IOWA CITY — The best football coaches, by nature, are very controlling in the sense that they want to know exactly what to expect and to have a firm plan for every situation.

The Iowa coaching staff hasn’t had that luxury of late when it comes to the most important position in football. Mark Gronowski’s apparent left-knee injury has been complicated to assess, and the Hawkeyes have had to operate for more than a week not knowing if their No. 1 quarterback would be available for the Oct. 11 game at Wisconsin … or at all this season.

But one thing has been obvious to coaches since Gronowski pounded his fist on the Kinnick Stadium turf in frustration, early in the fourth quarter of a 10-10 game against Indiana: That Gronowski was going to do everything in his power to return to the fiel

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