Seriously (added for effect), there are good teams in the Big 10 and Iowa is not one of them. Illinois, OSU, Michigan, Wisconsin, MSU and PSU are without question finishing ahead of Iowa. Spots 7-11 are kind of a toss up.
Iowa has serious issues on offense. Christensen is in over his head unless you are playing catch in the back yard. They just lost the 2nd best receiver they had in Cleveland. DJK is good and will start. The line basically returns and that's not good. Richardson is clearly not healthy. Moeaki the same. They had problems blocking and that won't likely change based on a year of experience. (See
ISU line of '06). SOme lines have it asome don't. Sometimes it's a good thing to graduate some people. Running back spot will be about the same. HOWEVER, their coaches can't seem to figure out when the run is working and when it's not, sans Michigan State game.
Defensively, it's hard to say. They clearly graduated some talented guys. Like us, the next man in isn't the same or better all the time. Contrary to popular Hawkeye delusion, they are not talented at the levels of an Ohio State. The next guy in wasn't Hodge or Greenway after all, was he?
In the end, they finish 6-6. Unfortunately, we probably do too - cough, (saw that used above and liked it) or worse. That's just one guy's opinion.
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