BUILD AN EDGE. After a dismal end to the 2014 season in the Taxslayer Bowl - where the Hawkeye defense allowed Tennessee to run for 283 yards - Iowa committed to a new mantra for the 2015 defense: Build an edge. Perhaps the new edge was present in August at our first view of this 2015 team. What was clear, Iowa had an ass-kicker at defensive end and his name is Drew Ott.
Ott's season started with a bang in an opening win over Illinois State where he dominated just as he had in that open practice in front of 8,000 Hawkeye fans.