years that has been as good?

The only one I can come up with is 1981 through 1989 with Hayden:

1. 73-33-4 Record (68% winning percentage)
2. One outright Big Ten title and one shared in a ten team league
3. 2 Rose Bowls
4. Top 25 finishes: 6
5. 4-4 Bowl Record
6. 5 Victories against top 10 teams: 1981 (Nebraska, UCLA and Michigan); 1983 ( #3 Ohio St); 1985 (#2 Michigan);

I can argue that you are in the midst of the greatest extended run in Iowa football history.

Stop making sense with so many facts and statistics and accurate statements.

 

[Hawkfnntn]

Chuck long hasn’t coached a down of college football in 12 years. You need to quit this wet dream

Neither has Bob Stoops pretty much but folks go gaga over the idea of him always getting back into it. I think Long would if given the opportunity. No idea why he and KF don't seem to have a relationship but there's a story there of some sort.

 

[HuckFinn]

Neither has Bob Stoops pretty much but folks go gaga over the idea of him always getting back into it. I think Long would if given the opportunity. No idea why he and KF don't seem to have a relationship but there's a story there of some sort.

Here I go again. When KF retires, Iowa’s AD will rebuild the staff with NFL coaches. That does not mean all of Iowa’s current assistants will be gone.

 

[BigD]

Let's say that KF hangs them up next year. Whatever the terms that he goes out on, I think Iowa has to start from scratch and find a coach that has shown a track record of embracing the new college football world and punching above their weight. KF was a fucking scorcerer in being able to win games the way that Iowa wins games. Part of that is the shitty West, but part of it is just 20-years of a very old school culture that has carried the day. No one on the current staff, or anywhere else for that matter, can reproduce the KF wizadry IMHO.

So, while I suspect many will advocate to hold onto the parts of the KF regime that work (D and STs) and jettison the coaches and system on the offensive side, I would give that very low odds of succeeding. Cobbling together coaches, staff and philosophies rarely works.

When KF leaves, his approach to the game of football needs to be revered, celebrated, and then buried. Winning 13-10 is not a sustainable philosophy in today's game. At some point, the last General climbed down off his horse and climbed into a tank......

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"his approach to the game of football needs to be revered, celebrated, and then buried. Winning 13-10 is not a sustainable philosophy in today's game." Unless Barta comes out of retirement.

 

[PlatypusMessiah]

To me, it looks like the B1G office divided us into tiers and made us play 3 teams from the top tier, 3 teams from the middle tier and 3 teams from the bottom tier each year. It's just really balanced across the board for this to be a true random draw which is what they did in cross games in the East/West format (other than the protected cross game). And as far as difficulty, most seasons the non-blue bloods are playing 2 or 3 blue bloods. So, if you win your home games against them, loose your road games to them and beat everyone else.. that sounds like a team going 8-1 in conference and in real serious running for a championship game. That's something that a good season at a mid-tier school can do.

But in all honesty, it's not going to take long for the B1G conference championship game to become a joke. It's going to be impossible to really know who the best two teams in the conference are most seasons because we simply are playing such diverse schedules from each other. Every school other than tOSU in my lifetime (even outside the B1G) has been bad for an extended period of time. So, just because you are a blue blood today, doesn't mean you aren't facing problems down the road. I think you'll find that teams will make runs with the 5 games at home as well. That off balance was fine when the whole division had 5 road games, but now you won't have that. They just need to get to a 4 team playoff sooner than later for the conference championship and get to 3 divisions.

 

[dahlhawk]

Is the new B1G brutal enough that Iowa will go back to 60’s and 70’s level?

See a lot of 3/5 or at best 4/4 Big seasons and with so many back to back powerhou ses injuries would derail any season. Sorry to feel like a negative Nebby but this looks daunting. Deep teams need only apply.

 

[dahlhawk]

Neither has Bob Stoops pretty much but folks go gaga over the idea of him always getting back into it. I think Long would if given the opportunity. No idea why he and KF don't seem to have a relationship but there's a story there of some sort.

Chuck was an NFL back-up for like 10 years, he tried coaching and didn’t like the long hours because he’s a sane person. Guys that are happy with life and satisfied don’t make good coaches.

 

[guffus]

To me, it looks like the B1G office divided us into tiers and made us play 3 teams from the top tier, 3 teams from the middle tier and 3 teams from the bottom tier each year. It's just really balanced across the board for this to be a true random draw which is what they did in cross games in the East/West format (other than the protected cross game). And as far as difficulty, most seasons the non-blue bloods are playing 2 or 3 blue bloods. So, if you win your home games against them, loose your road games to them and beat everyone else.. that sounds like a team going 8-1 in conference and in real serious running for a championship game. That's something that a good season at a mid-tier school can do.

But in all honesty, it's not going to take long for the B1G conference championship game to become a joke. It's going to be impossible to really know who the best two teams in the conference are most seasons because we simply are playing such diverse schedules from each other. Every school other than tOSU in my lifetime (even outside the B1G) has been bad for an extended period of time. So, just because you are a blue blood today, doesn't mean you aren't facing problems down the road. I think you'll find that teams will make runs with the 5 games at home as well. That off balance was fine when the whole division had 5 road games, but now you won't have that. They just need to get to a 4 team playoff sooner than later for the conference championship and get to 3 divisions.

On the other hand with a 12-team CFP, do you really need conference playoffs? Maybe it's better to cancel the CCG, expand the CFP to 16 teams. Then all the 8-1 teams can go to CFP and sort it out there.

 

[PlatypusMessiah]

On the other hand with a 12-team CFP, do you really need conference playoffs? Maybe it's better to cancel the CCG, expand the CFP to 16 teams. Then all the 8-1 teams can go to CFP and sort it out there.

Well, yeah... totally agree. If you can settle it on the field the better. But TBH, the problems just get expanded when you ask what's the difference between an SEC schedule, and ACC schedule or a B1G schedule.. I'd rather we just play other B1G teams, run our own championship tourney and say our champ will play whoever the rest of you nominate.

 

[dagdaj]

Cancel conference championships and the SEC will demand 10 of the 12 spots.

 

[Zstatman]

My initial thought is we'd better up our recruiting.......pronto