Sure, Iowa just bowed in the closing seconds to Michigan State, 16-13. But how much do we really know? What was really important about losing to the Spartants? What does it all mean, Basil? The Takeaway has the answer.
Iowa and Michigan State played to a virtual deadlock on Saturday. The teams were so evenly matched that the result only essentially flipped their rankings, and one could argue that had the balance of luck shifted ever so slightly, Iowa would be there in the Playoff instead of Sparty.
What Michigan State had that Iowa didn't—and needed—was a stopper.