Sure, Iowa just won the dang Big Ten West and outlasted Purdue, 40-20. But how much do we really know? What was really important about beating the Boilermakers? What does it all mean, Basil? The Takeaway has the answer.
The irregular season. Here's how far away we are from the familiar shores of mediocrity: Iowa led six touchdown drives against, only the last of which came from closer than 49 yards, and the offense still seemed like it wasn't firing on all cylinders.
That wasn't an insane thing to think as the game was going on, of course; those six drives accounted for virtually all of Iowa's offense:
6 TD drives: 38 plays, 385 yards
7 other drives: 21 plays, 18 yards
Note: You might notice that Iowa is credited with 387 yards of total offense, not 403; the disparity comes from penalty yardage.