The Iowa Hawkeyes got back into the win column a week ago when they emerged victorious over the Northwestern Wildcats 10-7. It was a game that never really felt like Iowa would lose until the final minutes.
The Hawkeye defense was up to its typical boa constrictor business while the offense squandered opportunity after opportunity and tripped all over itself to avoid scoring points. Same stuff, different day. But when the Hawkeyes got an uncharacteristically bad punt out of Tory Taylor to set up the Wildcats with a very short field for the second straight possession, Northwestern was able to tie the game late in the fourth quarter and immediately it went from feeling like Iowa was in control to having no hope whatsoever.