Sure, Iowa just brought Floyd home and outlasted Minnesota, 40-35. But how much do we really know? What was really important about beating the Gophers? What does it all mean, Basil? The Takeaway has the answer.
Pressure. Last Thursday, I noted that Iowa quixotically thrives against the stronger defenses it faces, that it runs over quality foes in a way that it doesn't against defensively light foes like Iowa State and Indiana. It doesn't make a lot of sense on its face, but it sure does explain why Iowa's 10-0.
Iowa's 492-yard hamblasting at the otherwise stingy Northwestern remains the team's magnum opus, but this game is one hell of a second-place performance; Minnesota came into the game allowing 330 yards and 24.