I have a few stats for you. In 2019 the final score of the game was 18-17. A closer look at the game reveals a couple of things. ISU averaged 7.9 yds/play while Iowa averaged 4.5 yds/play. An analysis of the last 500 NCAA games prior to this game, when the production disparity was this large, revealed that the lower production team was 1-499. Iowa had a .2% chance of winning that game. Add in that ISU lost 2 fumbles and Iowa lost 0, and that makes the game closer. But we aren’t done there. ISU was moving for the winning score and Iowa committed the most blatant PI and it was called, but after the PI flag was thrown a flag came out in the backfield for the only holding call of the game. Replays showed there was nothing even near resembling a hold, so the BIG 10 REFS doing the game got their say in the outcome. This was late in the game but the Clones held the hawks and forced a punt, but the return man fumbled the punt thus ending the game. Since ISU really became a top B12 team in the last year, they have yet to play that middle of the Big 10 West team. The first line that came out on this game is ISU -7 which indicates easily a two score game at a minimum. I hope the Huskers kick the hawks ass this year, btw.
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