Big Ten

[cayin]

One of the more telling stats from that game was that Baylor didn't score a point in the final 20 minutes. Clearly the MSU defense was on its heels early, as would anyone against that offense, but they adjusted and shut them down when it mattered. Then again, it was the MSU defense, not typical and much better than most B1G defenses.

one td called back because of a block in the back, defender was never going to catch the ball carrier. It was a beyond dumb penalty but at the same time, it shouldn't have been called because it had nothing to do with the play. A second potential td called back because a baylor receiver accidently grabbed a face mask while stiff arming a defender at the
MSU 5 yard line. If he just goes down or allows himself to get tackled inside the 5, the game is over, MSU has no chance. So Baylor was still moving the ball in that final 20 minutes, they just did not score because of self imposed mistakes, not because MSU adjusted and was stopping them.

 

[ericyates50]

Big ten has 4 non conference, you schedule 4 cupcakes then all you need is two conference wins to get 6 in the least-deep conference there is. Where there are what 4 or 5 teams even lower than even Isu on the rankings and a couple above but close? That's as easy as it could possibly come without jumping out of the power 5....

 

[HawkeyesWin]

So much fail in this thread. So much fail.

 

[CyArob]

FIFY.

B1G mean: 44.9
B12 mean: 39.6

B1G median: 43
B12 median: 34


This does really help highlight an Iowa vs. ISU schedule comparison though. The teams that each team will actually play this season:

Iowa B1G Schedule: 18, 40, 46, 52, 53, 70, 80, 103
ISU B12 Schedule: 1, 8, 12, 17, 33, 35, 38, 55, 119

Iowa B1G opponent mean: 57.8
ISU B12 opponent mean: 31.8

Iowa B1G opponent median: 52.5
ISU B12 opponent median: 33

ISU plays four teams ranked more highly than Iowa's best conference opponent, and ISU plays seven conference games against teams ranked more highly than all but one of Iowa's B1G opponents (whom Iowa has yet to play).

Get your math out of here.

 

[AmesHawk]

Big ten has 4 non conference, you schedule 4 cupcakes then all you need is two conference wins to get 6 in the least-deep conference there is. Where there are what 4 or 5 teams even lower than even Isu on the rankings and a couple above but close? That's as easy as it could possibly come without jumping out of the power 5....

A 4-1 (2-0) team from the ACC is now a cupcake? Tough crowd. This place is letting all that recent football success get to their heads. Iowa's non-con would look pretty good if that one team they are locked into an annual game with would ever be decent (not that Iowa would win many of them in that scenario).

 

[Wesley]

I am as big of a fan as any, but why would anyone think we would beat Purdue, Rutgers, Maryland, Minnesota and anyone else for that matter in the B1G? "We should have beaten Iowa"? Even though they too scored more than 30 on us and made us look silly in the second half. I'm not so ignorant as to call them Little Brother either since history says otherwise. Sorry, that is my frustration coming out. Face it, we may have them in basketball for now, but when it comes to football, it just isn't going to happen. Other than Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma, every team in the Big 12 is beatable to the rest of the league. The leagues are pretty dang even for anyone who actually looks at it without their bias blinders. The Big 12 is a little more top heavy, but overall the number of good teams is pretty much the same along with the cellar dwellars. Worst thing we have done was fire Dan McCarney and I have said that since the day he left.

You forget that some local BIG teams get to play all the cupcakes two years running.

 

[johnnydugouts]

Big ten has 4 non conference, you schedule 4 cupcakes then all you need is two conference wins to get 6 in the least-deep conference there is. Where there are what 4 or 5 teams even lower than even Isu on the rankings and a couple above but close? That's as easy as it could possibly come without jumping out of the power 5....

Iowa plays a Big 12 team every year.

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

Iowa plays a Big 12 team every year.

Like he said, they schedule cupcakes. mad:

Wisconsin played Alabama
Ohio State played VTech
Nebraska played Miami and BYU
Michigan State played Oregon
Northwestern played Stanford
Iowa played Pittsburgh
Michigan played Utah and BYU.

Most of the better teams of the B1G schedules go like this, one premier game vs a historically good opponent (you can't punish them for not happening to be good that year, they’re scheduled far in advance), then some MAC teams, Hawaii, and or an oddball FCS team (which is going away).

In fact, this is how most team’s schedules go. Go ahead and pick a team in a P5 conference and look what the schedule is like. The better the name historically, the better the premier opponent will be.

Alabama: Wisconsin, Midd Tenn, ULM
USC: Notre Dame, Ark St, Idaho
OU: Akron, Tennessee, Tulsa

It’s teams like OklaST who schedule CMU, Central Arkansas, and UTSA as non-con, or a Baylor’s schedule of Lamar, SMU, and Rice that we should all yell SHAME SHAME SHAME.

 

[AustinHawk]

Like he said, they schedule cupcakes. mad:

Wisconsin played Alabama
Ohio State played VTech
Nebraska played Miami and BYU
Michigan State played Oregon
Northwestern played Stanford
Iowa played Pittsburgh
Michigan played Utah and BYU.

Most of the better teams of the B1G schedules go like this, one premier game vs a historically good opponent (you can't punish them for not happening to be good that year, they’re scheduled far in advance), then some MAC teams, Hawaii, and or an oddball FCS team (which is going away).

In fact, this is how most team’s schedules go. Go ahead and pick a team in a P5 conference and look what the schedule is like. The better the name historically, the better the premier opponent will be.

Alabama: Wisconsin, Midd Tenn, ULM, Charleston Southern
USC: Notre Dame, Ark St, Idaho
OU: Akron, Tennessee, Tulsa

It’s teams like OklaST who schedule CMU, Central Arkansas, and UTSA as non-con, or a Baylor’s schedule of Lamar, SMU, and Rice that we should all yell SHAME SHAME SHAME.

You forgot one with Bama. Also, Alabama doesn't like to visit a P5 opponents home field. The Wisconsin game was in Arlington, TX, last year's game against WVU was in Atlanta, Vtech 2 years ago was in Atlanta, and Michigan the year before that was also in Arlington.

Iowa's one of the few teams out there that actually schedules 2 P5 teams each year, yeah, the ISU game is pretty much mandated, but they do schedule another one to go along with it. Florida doesn't play one outside of their game with FSU, nor does FSU. FSU plays Texas State, USF, and Chattanooga from FCS.

Also, the B1G goes to a 9 game conference schedule next year.

 

[BabyHawk]

Number of loses vs MAC teams since 2000.

Iowa State - 4
Iowa - 4

Continue trolling.

Number of losses vs FCS teams since 2000.

Iowa State - 3
Iowa - 0

Continue Trolling.