Our resume at 5-2

QChawks

Heisman
Dec 17, 2022
12,936
26,818
113
Yikes, our wins are looking worse each week

N Illinois 0-7
Iowa St 3-4 (assuming loss tonight)
N Iowa 3-4
Mich 4-3
Wash 4-3

That’s three P4 team wins with a 11-10 combined record, a win over maybe the worst FCS team and a FBS team with a losing record

our schedule is embarrassingly weak
 

The_Joker13_rivals

All-Conference
Oct 9, 2013
772
1,980
92
We play who we are scheduled to play. We are 5-2 and that’s all that matters at the end of the day. That being said, we will not be making the playoffs with the turd we laid today. And that is also all that matters.
 

83Hawk

All-Conference
Jan 1, 2023
1,863
4,168
113
Iowa has “looked good” in 3 games this season. Only in 1 P4 game.
 

NorthernHawkeye

All-Conference
Dec 23, 2007
2,975
4,167
113
We play who we are scheduled to play. We are 5-2 and that’s all that matters at the end of the day. That being said, we will not be making the playoffs with the turd we laid today. And that is also all that matters.

Iowa chooses 25% of their schedule. Year in and year out they choose cupcakes and Iowa State, which many times is a cupcake as well.

A 10-2 Iowa team could make the playoffs if we'd have a good non con win. As it stands this year, 10-2 wont cut it.
 

AFM22

Heisman
Oct 31, 2022
23,159
44,638
113
Iowa chooses 25% of their schedule. Year in and year out they choose cupcakes and Iowa State, which many times is a cupcake as well.

A 10-2 Iowa team could make the playoffs if we'd have a good non con win. As it stands this year, 10-2 wont cut it.
This team prob gets their back blown out against a good non con
 

NorthernHawkeye

All-Conference
Dec 23, 2007
2,975
4,167
113
This team is not going to finish 10-2

You're probably right.

My point is clear. When you schedule cupcakes in the portion of the schedule you can control, then be prepared to be out of playoff contention when you receive your second loss.
 

tampahawkfan77

Freshman
Jan 8, 2005
30
68
13
Iowa chooses 25% of their schedule. Year in and year out they choose cupcakes and Iowa State, which many times is a cupcake as well.
Yep, 3-4 easy non con wins, and go 4-4 or 5-3 in conference, gets you 8-9 wins most years. Looks decent enough on the surface but not much chance of winning anything on the big stage.
 

TheGreatDivider101

All-Conference
Jun 28, 2025
630
1,233
93
Not just a problem this year. How soon we forget how many loses in row happened to ranked teams. The only really strong win in the last few seasons was the Vanderbilt Bowl Game win.
 
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