The above link takes you to a recap of Iowa’s blowout victory over Michigan State yesterday.
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I was very happy to see the Iowa Hawkeyes blow out the Michigan State Spartans 37-6 yesterday. Not because I dislike Michigan State; it’s just that I thought their number five (AP Poll) ranking going into the game was far too high when you consider their quality of wins.
In college football when you analyze any teams schedule you tend to focus on the “good” teams that they’ve beaten. In the case of Michigan State you put your focus on their wins against Notre Dame, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
The wins against Notre Dame and Michigan were wins that we thought were “good” at the time when, in fact, both of those opponents are no longer in the top 25. Actually, both teams had proven to be not so good at all. Michigan’s 5-2 record heading into their loss yesterday against Penn State was severely skewed by the fact that their five wins came against unranked opponents and their two losses were against ranked teams. Notre Dame was only 4-4 before yesterday’s loss to Tulsa.
Now, beating Wisconsin can’t be taken away from Michigan State. That is a quality win without question, but is it a win that should have gotten them that high ranking they had entering yesterday’s game? I don’t think so.
Even though they were undefeated coming into yesterday’s game I feel they should have been ranked lower. Then the drubbing that took place (on the road against a better opponent) wouldn’t have been so surprising.
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