Well did we really expect anything different?
Let’s get real - this was always a Mount Everest without oxygen summit bid. Line in the Michigan -22-24 range all week. Iowa over/under point totals per half under 3 in most places, and some books had it under a point per half. An offense that is somehow worse than a year ago (a year when the offense was a full-on catastrophe) against a team that plays almost perfect football, on both sides. You must play a perfect game to have a shot.
Iowa didn’t play a perfect game, but for awhile, it was there.