STrib: Iowa, again facing favorable schedule, looks to finally write a happy ending

per Joe:

There’s no such thing as a bad trip to the Rose Bowl, but Iowa’s first visit since 1991 was humbling for the Hawkeyes and the entire Big Ten West.

Before the 29-point loss to Stanford on Jan. 1, the Hawkeyes had taken advantage of a favorable schedule, surviving some absolute nail-biters and finished their first 12-0 regular season in school history.

They basically came one play — one big stop on Michigan State’s 22-play, 82-yard Big Ten championship winning drive — from reaching the College Football Playoff.

All season, the Hawkeyes had been lucky and good. But by the time Cardinal star Christian McCaffery finished with them in Pasadena, critics wondered if they’d just been lucky and well-positioned, in a watered-down division.

http://www.startribune.com/iowa-aga...ks-to-finally-write-a-happy-ending/391684281/

Go Gophers!!

Iowa has already released their B1G West, B1G Championship, and College Play-off commemorative shirts. Be the first to get one:

highwayman said:

Iowa has already released their B1G West, B1G Championship, and College Play-off commemorative shirts. Be the first to get one:

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Since when do they have sleeves?

It is fun to lay into Iowa but they had a great season and were damn close to winning the conference title. I'm not sure the ending is all there is to that.