Dear America - Iowa Doesn't Care What You Think
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Dear Iowa (and Jon Miller)
America doesn't care what you think.
PS - your schedule is hilarious.
Signed,
Everyone
America doesn't care what you think.
PS - your schedule is hilarious.
Signed,
Everyone
Difference of course being that all of those teams will be tested by good teams. Iowa's SOS will fall like a rock for the rest of the year.
Pitt hasn't beaten a single team with a winning record. I guess Youngstown State is 3-3, although they needed overtime to beat mighty Robert Morris.
You're talking about games that haven't occurred. Iowa has already proved themselves by beating everyone on 35th ranked SOS. 2 ranked teams on the road, 1 ranked team after we played - all 3 of those teams have only lost to ranked teams and have beaten numerous ranked teams themselves.
Maybe? If there is one thing Iowa State excels at, it is beating themselves. I think we can mark that one down as a sure win.
They've beaten everyone they've played besides Iowa..
What about Northwestern? They've beaten #10 Stanford (who beat #6 USC and #18 UCLA) and #23 Duke.
Wisconsin has only lost to #8 Alabama and #12 Iowa.
That's not how it works. Iowa is now on the easy half of their schedule, and the "hard" part only included one ranked team(for now). While everyone else out there proving themselves Iowa will be playing the dregs of the Big 10 known as the West division.
Better tout that SOS while you can, because at the end of the season when it matters Iowa will have one of the nation's worst. Btw I know you're bad at math but #35 isn't anything to brag about.
The issue I was addressing is whoever said Iowa can't control their weak schedule. Other Big Ten teams are willing to schedule better non-conference opponents.
Which in no way disproves Carver's point that Pitt isn't good, and especially not good without their stud RB that did not play against Iowa either...man Dan, back away from keyboard. Maybe sit the next one out and let someone that can make a better argument rep your fanbase for awhile.
They are getting in their complaints now because their resume will look nothing like the top teams in a few weeks. My favorite line of thinking is when they think they should get credit for wins against teams that "were ranked at the time." Not really how it works, but it's something to grasp on to and rile the tavern faction.
Really shortsighted to use SOS numbers, I'm sure they'll be putting that much importance on it at the end of the year...
That's actually exactly how it works. Not to mention both of those teams will be ranked again. They've only lost to ranked teams, only two other schools are ranked with two losses (both to ranked teams). As the season progresses they will be ranked again.
No. It doesn't.
Dude I follow the recruiting thread. I know you struggle with polls.
Auburn, USC, Oregon and Georgia were all pre-season Top 10. Only Georgia is still in the coaches top 25 as the 25th team. Do you think wins against those guys early in the season still mean the same at the end of the season?
On a side note, Dan slobbering all over a Miller article is the least surprising thing I've seen on this site. He's Miller's target audience. The ones who will eat up a narrative of national disrespect when they're ranked 12th.
If they're not ranked right now it doesn't count. If they sneak back in the poll at the end of the season it will count. Hawkeye fans wrote the rules on this when we've beat ranked teams in the past.
Soooo when they say W's against ranked opponents it can go down? NO. I've never seen that graphic or statistic being used. W's against ranked opponents are exactly that, ranked opponents. That number can go up if you beat more ranked teams, it cannot go down. Iowa didn't beat a ranked team in Pitt, they beat an unranked Pitt team which is currently ranked. Iowa is 2-0 against ranked teams.
