Correct me if I am wrong, but as it stands, this would be a QUAD 1 win correct?
To be fair, 4-11 and 0-4 Illinois gave them all they could handle in Evanston on Sunday as well.I watched Northwestern play at Indiana, where it lost by 2, and at home against Michigan, when it also lost by only 2.
Iowa needs to be much better than it's been on the road the last two seasons. Take care of the basketball and play connected on defense.
One doesn't want to start 1-4, usually not a happy ending.This is huge in two ways. One is we dont have enough winnable games to let one slip away. Two is if we dont show we can win on the road in this spot, it's unlikely that we will get the 3 road wins (at least) we are going to need this year to make the dance.
To be fair, 4-11 and 0-4 Illinois gave them all they could handle in Evanston on Sunday as well.
If Illinois pulls down one more defensive rebound they probably win that game.
What's concerning from Iowa's standpoint is that B1G teams are seldom that flat at home twice in a row.