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IOWA CITY — Dan McCarney watched the Hawkeyes warm up from the sidelines. As the Iowa football honorary captain for its game against No. 11 Indiana, the former player and coach was soaking in every bit of the pregame anticipation.
He even said to multiple fans, coaches and officials that he had a good feeling about this matchup.
It didn’t pan out that way.
For the second week in-a-row, the Hawkeyes found themselves tied heading into the fourth quarter. In a sold-out game at Kinnick Stadium, Iowa had a chance to double-down from its dominant performance against Rutgers a week ago.
Without a touchdown in the second half, and a missed 42-yard field goal by Drew Stevens, it wasn’t happening for