The #13 Iowa Hawkeyes (10-3) struggled in the red zone and yielded big plays on defense, as the #2 Michigan Wolverines (12-1) won the Big Ten Championship, 42-3.
Iowa’s effort started well enough, with a defensive three-and-out followed by a deliberate drive inside the red zone. Brian Ferentz dialed up a running back pass, which was well-executed outside of the fact that Gavin Williams threw it a couple feet over a stumbling Monte Pottebaum. It was around this time FOX flashed a graphic which said Iowa was bottom 4 in the conference at red zone scoring (73%) and the absolute worst at turning those possessions into TDs (44% of the time).