Listen: when I started this endeavor it was partially tongue-in-cheek and partially “hey, maybe Iowa is good enough at enough things on the margin offensively to be an offense which continues to skirt by.” Instead it’s turned into a weekly reminder as to just how dire this thing has gotten.
Against Illinois, it was hard to envision the Iowa Hawkeyes having a worse combination of stats but somehow! Iowa came away with a victory in turnover margin turnovers. Unfortunately, Kirk Ferentz’s brand of simply ... not turning the ball over really isn’t getting things done like it used to.