Iowa was so incredibly unlucky recovering fumbles last year that they can't possibly be that bad again this year. Right? Right????
Iowa was unbelievably bad at recovering fumbles last year. Kirk Ferentz talked about ball security in his presser yesterday and it’s no wonder why. Iowa had 21 fumbles last year and lost 15 of them. That is terrible. To make matters worse, they only recovered 3 of their opponents' 11 fumbles. That comes in at just 9 recoveries out of the 32 times the ball was put on the turf.
Statisticians have exhaustively analyzed the stats on fumble recoveries and it turns out that both teams have a roughly 50/50 shot at coming up with the ball in most fumble situations.