For once, Iowa might have delivered a knockout blow in the race to win the Big Ten West. And they did it in mid-October.
Admittedly it’s a weird feeling, writing about a possible knockout blow delivered by Iowa Wisconsin. This has usually worked in reverse. The team putting the final nail in Iowa’s West coffin has usually been Wisconsin. Iowa had decent control of this series with the Badgers dating back to the early Ferentz years, but they’ve lost that ground to Bucky since 2010. This game has become a slugfest that tilts a league title or title game appearance to the Badgers.