Yes, folks, that really happened.
A couple of days removed from Saturday night’s blowout loss and it still almost doesn’t feel real. It very much was though. The Iowa Hawkeyes dropped their first game of the season in embarrassing fashion, shut out by Penn State, 31-0.
In what was supposed to be a competitive matchup between two ranked Big Ten teams, the hosts wiped the floor with the Hawkeyes. The Nittany Lions didn’t even have their best game on offense either, and against a better offense, this might have been a much closer game.
They didn’t play a better offense, though. Instead, they saw a Brian Ferentz masterclass. Iowa had 76 total yards of offense with as many penalties (four) as first downs. The Hawkeyes only controlled the ball for a little over 14 minutes compared to Penn State’s 45:27 minutes.
Because we have to, here is a look at which Hawkeyes’ stocks are rising and which Hawkeyes’ stocks are falling. Spoiler alert: there isn’t a lot of good to take away from this game.