Quote:A great coach would not tolerate 5 or more losses 7 of the past 9 years in a sub-par (my opinion) conference. That's college ball. Much harder to get Ws in the pros. How many solid college coaches flame out in the NFL? What argument can you make that an average to above average coach (based on record and signature wins - or lack thereof) would be a solid choice to be an NFL coach? Make one or yield.

 

Quoted for truth.

 

The "he only has 2 losing seasons out of 13 seasons at Iowa" point is garbage. So what? What has he won? Ferentz has been coaching in the Big Ten for 13 years, but has never led his team to a Rose Bowl. The goal of Big Ten teams is to play in the Rose Bowl or National Championship. Kirk Ferentz has never done either of the two. Pass.

 

 

However, "the Big Ten is a sub-par conference" is about as ridiculous of a statement you can make. The Big Ten isn't the SEC, but after the SEC the Big Ten is historically as good as any other conference.

 

http://mcubed.net/ncaaf/tvc/big10/index.shtml

 

I won't even claim that Big Ten is, historically, the 2nd best conference. I'll just claim that the Big Ten is a top 5 conference. Since when is a top 5 conference considered sub-par?

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