Some early Iowa preseason rankings

BigD said:
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!

Sad because it is so true. Many talk of IF we can finish in second place in our division it's an achievement. I guess I have trouble with that. I think back to the days when ten teams (or eleven if you want to include Penn State) competed against each other in one conference and one division. If we went back to that standard I would have try to be fair and say this; In my opinion the East division is so much more stronger than the west and Iowa would be very fortunate to finish in third or fourth place in that division. Throw in Wisconsin and that possibly pushes Iowa into a fifth place finish going up against the entire conference in ONE division.

Somehow I find that distasteful and unimpressive. Yet some seem perfectly content with it. This is not the spirit of true competition. A true competitor sets goals to be the very best. To win an outright conference title and contend for a national title. That should be the goal every single year. Is it obtainable? Of course not but it should be the goal and hope of everybody coach player and fan of Iowa football. Should it be achieved at least one every so many years for each team in the conference? I guess it depends on what should be expected from any coach in any sport that is paid one of the top salaries in the sport.

Penn State, Rutgers, Nebraska, and Maryland moved us up from ten teams in the conference to fourteen. So asking a program and its coach to win the conference at least once every 15 years is totally reasonable unless your a bottom feeder program. In that case do t expect it to ever happen. I feel Iowa is anything but a bottom feeder.

I guess I can only hope that the new coaching staff brings a unique chemistry to the program and catches lightning in a bottle. As Iowa fans we all deserve to get to experience it at least once. I am hoping for the best. If it's the same ole same ole I will have a feeling of total hopelessness with this coaching staff.
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Winning the B1G is Iowa and KF states goal every year.
 
I feel about as optimistic about the future of the hawkeye football program than I ever have under Ferentz. Might sound crazy cuz there are certainly unknowns with a brian getting his first shot at OC but he has KoK and the offensive line coach who both have OC experience. The recruiting is going well. The facilities are good.

The QB will be a big factor in this coming year but I still feel good about what I saw from Stanley last year in his limited opportinuties and just putting himself in a position to be the back up QB as a freshman says a lot.

I think we end the season as a top 25 team which will require winning a bowl game. I'm gonna say we get that done this year as well too.
 
thetrza said:
Yeah, the goal is also a National Championship.
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If the coach never gets fired for not winning a national championship, then its not really a goal.

When Tom Davis was fired, one of reasons cited was the lack of Big Ten championships. So based on that precedent, an Iowa coach should get fired if he never wins the Big Ten in first 12 years on the job.

Of course Ferentz has now gone 12 years without a Big Ten championship. But oh well he was pretty close in 2009 and 2015.
 
guffus said:
If the coach never gets fired for not winning a national championship, then its not really a goal.

When Tom Davis was fired, one of reasons cited was the lack of Big Ten championships. So based on that precedent, an Iowa coach should get fired if he never wins the Big Ten in first 12 years on the job.

Of course Ferentz has now gone 12 years without a Big Ten championship. But oh well he was pretty close in 2009 and 2015.
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Basketball conference titles are completely over rated with the NCAA tournament. It simply isn't a big deal at all. For instance which season would you rather have in Iowa basketball history if you could only pick one?:

1978-1979 Season. Iowa won the B1G title with a 13-5 record. They lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

1979-1980 Season. Iowa finished 4th in the B1G with a 10-8 record. They made a run to the final 4.

I'd take a 4th place finish and a final 4 ten times out of time over a conference title and getting bounced early.
 
deanvogs said:
Basketball conference titles are completely over rated with the NCAA tournament. It simply isn't a big deal at all. For instance which season would you rather have in Iowa basketball history if you could only pick one?:

1978-1979 Season. Iowa won the B1G title with a 13-5 record. They lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

1979-1980 Season. Iowa finished 4th in the B1G with a 10-8 record. They made a run to the final 4.

I'd take a 4th place finish and a final 4 ten times out of time over a conference title and getting bounced early.
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^^^This^^^
 
I'll add. I don't expect Iowa will have significant transitional problems with the new staff on offense. I don't think Davis ever quite meshed with what Kirk was trying to do. I have a feeling that KOK's old Iowa offense will be the general template on which they build. It may not be the most productive offense, but it is an known entity to the rest of the staff.
 
AreWeThereYet said:
I'll add. I don't expect Iowa will have significant transitional problems with the new staff on offense. I don't think Davis ever quite meshed with what Kirk was trying to do. I have a feeling that KOK's old Iowa offense will be the general template on which they build. It may not be the most productive offense, but it is an known entity to the rest of the staff.
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Yup, with some modern tweaks added from KOK and BF recent experience as assistant coaches in the NFL.

I expect a huge NE Patriots / Bill Belicheck influence in the new Iowa offense.
 
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