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Originally Posted by Archaea
Northern Iowa is a nightmare game in that they could pull an App State on us. If we win, nobody care.
Again, if we lose, then we're not as good as we believe any way.
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Its benefit is that it allows the team to ease into the season and get to a road game with a PAC 10 team with a chance to get the early-season jitters out, polish up the execution, and build a little momentum.
If we win, we stay ranked where we are (and move up, if a few teams right above us lose.
I say it's a no lose. We should win, and we will win. If we lose, we have no business ranked in the top 25, anyway, and likely won't win out the rest of the season. If we stumble a little and it's closer than it should be, better to stumble in a win than stumble and lose. Isn't the most improvement from the first game to the second game, anyway?