Plus, Iowa's offensive skill positions are dominated by red-shirt frosh. It so happens that every football team in the nation is plagued with injuries to some degree. It's a violent game and people get hurt every time out. Every team in the nation has to battle inexperience to some degree. Seniors leave following each season.
Every player starts from scratch at some point.
Cortez was replaced by sophomore Ben Bruns. The Cyclones have two sophomore starters on the offensive line. Five ISU defensive starters are sophs. He endured the verbal and written darts from the outside world, and got his team to buckle down and execute. Now, Iowa's Hayden Fry and his coaches are faced with the same challenge.