Each week we try to reach out to our fellow blogging brethren to see if they can offer insight into our opponent. The folks over at Black Heart Gold Pants Punts were kind enough to oblige. The answers below have been lightly edited for clarity.
What in the world has happened to Iowa’s offense to get it to this point?
You don’t get to dead last in the country in total offense without a LOT of things going wrong and that’s the case for the Hawkeyes. We can start big picture and point out the obvious: offense has always been something Iowa has used largely to kill clock for the defense under Kirk Ferentz.