Wait, do ISU fans actually believe the Cyclones had a better season than the Hawks?
I'm not really disagreeing but you get the bowl point right? There is a significant difference between playing Wazzu and Miss St. Wazzu had a legit claim to a New Years 6 game.I agree, but Iowa had the better season and head to head was part of it.
I'm not really disagreeing but you get the bowl point right? There is a significant difference between playing Wazzu and Miss St. Wazzu had a legit claim to a New Years 6 game.
Sagarin has Iowa at the 10 spot and NW at 32. That seems pretty flawed don't you think?No I don't. I don't think the teams were that far off from each other overall. MSU finished #8 in the final Sagarins ratings and WSU finished #20. Now that doesn't mean that I think one was better than the other, but I think the two were pretty comparable even with their drastic difference in styles of play.
No I don't. I don't think the teams were that far off from each other overall. MSU finished #8 in the final Sagarins ratings and WSU finished #20. Now that doesn't mean that I think one was better than the other, but I think the two were pretty comparable even with their drastic difference in styles of play.
Duke barely cracks the top 50 (49) and had zero problems playing in Evanston.Northwestern finished behind Oklahoma State in Sagarin and won the Big Ten West by 3 games!
Wait, do ISU fans actually believe the Cyclones had a better season than the Hawks?
Sagarin has Iowa at the 10 spot and NW at 32. That seems pretty flawed don't you think?
When you factor in things like SOS, preseason expectations, outsider impressions, etc., yeah, I think ISU had a better season. If you want to point at strictly number of wins, then no, but that doesn't really tell the whole story.
Duke barely cracks the top 50 (49) and had zero problems playing in Evanston.
NW started the year terribly. They got better as the year wore on. They had some really bad OOC losses. But they were better than Iowa by the end of the year. But as you said., you have to take the entire year into context.
What about when you add in being higher ranked and winning H2H?
Really bad OOC losses? One of them was to a team that made the playoffs, LOL.
So you are showing Sagarin is flawed then.They also lost to Duke and Akron.
We both need to move on. This is probably confusing our resident Geneous.They also lost to Duke and Akron.
No I don't. I don't think the teams were that far off from each other overall. MSU finished #8 in the final Sagarins ratings and WSU finished #20. Now that doesn't mean that I think one was better than the other, but I think the two were pretty comparable even with their drastic difference in styles of play.