i don't quite understand how iowa is giving only 2.5. despite osu's recent turnaround and iowa's recent okayishness, i figured they'd be giving up home court advantage and a couple points for about iowa -5. i'd be a little more confident if our recent wins had come against the conference's better teams.
obviously hope we win, but i think losing by single digits would be a moral victory tie. another one of those games where winning, losing by 8, or losing by 28 seems equally possible.