Only 10 conference schools participated in games this final weekend, making Iowa, Rutgers, and Penn State the only Big Ten teams to complete the previously not-agreed-upon schedule of eight games.
As its reward for winning six consecutive games and all its rivalry trophies, Iowa will get to play the hapless Michigan Wolverines, who are almost certainly going to use their eventual loss to the Hawkeyes as a shield to fire their football coach.
In a year where we’ve been given everything we haven’t asked for and nothing actually on our wishlists, Iowa is gifted a game against the worst Michigan team since probably 2014 but more likely 2008, a year Michigan only had freshmen and sophomores in its quarterback room.