Had this as a toss up game in preseason prediction.
We have recent history of wins vs recent history of losses (confidence vs motivation).
We have overwhelming road stadium vs (hopefully) "3's a charm" for Vandy.
We have weak defense vs weak offense & strong defense vs strong offense.
If Iowa comes out slinging and scores first, crowd is out of it, there is less pressure on defense and Vandy - McNutt - KMM - Davis settle in for a very productive afternoon with Coker to quietly grind out his 100+ = IA 27 - PSU 19.
If Iowa goes 3 & out and PSU scores first it allows PSU to build confidence, road becomes an issue, their defense feeds off the energy and their offense has a break-out game for PSU to win going away 28 - 17.