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Podcast: Locked On Big 10 – Daily College Football & Basketball Podcast
Episode: UNDERRATED? Iowa Hawkeyes EXTREMELY CLOSE to Making COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF Until Saturday?
Description: The Iowa Hawkeyes were razor-thin margins away from making the College Football Playoff, and Kirk Ferentz knows it. Three heartbreaking losses—by a combined total of just 10 points—to Iowa State, Indiana, and Oregon have kept this playoff-caliber team on the outside looking in, despite being ranked 20th in the initial CFP poll.We break down how the Hawkeyes came agonizingly close in each game, from the 54-yard field goal that sealed their fate against Iowa State to Atticus Sappington's 39-yarder in the freezing rain with :03 seconds remaining against the Ducks. Mark Gronowski's gutsy performance and Iowa's trad...