Spoiler alert, the Iowa Hawkeyes get an “F” in this report card. You win as a team and lose as a team, and it truly was a team effort in this embarrassing loss.
In a must-win game at home to continue their season and make it back to the Big Ten Championship where they could try and make amends for their beatdown there last year, Iowa just didn’t look bothered on Friday. It looked as though the team were still in a food coma, especially early on in the first half half, as Nebraska arrived hungry and ready to fight for the Heroes Trophy.
While they made things interesting at the end of this one, it was more so the Cornhuskers willingly trying to give the Hawkeyes the game. Iowa simply didn’t want to take it from them.
The offense was an embarrassment, the coaching staff deserves blame, and the defense were put in some unfortunate situations tonight. While the team as a whole gets an “F” performance for losing a game that they had no business losing, there were a few bright spots that I do have to point out in a harsh and reactionary report card to the final performance of the 2022 Iowa Hawkeyes regular season.