As others said, it was a perfect storm for Iowa, when everything finally came together. Entire squad played to their potential, and we got quite a few lucky plays/calls to go our way. We were able to go up big right around halftime and that forced Ohio State to keep throwing on a secondary that clamped down after giving up two quick passing scores.
The thing is, the level of play we saw against Ohio State wasn't something that came out of nowhere. We've shown flashes of brilliance all season, despite a young offense and an often frustrating offensive play-calling scheme. We know Stanley can keep the ball safe and make pretty good throws...but he'd overthrow often. We've seen the athleticism of ISM. The play making abilities of Fant and TJ. We all know Wadley is an absolute weapon in space. But between the strange play calls to run Wadley up the gut into a stacked box, and the frustrating drops by TEs/WRs, we never quite got it going as an entire unit. Until Ohio State.
Forget scoring points...the fact that the offense held the ball for more than 3 plays on any given drive was HUGE. Forced Ohio State back, gave the defense a breather, and allowed them to force the turnovers to get the ball back to the offense with great field position.
