If there’s a better way than to come out of a melancholy-inducing three-game losing streak than the complete and utter destruction of a team in a 63-point shutout, I don’t know what it is.
Yes, parts of the season have been miserable. Yes, things slipped away. But a 63-0 whooping of Illinois certainly feels great.
Maybe it’s the way it happened, maybe it’s just that I was honestly not going to be surprised with a stupid loss here… but at least it’s something. This was a clearly inferior opponent and Iowa put its weight down. All of it.