You've got to be kidding me? We're on the cover? Isn't the World Series going on right now?

Yes Kirk, the Iowa Football team is on the cover of Sports Illustrated after going 3/4 of the season perfect.

Despite being down to their 4th string running back, losing the top two punt returners, and playing without the best offensive player for several weeks, this Iowa football team has just found a way.

Now, if Rick Stanzi could just find a way to lead the offense to a solid 4 quarter effort this team would really be something.

GET THE CORRECT FACTS ON IOWA FOOTBALL
It seems popular for national pundits to criticize the University of Iowa football team these days. Many have said Iowa doesn’t belong on the same board with Florida, Texas, Alabama, Cincinnati, TCU, Oregon or Boise State. Iowa’s schedule has been rated the seventh toughest in the nation. Only one team in Big Ten history has beaten Penn State, Michigan State and Wisconsin on the road in the same season (Michigan did it in 1997). The two schools Iowa does not play in the Big Ten this year have the worst overall records (Purdue and Illinois) in the league. To say Iowa hasn’t played a strong enough schedule is to be totally misinformed. Please look at the facts below.

Number of opponents defeated that currently have winning records:
1. Iowa (6)
2. Texas (5)
3. Cincinnati (4)
TCU (4)
4. Oregon (3)
Alabama (3)
5. Boise State (2)
Florida (2); to be fair there are several that are .500

Total won-lost records (and winning %) of defeated opponents:
1. Iowa 44-31 (.586)
2. Florida 36-29 (.553)
3. Texas 35-30 (.538)
4. Oregon 29-28 (.508)
5. TCU 34-33 (.507)
6. Alabama 32-33 (.492)
7. Cincinnati 30-36 (.454)
8. Boise State 27-37 (.421)

Total won-lost records of opponents defeated in their home stadiums (i.e. road wins)
1. Texas 15-9 (.714)
2. Iowa 23-12 (.657)
3. Alabama 14-10 (.583)
4. Florida 15-11 (.576)
5. TCU 19-14 (.575)
6. Cincinnati 21-20 (.512)
7. Boise State 14-18 (.437)
8. Oregon 6-10 (.375)

Number of defeated opponents ranked in current BCS Top 25:
1. Iowa 3 (Penn State 11, Arizona 18, Wisconsin 21)
Oregon 3 (USC 12, Utah 14, California 20)
2. Texas 2 (Oklahoma State 19, Oklahoma 24)
3. Florida 1 (LSU 9)
Alabama (Virginia Tech 23)
Boise State 1 (Oregon 8)
Cincinnati 1 (South Florida 25)
4. TCU 0

Won-lost records of remaining teams left on schedule:
1. Alabama 22-12 (.647)
2. Iowa 17-10 (.629)
3. Oregon 19-12 (.612)
4. Cincinnati 19-13 (.593(
5. Texas 18-14 (.562)
6. Boise State 20-22 (.476)
7. TCU 15-17 (.468)
8. Florida 14-11 (.411)