Here's my take for what it's worth-
Defense played decent in stretches until they got tired. Most of what they gave up was against individual effort by their QB.
Offense shot themselves in the foot repeatedly. When they were moving the ball, they stopped themselves with penalties.
If the offense can play a clean game and keep the defense rested, I think we can be competitive. A lot of work to do for sure.
If that happens we can be competitive with UNI, assuming they play as bad as they did tonight.