The Iowa Hawkeyes saw their regular season come crashing down a week ago as they fell to the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the season finale, presumably in retribution for their stumbling into the Big Ten Championship Game a year prior.
As frustrating as the season has been and as disappointing as the end was given the Hawkeyes controlled their own destiny, on senior day, against an opponent that hadn’t beaten them in seven tries, Iowa still finished with modest success on the season and thus has made a bowl game for the eighth straight season.