His comment about 'we'll live with Coker's suspension' was an interesting choice of words...not exactly sure what it means and don't want to parse too much out of it, but one way I took it was that perhaps he didn't see totally eye to eye with the suspension having to take place. In lieu of certainty over why it happened, that's about all I can gather.
Kirk also said McCall is still suspended and will not play in that game, so there is clarification on that.
Iowa still has a good offensive line. I am not going to write off the running game for this bowl game. I think there could be a good mix with the players they have. Canzeri is not a 20 carries per game back, probably at best a 9-12 carry per game guy and get him the ball a few times in the passing game...but in a one off situation, where he won't have to carry a load the following week, he could see elevated carries...Bullock will have had more practice reps at RB than he has had all year, and Johnson will have had some more time, too.
Each of them will have a fullback in there some of the time. I will not be surprised if Iowa has an effective running attack in this game.