As a Steelers fan I hate the Cowboys but will always watch their games to see them lose. So ratings can be argued.
Iowa news - 2024-25
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Actually if I am not mistaken, they did something even worse.
It's been a while since I read about the method but I believe they 'calculated their available scholarship or of money because upon an assumption that all scholarships were out of state, so if in state tuition was $10,000 and out of state was $20,000 and they had 10 scholys max, they managed to a $200,000 budget. Thus if they ended up with 5 in-state kids getting scholys, they still had $150,000 to play with. The net result was they handed out more than 10 scholys max allowed.
Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but some of those great teams had too many kids on scholarship as a result. The NCAA took action that penalized then moving forward for a period, but did not retroactively go back and correct the wrong through stripping them of any wins or championships.
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I think there's something to be said for the "old" Iowa under Gable vs the "new" Iowa under TnT. Disregarding any of the controversy over scholarship money, Gable's teams were better, pure and simple. It would be different if the "new" Iowa was in really close competition with Penn State every year for the national title. But that's not the case, the "new" Iowa is no match for Penn State. On top of that, they aren't even guaranteed to be the second best team.
I think if it was possible for the current Penn State program under Sanderson to be competing against the "old" Iowa teams under Gable, we would have some really exciting competitions that could go right down to the wire. But I don't see that happening with a team that is now forced to go out and hire mercenaries just to try to stay competitive. It's possible that in a few years we will see Ok State get to the point where they are giving us some serious and exciting competition. I just don't see it happening under TnT.
I think if it was possible for the current Penn State program under Sanderson to be competing against the "old" Iowa teams under Gable, we would have some really exciting competitions that could go right down to the wire. But I don't see that happening with a team that is now forced to go out and hire mercenaries just to try to stay competitive. It's possible that in a few years we will see Ok State get to the point where they are giving us some serious and exciting competition. I just don't see it happening under TnT.
Exactly. And Iowa (as a state) had the best / most high-level high school wrestling talent at the time. I think we’ve seen numbers and it was a couple extra full scholarships in the room at the time.
We’re one Brands sibling away from 3 stooges level entertainment
We’ll have to settle for this:
This would also work with an angry parent instead of a 3rd Brands.We’re one Brands sibling away from 3 stooges level entertainment
I'm thinking specifically Bob Suriano and Andrew Gunning's dad. Maybe Mike Amine. Other candidates likely exist.
Really?
2022-23 to 2023-24 BTN Wrestling Viewers (P2+)
388K PSU-Iowa (2022-23)
245K PSU-Iowa (2023-24)
226K Iowa-Purdue (2023-24)
219K PSU-Nebraska (2023-24)
200K PSU-tOSU (2023-24)
180K Iowa-Ok State (2022-23)
171K PSU-tOSU (2022-23)
162K Iowa-Nebraska (2023-24)
145K PSU-Michigan (2022-23)
143K Iowa-Michigan (2022-23)
116K Iowa-Wisconsin (2022-23)
105K Iowa-Purdue (2022-23)
103K PSU-Wisconsin (2022-23)
99K PSU-Rutgers (2023-24)
96K PSU-Maryland (2023-24)
78K Iowa-Iowa St (2022-23)
52K Minnesota-Northwestern (2023-24)
39K tOSU-Wisconsin (2023-24)
B1G Network promotes PSU & Iowa pretty much exclusively (they are not successful when they don't) and the TV ratings are pretty much standardized - better matchups seem to be 150K and up, lesser matchups around 100K. Iowa-Purdue seems to be an anomaly that I can't explain, except for maybe the Ramos-Ayala match (year after Ramos beat Spencer).
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