You know the stats. I ran through them in this space last week and they didn’t get any better for the Iowa Hawkeyes against Iowa State. It was another game of an inverted TD:INT ratio, sub-50% completion, and general stasis on the offensive side of the ball.
“Absentee offense” is the description I’ve landed on for this iteration of Iowa football. I don’t even think this meme does what we’re seeing unfold justice:
What I would do for a goofy dragon right now. At least it’s a dragon. Iowa had it in 2004 & 2009 when they had quarterbacks who could pull rabbits out of the hat.