(1) Last I checked, we had a better record than OSU in 2011 AND we have beaten Michigan 3 straight times, along with like a 10 or 11 year bowl eligible streak. We are by definition, at the top. Stop your Ferentz bashing.
(2) Disagree that it will give Iowa more of a shot. Demographically speaking, the South, Texas and California are where all the talent is, the Rust Belt is thinning out. I would say this will help the marginal Florida schools (Central Florida, etc.), schools like Ole Miss in talent-rich SEC country that aren't at the top and schools like Arizona and ASU who can pull another kid a year away from USC, Cal or UCLA. Sure, I guess it gives Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Illinois or Purdue a crack at the number 19 kid from Ohio who neither OSU nor Michigan wants, but I think we've already struck our gold mine over there with Stanzi and Terry Stross and I ain't expecting lightning to strike again for a long time.