the only thing I am inferring/ implying is Iowa does not need gimmicks to win. and just meant that Iowa was hindered by a OL and RB group that was riddled with injuries
when the OL was healthy and at its best they beat MSU, not to mention Weisman had over 800 yards rushing and over a 100 yards receiving in just "6" Games, that's a total of over 900 total yards, which breaks down to a 150 yard per game effort.
in that same MSU game Weisman got hurt, then in the PSU game 2 of Iowa's best OL went down to injury for the year. after that game it became a revolving door at both the RB and OL position.
again at the beginning of the season there were 3 brand new starters on the OL, and the RB spot was a big question mark
95% of the Posters were predicting anywhere from 5-7 at WORST to 7-5 at best, because of all the 1st time starters and all the coaching changes.
but as the season progressed you could have swore by the way people were going nuts after every loss, that they had predicted a BT Title and NT