Two years ago to this day, Iowa walked off the Raymond James Stadium turf and into the locker room with their heads held low.
It was depressing. The core of a team that had started the year before 12-0 and made the Rose Bowl had stumbled to an 8-5 record. The last loss was perhaps the most biting, a 30-3 defeat at the hands of a mediocre Florida team in turmoil.
After the game, they seemed in something of a daze. No one had really expected the Iowa offense to fall apart in that way.