I'm glad Iowa righted the ship and got a bowl win. No, it's not like winning the Rose or even the Capital One/Citrus bowl, but hey, I'll take it. Gives the Hawks some additional positive momentum going into the offseason.
I'm not going to lie, late in the 2nd quarter, when BC was moving the ball at will, I thought to myself, "here we go again, this is going to be yet another bowl blowout". Then Iowa made some of the best second-half defensive adjustments I've seen all year - they really bottled up AJ Dillon and effectively the BC offense. Their offense wasn't great by any stretch, but it did just enough to move the chains when they had to.
I wouldn't be surprised if some of the team's leaders stepped up at halftime and told their teammates to find their motors and crank it up another gear. The upperclassmen (seniors, especially) I'm sure are sick and tired of all the ugly bowl performances and saw this as their opportunity to snap that skid and give next year's squad something to build on.
Good win. BC is a pretty fair team (I'd wager they're one of the 40 best teams in the country or so) - not unlike Iowa actually with sound defense and emphasis on the run game.