Iowa (6-2, 4-1 Big Ten) enters as winners of three straight and playing some of the finest football in the country. The Hawkeyes shut out Wisconsin, 37-0, on Oct. 11, rallied back and topped Penn State, 25-24, on Oct. 18 and romped past Minnesota, 41-3, on Oct. 25.

But Iowa State’s third-year starting quarterback’s rarely rendered speechless, yet found few words to describe the offense’s ongoing travails after Saturday’s 24-19 home Big 12 football loss to Arizona State.