The last several days have been spent largely discussing just how miserable Iowa’s loss to Purdue was on Saturday and just how far off the rails that has taken the 2021 season. There is no way to sugar coat it, the loss was indeed miserable and embarrassing and somehow both totally unexpected by virtually everyone while simultaneously reaffirming convictions that the team had no business being #2 in the country.
Similarly, a season that nobody expected to have Iowa 6-1 just past the midway point now feels somehow derailed and underwhelming based on adjusted expectations after wins in weeks one and two and an even bigger one in week six.