On a day that Iowa allowed just 209 yards of total offense at Minnesota, it still managed to lose possession of Floyd of Rosedale, and head back to Iowa City after being handed a 13-10 loss.
It was a classic scenario of everything that could have possibly gone wrong for the Iowa Hawkeyes did, in fact, go very wrong for them in their 13-10 ugly, sloppy loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers to fall to 5-2 this season.
Did you ever have a report card in middle school or high school that you knew was going to lead to an unpleasant conversation at home? We all did. It's part of growing up.
The stock market for the Iowa Hawkeyes had a bad, bad day against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Things did not go well, and a few areas saw the market crash for Iowa in its 13-10 loss on the road to Minnesota.
Today was a very sobering reminder for the Iowa Hawkeyes. They got a taste of their own medicine from the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the form of a 13-10 loss that was built on turnovers, timely big plays, and doing the little things right.
Entering this season, the Iowa Hawkeyes looked to be more inexperienced on paper than they had been in previous seasons. Players exhausting eligiblity and departures for the NFL created some gaps that Iowa had to figure out ways to fill.
A few weeks ago, it looked like the Iowa Hawkeyes were stuck in the mud when they tried to run the ball. They couldn't get into a rhythm, the running backs were getting hit in the backfield, and it was a struggle to find any success.
The Iowa Hawkeyes avoided the college football chaos and carnage last week on a bye week. This week's opponent, the Minnesota Golden Gophers, did the same.
Let's just face it, rivalry games are a weird, weird thing in college football. They don't make much sense half the time. Weird plays somehow decide games.
After holding out for so long and retaining the geographical in-state rivalry, the Cy-Hawk game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Iowa State Cyclones could be the latest casualty of the ever-changing world of college football that we live in.
Phil Parker's defenses are built upon elite defensive back play. You know the history. It's what Iowa does. This year, that distinction belongs to Zach Lutmer, the Iowa Hawkeyes' do-it-all safety, cornerback, and coach on the field.
It has been a bit of a roller-coaster season for the unranked Minnesota Golden Gophers, and that's something longtime Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz can understand.
This year, the Iowa Hawkeyes have thrown the ball with some success. Honestly, it has been an improvement from the past few seasons, which has opened up Iowa's offense in so many ways.
Sitting idly, the Iowa Hawkeyes are some of college football's biggest beneficiaries of the chaos that this sport always seems to drum up. Iowa is 5-1 and has a six-game stretch of tough but very winnable games against the old Big Ten West.
What fun would the Iowa Hawkeyes be if they made things easy and straightforward? That would take half the fun out of this whole thing! We saw chaos across the college football world create a College Football Playoff path for Iowa, so what about a quarterback controversy to boot?
The Battle for the Heartland has seen some snoozers in recent years, but for the most part, this rivalry between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Wisconsin Badgers is a vintage Big Ten showdown that brings the best of the old, traditional aspects of the sport to center stage.
The Iowa Hawkeyes are lurking. Like they so often do in games, where they just hang around, don't beat themselves, and somehow find a way late, they are replicating that strategy in the polls, which are slowly starting to reward the Hawkeyes.
There was something in the air across the entire college football landscape yesterday. Upsets, tight games, and chaos ruled the week, despite the Iowa Hawkeyes sitting idle on a bye week.
The Iowa Hawkeyes got some unfortunate injury news Friday morning ahead of a pivotal Big Ten showdown against the Washington Huskies.
The challenges won't end for Iowa just because one of the best teams in the country is now in the rearview of the schedule.
Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith has his eyes on the prize. The Buckeyes wide receiver had another spectacular outing Saturday against the Iowa Hawkeyes, leading his team to a 31-14 win at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.
Pat McAfee’s Kicking Is Easy contest hit a rough patch in Iowa City on Saturday as Iowa freshman Finley Banfig missed a seven-figure field goal opportunity
Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa Hawkeyes don't have much time to celebrate their Week 4 last-second win over the Michigan Wolverines at the Big House.
Jackson was an all-around contributor for the Hawkeyes.
An absolutely stunning ending.
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