When Toren Young bulled over the left side for a 3-yard score, extending Iowa’s lead to 35 points and sending even more of the red-clad patrons toward the exits, Riley lifted his right leg in the air as if he were going to stomp it back to the ground.
Instead, he set it back down gently, turned away from the action and shook his head.
The beleaguered head coach, in charge of a reeling team, had hoped for a spirited season finale and, if nothing else, a high note on which to send off a senior class.