So here we are. No. 4 Iowa vs. No. 5 Michigan State in the Big Ten championship. We all saw that one coming back in the summer, right?
Actually, no one that we can find predicted this outcome. In a preseason poll of 40 league reporters conducted by Cleveland.com, not a single person picked either the Hawkeyes or the Spartans to get to Indianapolis, let alone both.
How did it happen? Well, every season turns on a few big plays. Here are the five major moment that led us here:
Yes, we Koehn: Iowa nips Pitt
The Hawkeyes began the season well, beating FCS power Illinois State and rival Iowa State by double digits.