Been braced for 20 years already :lol:
But yes, stupidly tough is putting it mildly. Beginning next year winning the conference will be more on par with winning a natty. Gone are the Big 8/Big 12 days when the only real obstacle was Oklahoma and it will take much more than winning the B1G West by attrition and a favorable crossover schedule and then perhaps getting lucky in a CCG. tOSU, Michigan, Penn St, USC, Oregon, Washington, UCLA….Gon have to actually be good, really good, to end up top of the heap. Won’t be any simply waiting until a few other teams have a down year.
But somehow Iowa is going to manage to not face any of those teams 3 out of every 4 years. :lol: