I'd like to see that included bowl games tooWasn't sure where to put this.
All credit must go to Barta.
Huh?I'd like to see that included bowl games too
Huh?
Everyone goes to a bowl and Ferentz has made generational living out of beating 3-4 tomato cans and going.500 in the b10 west AAA division. And then benefits off the negotiated b10 deals. In hoops, the b10 regularly gets 7-9 members in so again, not the accomplishment it appears…especially considering the vast amount of support and resources each getsWasn't sure where to put this.
All credit must go to Barta.
Boy, tough crowd todayEveryone goes to a bowl and Ferentz has made generational living out of beating 3-4 tomato cans and going.500 in the b10 west AAA division. And then benefits off the negotiated b10 deals. In hoops, the b10 regularly gets 7-9 members in so again, not the accomplishment it appears…especially considering the vast amount of support and resources each gets
Go look at this year’s schedule. Absolutely patheticBoy, tough crowd today
This is a stupid fucking post right here. I'm no Ferentz fan boy, but this is just dumb as hell.Ferentz has made generational living...going.500 in the b10 west AAA division.
Sorry I saw the pic on my phone and it was hard to see.Huh?
Why? Baseball essentially made it to the equivalent of the second round of March Madness. Making it to the finals of the regional means there were 32 teams left in the round when Iowa was eliminated. That is the equivalent of winning your first round game in March Madness and then losing your second game. Fran has done that and he makes it to the tourney almost every year. Iowa MBB has made the tourney twice under Heller I think?Apparently that slipped by him some how. Usually bowl games is football.
Out of the three mentioned the baseball achievement was the best successful story line. Everyone and their uncle goes to some kind of a bowl game, and what is it now in basketball almost seventy teams that get invited?
I’m not saying it’s not nice to be invited to the basketball tournament or to play in a bowl game , I just think the baseball achievement is a little more special. Having done all three in one year is nice also,
B1G basketball and football have significantly higher ability to recruit at upper levels than B1G baseball does. It is 2-3Xs harder to make postseason baseball than basketball and prob 4-5 Xs harder than making a bowl in football.Why? Baseball essentially made it to the equivalent of the second round of March Madness. Making it to the finals of the regional means there were 32 teams left in the round when Iowa was eliminated. That is the equivalent of winning your first round game in March Madness and then losing your second game. Fran has done that and he makes it to the tourney almost every year. Iowa MBB has made the tourney twice under Heller I think?
In football, yes, there are 42 bowl games, but easily half on them are garbage games for the MAC and academy schools to face off. More often than not, Iowa is playing in a Top 15 overall bowl against a top half opponent from the SEC, Little 12 or Pac 14. We all know that KF has had multiple Top 10 and many Top 25 national finishes during his tenure.
Rick Heller is an amazing coach, and I am not diminishing what he does especially from a conference that does not value baseball all that much. But, just because he did something that, largely speaking, KF and Fran have done for a long time, does not vault him ahead of those achievements. Heller is close in achievement to Fran, but short of it, and a long ways from KF's impressive track record IMHO.
And conversely for wrestling IA should never be outside of top 2, maybe 3 teams every year.B1G basketball and football have significantly higher ability to recruit at upper levels than B1G baseball does. It is 2-3Xs harder to make postseason baseball than basketball and prob 4-5 Xs harder than making a bowl in football.
This is and is not a fair point.B1G basketball and football have significantly higher ability to recruit at upper levels than B1G baseball does. It is 2-3Xs harder to make postseason baseball than basketball and prob 4-5 Xs harder than making a bowl in football.
Yeah. Let’s play baseball in the ”spring” in the Midwest. Duh.B1G basketball and football have significantly higher ability to recruit at upper levels than B1G baseball does. It is 2-3Xs harder to make postseason baseball than basketball and prob 4-5 Xs harder than making a bowl in football.
They rarely play Michigan and ohio st. That’s the point. And play in the incredibly weak west. So from the weak non conference to a weak b10 west, he’s able to live off the system the b10 has negotiated with the bowl alignmentsThis is a stupid fucking post right here. I'm no Ferentz fan boy, but this is just dumb as hell.
Big Ten West record since its inception:
2014 3-3
2015 6-0
2016 4-2
2017 3-3
2018 3-3
2019 5-1
2020 4-2
2021 4-2
2022 4-2
Total: 36-18, .667
Since 2019 he's 17-7, that's .708 if you're challenged in the brains department, which appears to be the case.
YawnThey rarely play Michigan and ohio st. That’s the point. And play in the incredibly weak west. So from the weak non conference to a weak b10 west, he’s able to live off the system the b10 has negotiated with the bowl alignments
And so? Scott Frost couldn't replicate KF's success under the exact same parameters. He had all the resources in the world and fell flat. Same with Riley before him. Row row row your boat is still stuck in mediocreville. Brohm bailed. Fitz has had intermittent success at best and seems stuck in the shit of late. Illinois has a pulse with Bert, but has been largely irrelevant for a generation.They rarely play Michigan and ohio st. That’s the point. And play in the incredibly weak west. So from the weak non conference to a weak b10 west, he’s able to live off the system the b10 has negotiated with the bowl alignments