Does the Best Talent Always Win Championships?

Well, this weekend I watched the Iowa Hawkeyes whoop up on the Wisconsin Badgers 20-10! While watching the post-game the analyzers were saying how the Hawkeyes look bad and aren't that talented but are undefeated. To me this makes no sense at all. How can you be untalented but still be undefeated? This does not make sense to me. Sure they aren't the most talented team in all of college football, but they mesh well together and that is all that matters.

Iowa Head Coach Kirk Ferentz is known for recruiting the lesser recruits. He doesn't go after the four and five star recruits, he goes after the three star recruits that could fit the mold of what he wanted his football team to be. And man has it worked out for him. It seems like every year he is in NFL coaching conversations, and ex-players are always very complementary of Ferentz.

I think that talent doesn't always win championships. Sure a few talented players always help, Iowa has a few, but just having talent doesn't win you championships. You have to have chemistry and people that will mesh well together. Iowa is not outstanding individually, but as a team they are very good this year because they mesh together well. They are playing as a team and it shows, because they are 7-0 and ranked seven in the nation.

Ohio State and Penn State both have loads more of talent than Iowa, but Iowa is undefeated and both of them aren't. This is just another reason that the best talent doesn't always win championships. I'm not saying that Iowa is not somewhat talented, they are, but they do not have the talent individually that a Penn State or an Ohio State team has. But I guess it doesn't really matter. All that matters is wins and losses, and it doesn't matter how pretty your wins are. It just matters that you win.

Iowa is now in the driver's seat for a Big Ten title and a BCS bid. All they have to do is close, and I think they will because of the chemistry they have this year, and how well they are playing as a team. GO HAWKS!!!

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