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The Power Four => Big Ten => Topic started by: Hawkinole on September 28, 2026, 10:53:16 PM
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Raygun came out with some awesome shirts today leading into this weekend's College Game Day matchup involving An Ohio State University and The University of Iowa.
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https://www.raygunsite.com/collections/iowa-ohio?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
The groundskeepers at Kinnick Stadium will need to sprinkle a lot of fairy dust on Duke Slater Field before Saturday, and sprinkle much more of it again Saturday morning, or Iowa will be blown out.
I am not saying an Iowa win is impossible, it is just inconceivable; just as inconceivable Iowa would defeat Michigan at the end of the third quarter in Week #3 -- and it was inconceivable to anyone who watched that game up until then.
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fND
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg_kYRM1eLc
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As an Iowa fan, I have to admit the Ohio St WR"s are scary.
Jeremiah Smith is pretty much unstoppable. Amazing what he has already accomplished at such a young age.
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Iowa 24, Ohio State 23
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Iowa plays great defense, especially in Kinnick, but don't know if they can hold the Buckeyes under 30
Iowa 31 - Ohio St. 30
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Been quite a while since I looked up the stat, but I think the last time Iowa beat Ohio State and Michigan in the same season was 1962.
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that was a very good year
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Would love to see it, but nah.
An Ohio State 34, Iowa 16.
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Been quite a while since I looked up the stat, but I think the last time Iowa beat Ohio State and Michigan in the same season was 1962.
Part of the problem is syncing up schedules when Iowa is good with years that Iowa plays both Ohio St and Michigan, and even in those years, there still is only about a 1 in 4 chance Iowa wins both games.
The funny thing is since 1962, iowa has gone undefeated in conference play at least twice. In 2002 Iowa went 8-0 and did beat Mich, Penn St, and Mich St. But did not play Ohio St.
In 2015 Iowa went 8-0 and did beat ranked Wisc and NW. But Iowa did not play Ohio St, Mich, Penn St or Mich St in the 2015 regular season. Iowa did end up facing Mich St in the Big Ten CCG, losing to MSU 16-13. So maybe that does not count as going undefeated.
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the Big Ten has always sucked at scheduling...... and apparently, always will
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Still missing Nebraska/Oklahoma settling things every year in your elite 8? Well at least you got 1/2 a one in the Big 12. Or so my Michigan coorespondants tell me :dance:
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The betting sites have it about right with a 13-point Ohio State win.
I am comparing Ohio State to Michigan. I think the QBs are close to par with each other.
Ohio State has receivers that are not duplicated by Michigan.
Michigan is 7th in defensive in YPG; Iowa is 10th in defensive YPG, and Ohio State is 27th in defensive YPG, one spot behind Iowa State which stymied Iowa's offense in Kinnick Stadium a few weeks ago. I think the defensive comparison alone between Ohio State, Michigan, and Iowa about sums it up when predicting a winner for this weekend's game involving Ohio State and Iowa.
Michigan: 8 penalties per game average; Ohio State: 5.75 penalties per game average; Iowa 5.75 penalties per game average.
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I cannot see a scenario where An Ohio State State University does not prevail upon Iowa this coming Saturday.
The fact College Game Day is broadcasting from Iowa City is a bad omen. The only times College Game Day broadcasted from Iowa City, the Hawkeyes were defeated, and both times it was Ohio State delivering the licking.
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The fact College Game Day is broadcasting from Iowa City is a bad omen. The only times College Game Day broadcasted from Iowa City, the Hawkeyes were defeated, and both times it was Ohio State delivering the licking.
Well I'm not hanging my hat on anything those dupes and dweebs at Game Day are involved with
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Been quite a while since I looked up the stat, but I think the last time Iowa beat Ohio State and Michigan in the same season was 1962.
I was curious so I looked it up. 1962 isn't just the most recent time that the Hawkeyes beat the Buckeyes and Wolverines in the same season, it is the ONLY time the Hawkeyes beat Ohio State and Michigan in the same season.
Part of the problem is syncing up schedules when Iowa is good with years that Iowa plays both Ohio St and Michigan, and even in those years, there still is only about a 1 in 4 chance Iowa wins both games.
This is definitely a big part of it. Even ignoring the "when Iowa is good" qualifier, they really haven't played both in the same season as frequently as I would have assumed.
In the 85 seasons since the Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor (https://youtu.be/V8lT1o0sDwI?si=daa2Uq9IRLDBFXm9) (1942-2026) the Hawkeyes only played both in the same season 34 times. Here are the results of regular season Iowa vs tOSU and M:
- 29 years 0-1, most recently 2024
- 17 years 0-2, most recently 2022
- 13 years 1-1, most recently 2013
- 11 years 0-0, most recently 2025
- 9 years 1-0, most recently 2017
- 2 years 0-1-1, most recently 1964
- 1 year 0-0-1, most recently 1947
- 1 year 0-0-2, 1988 which was Iowa's last tie against both
- 1 year 2-0, 1962
- 1 year TBD, 2026 will be either 2-0 or 1-1.
If you count the two times that Iowa lost to Connor Stallions' cheating machine in the B1GCG that converts two of the 0-0 seasons to 0-1.
From 1981-present the Hawkeyes have been reasonably competitive against the Wolverines but not so much against the Buckeyes:
- 12-18 against Michigan
- 5-20 against Ohio State
Interestingly, Iowa's best stretch against the Buckeyes and Wolverines was immediately followed by their worst.
Their best:
From 1958-1962 Iowa went:
- 3-2 against tOSU - won in 59, 60 and 62; lost in 58 and 61
- 2-1 against M - won in 58 and 62, lost in 61, didn't play in 59 and 60
After beating both in 1962 the Hawkeyes went 20 seasons without a win over the Buckeyes (0-16 from 1963-1982) and 18 seasons without a win over the Wolverines (0-9-1 from 1963-1980). Altogether, between the wins over both in 1962 and beating Michigan in 1981 the Hawkeyes went 0-25-1 against the Buckeyes and Wolverines.
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Still missing Nebraska/Oklahoma settling things every year in your elite 8? Well at least you got 1/2 a one in the Big 12. Or so my Michigan coorespondants tell me :dance:
since tOSU controls the league office, I understand your motivation to defend their scheduling practices
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If that was the case then the League Office would have come down a
little alot harder on some recent discrepancies from member intitutions