No One Cried about the 2013 Iowa FB Schedule

[eyekwah]

I'm tired of hearing about Iowa and Wisconsin's favorable schedules as it seems any success will be unearned supposedly because there are not enough strong opponents. Last year when OSU, Michigan, MSU, WI, and NE were on it, no one shed any tears about the difficulty of that schedule. Last year the overall record of Alabama's opponents was well under .500. Not a peep about their favorable schedule. It only matters evidently if your perceived of having an unfair advantage.

 

[deanvogs]

I'm tired of hearing about Iowa and Wisconsin's favorable schedules as it seems any success will be unearned supposedly because there are not enough strong opponents. Last year when OSU, Michigan, MSU, WI, and NE were on it, no one shed any tears about the difficulty of that schedule. Last year the overall record of Alabama's opponents was well under .500. Not a peep about their favorable schedule. It only matters evidently if your perceived of having an unfair advantage.

You also don't hear anyone saying how easy Oklahoma's and Alabama's schedules.....both of them easier than Iowa's.

 

[74Hunter]

I'm tired of hearing about Iowa and Wisconsin's favorable schedules as it seems any success will be unearned supposedly because there are not enough strong opponents. Last year when OSU, Michigan, MSU, WI, and NE were on it, no one shed any tears about the difficulty of that schedule. Last year the overall record of Alabama's opponents was well under .500. Not a peep about their favorable schedule. It only matters evidently if your perceived of having an unfair advantage.

It would be nice if the B1G would have taken on the scheduling that the Big 12 attempted when the conference first went to 12 teams. They tried to make sure that each team had a balanced schedule to give the fans some decent games at their home stadium each year and they wanted to make sure that the records each team earned were comparable due to strength of schedule. Now, as things progresses and as cyclical as college football is, schedule difficulty shifted over the years.

I'd like to get either Iowa or UW at home this year. I'd also like for Iowa and UW to have to face either MSU or Ohio this year, but so be it.

 

[Easton]

It would be nice if the B1G would have taken on the scheduling that the Big 12 attempted when the conference first went to 12 teams. They tried to make sure that each team had a balanced schedule to give the fans some decent games at their home stadium each year and they wanted to make sure that the records each team earned were comparable due to strength of schedule. Now, as things progresses and as cyclical as college football is, schedule difficulty shifted over the years.

I'd like to get either Iowa or UW at home this year. I'd also like for Iowa and UW to have to face either MSU or Ohio this year, but so be it.

Is it not reversed next year? If so who cares.

 

[74Hunter]

Is it not reversed next year? If so who cares.

Because it makes more sense, and that's the way I prefer it.

 

[bigjim]

If anyone thinks Iowa's schedule was easy they need to take a look at OSU every yr. Their schedule is a damn joke!