The Iowa Hawkeyes certainly did not put on an offensive display in Ames when they defeated the Iowa State Cyclones 20-13. By virtually every standard, 20 points is not a lot. For the Hawkeyes, while the standard is quite low, the bar is officially 25 points. Iowa did not meet that in week two.
But they did find something on the ground that wasn’t there in week one. When Iowa averaged a measly 2.4 yards per carry against Utah State, the alarm bells started going off across Hawkeye Nation. The numbers were skewed in week two by a 59-yard scamper from Jaziun Patterson early in the 1st quarter, but the Iowa run game looked better last week, averaging 3.