The Iowa Hawkeyes are getting a crash course on how quickly the landscape of college football and a season outlook can change this week after the loss to Minnesota.
Prepare yourselves; it's only Monday. We have a long week ahead of us with the quarterback situation brewing in Iowa City for the Iowa Hawkeyes. And not in a good way.
A day has passed since the Iowa Hawkeyes put on an underwhelming performance against the Minneosta Golden Gophers to fall to 5-2 this season, and it's time to flush that one and move on to the next Big Ten showdown, which is another rivalry on deck.
Iowa's loss to Minnesota was bad. There's no way around that. It was ugly in all of the wrong ways, and it has cost the Iowa Hawkeyes in a bad way. The AP Top 25 and the Coaches Poll punished Iowa very severely for the loss.
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 Iowa Hawkeyes are about to be back in action, and it's a Big Ten rivalry showdown on the road against the Minnesota Golden Gophers with the historic Floyd of Rosedale trophy up for grabs in this one.
What does someone have to do to get Big Ten football to be played in the mid-40s with a very gray sky and a slight breeze? It's late October. Let us break out the hoodies and beanies for some pivotal Big Ten matchups down the stretch.
The wait is nearly over. The Iowa Hawkeyes are getting back in action, and there is no time to waste getting things going. Iowa is walking into enemy territory to the north to take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers with the Floyd of Rosedale on the line.
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.
Come on, now. Did any of us really think that Kirk Ferentz was ever going to even slightly show his hand? That's not how he rolls. He's been around the block a few times - actually more than any other coach in college football - and he has a plan.
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.
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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