That was a big game, including the way we won it.

Even the officials looked at me before the game and said this is special. It was a big win.

This was a big game for Iowa, a big game for Michigan State. They played better than we did.

When we won the national championship (in 2000), it was an incredible run and an incredible week, but when I walked off the airplane and pulled up to the hotel and someone pokes his head in the bus and says 'Thank you,' I knew what this was going to be about,

Yeah, this was close to a perfect game.

It might be the toughest six-game start in any conference anywhere.