It appears that Ohio State beat Notre Dame on Saturday night with a one-person advantage. The Irish had 10 defensive players on the field. I mention this because it feels like Iowa’s offense has been facing 12 defenders for the last number of years. I watch quite a bit of college football including Division III ball (shout out to Macalester College and the MIAC) and I have never seen ineptitude like we see each week from Iowa’s offense.
After Saturday’s 31-0 shellacking (I predicted 30-10), my take was that the difference came down to the two offensive lines.