Iowa is coming off a perfect 12-0 regular season that ended with a heartbreaking loss to Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship game and an embarrassing performance in the Rose Bowl against Stanford. Coming off that historic season, the buzz around the Hawkeyes on Tuesday was a lot different than a year ago.
Kirk Ferentz is now being viewed in a different way, Desmond King and C.J. Beathard are now household names, and Josey Jewell became the first Iowa junior to attend media day. In fact, the whole football program was respected a little more, despite coming off their fourth consecutive bowl game loss.