The Iowa football team is losing six key starters on the defensive side of the ball so some may expect a bit of regression from Phil Parker’s 2018 defense that allowed just 290 yards and 17.4 points per game.
That’s not necessarily the case at Dear Old Gold. In fact, an article was written just last week outlining three reasons why this defensive unit could actually be better than last year’s but we didn’t go as far as to say the defense would be the best in the nation.
The folks at 247Sports did though.