[BrewHawk]

Well, yes and no. The sample size in football is definitely a problem, but there's a difference between "statistics don't tell us everything" and "statistics tell us nothing"...

I don't expect you to be aware of this, but Iowa plays pretty much everyone close (good and bad teams alike). The blowouts we've had this year are a bit of an anomaly and reflect the fact that it is one of the better Iowa teams in Ferentz's tenure.

Typically, we lose some of those close games, typically to someone we should beat.  It's a product of the approach Ferentz takes.  Get the lead and win the game, style points be damned.

[BrewHawk]

Well, yes and no. The sample size in football is definitely a problem, but there's a difference between "statistics don't tell us everything" and "statistics tell us nothing"...

I don't expect you to be aware of this, but Iowa plays pretty much everyone close (good and bad teams alike). The blowouts we've had this year are a bit of an anomaly and reflect the fact that it is one of the better Iowa teams in Ferentz's tenure.

Typically, we lose some of those close games, typically to someone we should beat.  It's a product of the approach Ferentz takes.  Get the lead and win the game, style points be damned.