the detail, for those interested in iowa's insane 2023/24 performance (that Christian mentions in the pod):
From game 6 on, Iowa won 7 in a row, and undershot the O/U in every single game. it went:
v Purdue: O/U 41, total points 34
v Wisconsin O/U 37, total points 21
at this point, the betting markets started to catch up. v Minnesota the O/U was the lowest in college football since records were kept (about 30 years), at 30.5. it didn't matter. total points 22.
v Northwestern the O/U was at the same historical low of 30.5 - total points 17.
v Rutgers, for the first time a college football O/U was set below 30. it jumped down to 27.5, which is pretty insane. total points 22.
next week v Illinois the O/U came shooting back up to a blistering 33.5; 28 points were scored.
for the final regular season game v a struggling Nebraska, no-one had any faith in even 30 points. The O/U record was shattered again as it came down to a ridiculous 25.5 pts. perhaps at this point it goes without saying, but even that was too high. total points 23.
[ie the last 6 scores were all comfortably below the record lowest U/O before that season. and Iowa won them all.]
Even though the win streak hit the brakes in the 26-0 Championship loss to Michigan, and the 35-0 bowl defeat to Tennessee. it probably goes without saying that both games failed to make the O/U...
the detail, for those interested in iowa's insane 2023/24 performance (that Christian mentions in the pod):
From game 6 on, Iowa won 7 in a row, and undershot the O/U in every single game. it went:
v Purdue: O/U 41, total points 34
v Wisconsin O/U 37, total points 21
at this point, the betting markets started to catch up. v Minnesota the O/U was the lowest in college football since records were kept (about 30 years), at 30.5. it didn't matter. total points 22.
v Northwestern the O/U was at the same historical low of 30.5 - total points 17.
v Rutgers, for the first time a college football O/U was set below 30. it jumped down to 27.5, which is pretty insane. total points 22.
next week v Illinois the O/U came shooting back up to a blistering 33.5; 28 points were scored.
for the final regular season game v a struggling Nebraska, no-one had any faith in even 30 points. The O/U record was shattered again as it came down to a ridiculous 25.5 pts. perhaps at this point it goes without saying, but even that was too high. total points 23.
[ie the last 6 scores were all comfortably below the record lowest U/O before that season. and Iowa won them all.]
Even though the win streak hit the brakes in the 26-0 Championship loss to Michigan, and the 35-0 bowl defeat to Tennessee. it probably goes without saying that both games failed to make the O/U...