It was pretty obvious from the get go that the powers on high wanted anyone other than Iowa to represent the West. The refs did everything they could to extend Nebraska drives. Without a bunch of generous calls, the Huskers would have stalled out in the middle of the field.
The sad part is because of how inept Iowa's offense is, they could do nothing to keep the defense off the field.
At this point I have to agree, I wouldn't want our team representing the best of the conference either. If we had just a serviceable offense we could be a perennial New Years Six team. If we had an average to good offense we could be a CFP contender regularly, unfortunately, we have statistically the worst P5 offense in the nation and we are Iowa.
The sad part is because of how inept Iowa's offense is, they could do nothing to keep the defense off the field.
At this point I have to agree, I wouldn't want our team representing the best of the conference either. If we had just a serviceable offense we could be a perennial New Years Six team. If we had an average to good offense we could be a CFP contender regularly, unfortunately, we have statistically the worst P5 offense in the nation and we are Iowa.