The shot-callers at the University of Wyoming got a good long look at Iowa’s offensive line as the Hawkeyes manhandled the Cowboy defense on Sept. 2, 2017.
They saw Akrum Wadley and James Butler combine for 150 yards. They watched a young Nate Stanley complete just 8 passes to 3 players for 3 touchdowns with Josh Allen sitting on their sideline—observing as his team got dealt a 24-3 loss to a Hawkeye squad that would go on to win seven more games and finish tied with Purdue for third in the unimpeachable Big Ten West.
They saw Tim Polasek’s goatee and said, “yeah, we want that.