Iowa was handed a crushing defeat at home by the Iowa State Cyclones. Figuratively and quite literally, it dampened Hawkeye fans’ feelings about what 2022 might have in store.
Afterwards, Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz had this to say about his group’s performance.
“Obviously, all of us are disappointed with the loss. Congratulations to our opponent. I thought our guys played with good effort and were ready to go. We got off to a really good start, positive start, and then from there things didn’t work out so well, obviously.
“I thought our guys really worked hard, missed some opportunities. Not that there were a lot of them, but the ones that were there, couldn’t cash in. Did a lot of good things on defense certainly and a lot of big special teams plays, and then stating the obvious, we have work to do, obviously, to move the football, and we’re going to have to score points to be successful. That’s where our focus goes.
“Just got a locker room full of guys that are really invested, that play hard, that care about each other. Don’t have many answers right now other than we go back to work tomorrow and see what we can figure out and try to move forward,” Ferentz said.
Iowa has some serious soul-searching to do over the coming days and weeks if they want to avoid this 2022 season turning into an outright failure. In the meantime, here’s a look back at the 2022 Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series through these stunning still images.