The Most Overrated Thing Was …
Purdue 24, Iowa 7
We all knew the exposure of the Iowa offense was coming at some point. We just got there faster.
However, the impact of the No. 2 team in the country losing really isn’t the giant deal that you might think it is.
Oh sure, Iowa tumbled down the rankings, and it might have opened up the race in the Big Ten West, but it didn’t change things all that much.
To go to the College Football Playoff, Iowa has to win the Big Ten Championship – at least that has to be a part of the mix.
It wouldn’t have mattered if it was unbeaten, or if it got there with one loss. If it beats Wisconsin, Northwestern, Minnesota, Illinois, and Nebraska – all very doable – and it gets to 11-1 with a shot at the Big Ten title, it’s in with one more win.
There could be some strange twist – like if Wake Forest goes unbeaten, or if the committee doesn’t look at Cincinnati’s schedule, or if it’s a moral imperative that Alabama and Georgia have to be in – but just assume that a one-loss Big Ten champion will get into the College Football Playoff.
Iowa needs to find a steadier offense to get there, but this wasn’t a deathblow loss. It just made things more interesting.
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