College Football - Week of Sept. 5th

[dew1679666265]

Navy is better than UNI.

 

I used to be one of the guys who said that even when they had some upset wins, no 1-AA team was better than even a bad 1-A team. It seems like in the last 5-6 years it's really changed though.

 

The last time Iowa played UNI in '05, they went to the 1-AA championship and Iowa had a squad similar to this year's. They sleepwalked a little bit early but had no problem pulling away and winning 45-21. Really good 1-AA teams usually had good skill position guys and speed on the outside but interior play and overall depth were the huge difference. That team Saturday was really good inside and had very little drop-off in depth. You're seeing it with all of those elite 1-AA schools.

 

You could make an argument that UNI and Navy are on equal talent level because most academy guys only had 1-AA or really low scholarships to begin with. Plus they're able to take the guys that get kicked out of, can't get in to or transfer from solid 1-A programs. But Navy always exceeds their talent level.

 

This isn't a hard and fast rule for me, but generally I figure the best 1-AA teams are comparable to the 75-100 range of 1-A teams. Navy has consistently been in the 30-60 range the past few years.

 

Not an ironclad evaluation by any means - and maybe not accurate enough - but that's generally what I've seen.

[Andy]

I am still laughing at "a win over Iowa State is better than a win over Notre Dame".

 

In the year mentioned, Iowa State won 3 games (just like ND that year), all three at home, two of them by a combined four points. The Cyclones also lost a home game to Kent State, as well as UNI, and a game at Toledo.

 

Just because Iowa State beat Iowa that year doesn't mean they weren't still a joke.

 

All those teams that I mentioned earlier were much better in their respective years than any team UNI has ever beaten. If you want to take ND 2007 out of that list then we'll find 20 more teams Navy has beaten that were better than any team UNI has ever beaten. This is an insane argument.

[manbearcub]

i'm not sure why you are laughing, but you were the one calling a multiple overtime win over a 3-9 team a big win.

[Andy]

i'm not sure why you are laughing, but you were the one calling a multiple overtime win over a 3-9 team a big win.

I called it bigger than beating a 3-9 Iowa State team. Which it is.