It would make sense for Kirk Ferentz to be a bit miffed after his Iowa Hawkeyes’ 18-16 home loss to the Oregon Ducks on Saturday. After all, the Hawkeyes had that thing in the bag. With 1:51 to go in the game, quarterback Mark Gronowski executed a perfect quarterback draw for a touchdown to pull the Hawkeyes ahead of the Ducks, 16-15. Never mind the two-point conversation afterward failed. The Hawkeyes had the lead and just had to play defense for less than two minutes, and they’ve always been good at defense. The problem for Oregon is that the Ducks have seemingly always been good at offense, at least in this modern era, and that’s certainly been the case under head coach Dan Lanning. The Ducks got the ball back at their 25-yard line and marched down the field on a 10-play, 54-yard drive that ended in a game-winning field goal. There were several key plays on that final drive that saw Oregon simply execute better than Iowa. Again, Ferentz would have reason to be upset at how the game ended up, but he’s the
