Iowa Disrespect

Iowa is 7-0 to start the season, and following every win they keep getting more attention. It doesn't surprise me that it took seven wins and a 40-10 win at Northwestern to get peoples attention. People still doubt Iowa, they don't say "Iowa has a chance to go unbeaten because they are a good football team", they say "Iowa has a chance to go undefeated because of their schedule". I am a huge Iowa fan, and I believe that my team can win every single week, but given what I've seen, even I would be shocked if Iowa made it to the college football playoff and won the national championship. Iowa just doesn't have the talent to take it that far, in my opinion.

However it annoys me that the first thing that everyone mentions when they talk about Iowa is the schedule. Yes, the remainder of Iowa's schedule isn't very tough, but some analysts seem to be blaming Iowa for this in some way. Iowa had no say in its' conference schedule. They had no say in their draw of Maryland and Indiana for the teams they had to play from the Big Ten East. Iowa also had no impact on the the skill level of the remaining teams on their schedule. It is up to Maryland, Minnesota, Indiana, and Purdue to turn their programs around and have consistent winning seasons. Iowa has 10 teams from power five conferences on their schedule and the fact that only about 3 of those teams are top 25 material isn't their fault.

Iowa has already gone through the most difficult part of its' schedule, Iowa beat rival Iowa State on the road, beat a Pittsburgh team who is currently ranked 25th, went on the road and beat then #17 ranked rival Wisconsin, then last week blew out a #20 ranked Northwestern team 40-10. There are plenty of other teams with fairly soft schedules, Baylor, Ohio State, Florida State, and it gets very tiring when the only thing that people ever say about your team is their schedule.