B1G schedule analysis - Iowa

Games in which Iowa will be a heavy favorite:
Tennessee Tech
Louisiana-Monroe
Indiana
Michigan

Games in which Iowa will be a heavy underdog:
None

Favorable match-up games:
@Iowa State
Pittsburgh
Northwestern
@Minnesota
Michigan State
@Purdue

Unfavorable match-up games:
@Penn State
@Nebraska

Summary:
Most people will look at Iowa's schedule and pencil in road games against Penn State and Nebraska, and home games against Michigan State and Northwestern as losses.  But as Lee Corso likes to say, "not so fast, my friend!"  The Hawkeyes absolutely thrive under the radar and that will be the case this year.  The Hawkeyes have great personel on offense and the plucky Norm Parker always seems to find the next out-of-nowhere superstar on defense.  Expect more of the same from the Hawkeyes this year. 

Iowa will find a way to win a game they shouldn't early in the year (@Penn State) and ride the momentum to 10 wins with one slip up at home against a team like Michigan State or dare I say Northwestern... again.