Kaleb Johnson gives Iowa some much-needed star potential

(Photo courtesy of Matthew Holst/Getty Images)Defense, kicking game, and playing with physicality. That is Iowa football under head coach Kirk Ferentz. The Hawkeyes have won a lot of games over the last two-plus decades with this core philosophy. However, a big key to making that work is being able to run the football.

That style of ball works best when the offense has a bell cow tailback it can rely on. Over the last seven years at Kentucky, we’ve seen Chris Rodriguez Jr. and Benny Snell Jr. carry the Wildcats to wins when the rest of the offense labored.

However, Iowa will have the bruising tailback in the meeting between the two programs at the Music City Bowl on Saturday afternoon.

Kaleb…