[Tuck4Bama]

Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz said it's difficult to predict anything in his team's night-and-day season, one that has taken the Hawkeyes from total bust to the brink of bowl eligibility.

"I think we're a younger team than we would like to be," he said. "With youth sometimes comes inconsistency. We've certainly been the poster child for that mantra."

Up-and-down Hawkeyes keep coach wondering what's next

[bears9]

I'm with Ferentz here, I keep wondering what happens too.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Luckily, the defense has been steady. Iowa ranks 18th nationally in scoring defense at 18.1 points per game and is 10th in turnover margin at plus-11

out of their defense, how many of these guys are returning next year?

[bears9]

Roughly the whole offense, besides the running backs