Just like last year, Iowa’s schedule full of cupcakes will leave them fat and lethargic come postseason play!
A lackluster Big 10 West and luck of the draw ensures Iowa will not have to test its regular season mettle against Ohio State or Michigan State for the second year in a row. Other than a visit to Penn State for a night game, Iowa's road schedule features games against Rutgers, Minnesota, Purdue, and Illinois, all of whom had losing records last year. The home schedule (Northwestern, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nebraska) is less cupcake-y, but still void of the kind of schedule that might impress a committee attempting to assign competitive post-season play (ahem, Rose Bowl).