Desmond King's eight interceptions this season lead the nation and rank him second among Big Ten players in the past two decades, equal to Charles Woodson's total during his 1997 Heisman Trophy year.
So when King missed a team meeting last Tuesday in Iowa City, three days before fourth-ranked Iowa put its unbeaten record on the line in the regular-season finale, the Hawkeyes could have been excused if they chose to hand their star cornerback a punishment that did not impact his playing status at Nebraska.
Instead, King sat out the first quarter.