From the department of "Huh?"

Still licking my wounds after Iowa's loss in the "Big Dance" imagine my reaction to this:

A number of national media outlets have slated Ferentz's Hawkeyes to be among the top 10 teams in the country - some even predict Iowa to play in the 2006 Rose Bowl for the BCS national championship.

Most recently, a CBS analyst ranked Iowa second on the website's pre-spring top 25, facing Southern California in the national-title game.

Oh, I would love it. You know I would. Of course...

Ferentz isn't convinced - or at least he says he's not.

Nor am I. But I look forward to the season. Number 2 or not, I think they'll be pretty good.