It's championship week everybody! And that means it's time for an extra week of FFFF, the first ever to discuss a Michigan football game in Indianapolis. We're in uncharted waters for the stakes and situation, but very much not in uncharted waters for the opponent: the Iowa Hawkeyes are the same old bland Iowa team they've always been. Today we're tackling the defense first, unlike the normal format, because we had to wait until yesterday to find out who the starter at QB would be for the Hawkeyes and your author starts on this column on Monday. Iowa boasts the 4th best defense in SP+ but is that spiked by poor competition? Let's see:
The Film: This was rather difficult, because when it comes to offense, Iowa Ain't Played Nobody. The best offenses they have faced per SP+ are Iowa State, which happened at the season's beginning, limiting its usefulness, and Maryland, a game that featured seven Terrapin turnovers (!), rendering it basically unus