Not for good football teams.
Was Iowa "good" the previous three years when they were 19-19? Or did this season maybe, just maybe, surprise everyone (even Iowa fans with Fire Ferentz pitchforks) because Iowa played a laughably easy schedule? Iowa beat five bowl teams, ISU's nine losses were to bowl teams. Keep in mind Big 10 teams have one extra non-con creampuff each, too.
Iowa still only beat one top 20 team and lost to the only top 10 team it faced, so if Iowa gets beaten by Stanford tonight lets table the Iowa-is-elite narrative that your leader has tried to trumpet for the past two months. Iowa's best win is getting bent over by the 23rd ranked team in the country right now.
Record of ISU bowl teams in nine losses (pre-bowl games):
Iowa 12-1
Oklahoma 12-1
Oklahoma St 10-2
TCU 10-2
Toledo 9-2
Baylor 9-3
Texas Tech 7-5
West Virginia 7-5
Kansas State 6-6
=82-27 (.828)
Record of Iowa bowl teams in five wins (pre-bowl games):
Northwestern 10-2
Wisconsin 9-3
Pitt 8-4
Indiana 6-6
Nebraska 5-7
Minnesota 5-7
=43-29 (.597)
If you include the loss to Michigan St 12-1
= 55-30 (.647)