Jay Higgins has something to say. To be fair, he usually does. Higgins won last season’s Golden Gavel, awarded to the Iowa football player most cooperative and professional with local media, for a reason.

Most of the statistics were tilted against the Hawkeyes all night Friday. They got outgained, 334 yards to 164. They had five first downs to Nebraska’s 20. But Ferentz pointed to three program bedrocks that his men again delivered:

Nebraska jumped out to a 3-0 lead on its first offensive possesion. The teams combined for 10 punts in the first half, but NU tacked on a touchdown in the final minute to take a 1