Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa Hawkeyes are coming off a school best 12 wins in last year’s regular season. They won the Big Ten West Division title with an 8-0 record. They earned a place in the Big Ten Championship game last season, where they fell to the Michigan State Spartans on a historic fourth quarter drive.
After losing that game they still earned a spot in the Rose Bowl to take on Pac-12 Champ, Stanford. The Cardinal trounced the Hawkeyes in a game that was over after the third drive of the football game.
That left a pain in the side of the players and the fans.