[SeattleTree]

All this love for tOSU is the same kind of bias that drives pundits in the east to ignore McCaffery and default to the next Alabama Voldemort winning running back.  I know I remember posts on this board during the season critiquing tOSU's soft schedule, and they didn't even play that well against their cupcakes.  And the impressive win against Michigan?  When do any of you begin to question how good Michigan was this year?

I, for one, would LOVE to play Iowa in the Rose Bowl.  They played an awesome game against Michigan State and came incredibly close to stopping them at the goal line w/ four downs from the two yard line with the game on the line.  I find it difficult - after years of Stanford being misunderestimated in the same fashion - to render judgments about nuances of supposed superiority of tOSU over Iowa.

And Iowa finished ahead of tOSU in the one ranking that should at least be considered.  The BIG10 standings.

I'm not saying the perception is right, CornFed.  I'm just acknowledging that it exists.  A Stanford win against Iowa wouldn't move the needle at all nationally.  A Stanford win against tOSU would.

[SeattleTree]

All this love for tOSU is the same kind of bias that drives pundits in the east to ignore McCaffery and default to the next Alabama Voldemort winning running back.  I know I remember posts on this board during the season critiquing tOSU's soft schedule, and they didn't even play that well against their cupcakes.  And the impressive win against Michigan?  When do any of you begin to question how good Michigan was this year?

I, for one, would LOVE to play Iowa in the Rose Bowl.  They played an awesome game against Michigan State and came incredibly close to stopping them at the goal line w/ four downs from the two yard line with the game on the line.  I find it difficult - after years of Stanford being misunderestimated in the same fashion - to render judgments about nuances of supposed superiority of tOSU over Iowa.

And Iowa finished ahead of tOSU in the one ranking that should at least be considered.  The BIG10 standings.

I'm not saying the perception is right, CornFed.  I'm just acknowledging that it exists.  A Stanford win against Iowa wouldn't move the needle at all nationally.  A Stanford win against tOSU would.