So if Iowa "barley" beats a 5 win Nebraska

[DieHard_Irish]

Teams that use the SOS argument are teams with losses. You wouldn't have gone undefeated with Iowa's schedule either. Temple and Navy, had a worse SOS then Iowa, and worse records, but I don't see you guys downplaying your wins over them anywhere.They wouldn't be anywhere near the top 25 with Iowa's schedule. The SOS argument is a joke, Iowa played the big ten slate it was handed. We'd be undefeated with Clemson's schedule too. Out of conference we played #4 FCS Illinois State, ISU(in state rival that many Iowa fans wish we would get rid of, but are forced to play), Pitt, and North Texas(weak). We won at ISU, at NW(10-2), at Wisky(9-3), at Indiana, and at Nebraska(the same place MSU just lost). Everyone wants to knock Iowa's schedule, while comparing us to other highly ranked teams. What they don't admit, is that those other highly ranked teams have already lost to teams, similar to those on Iowa's schedule. Oklahoma lost to Texas, Bama to ole Miss, MSU to Nebraska(Iowa beat), Stanford to NW(Iowa beat). Sorry to vent, 6 straight weeks of bashing Iowa's schedule by ESPN builds frustration. Now everyone wants to jump on the Okie bandwagon because they beat Baylor and TCU's backup QB's. Barely beat TCU too.

Hey we will most likely get Iowa in the Fiesta bowl, then we can shut this clown up

 

[DavenportHawk8]

ND has learned from this, I hope. It's time to schedule the weakest possible schedule and go undefeated. That's how you get in.

You could join a conference as well. That way if you qualify for the conference championship then you have a shot (seems the committee is putting a lot of weight) on conference championships.

 

[irish4life888]

Iowa is built on solid defense and a grind it out mentality. Those type of teams generally do not blow out anyone but they win. I agree Iowa schedule lacks but they are solid and deserve the ranking and if they beat MSU then they should be in the playoff's . Nebraska QB is average at best and makes a lot of poor decisions otherwise they would have defeated Iowa. Also in college football there is no direct relationship if A beats B by 50 and C beats B by 2 it does not mean A beats C by 48. In fact C may be favored against A

If Nebraska's QB did not give Iowa four turnovers we wouldn't even be having this discussion. Iowa will go back into obscurity come Saturday night. They have a nice little team, but they are not going to hang with the big boys. Back to the cornfield with them!