I think the one major thing that hindered Iowa in that game was not being able to see Iowa State's film, which is big, but I can't really think of any other. It hurt Iowa State in many different facets. Having to get all ready for the first game of the year and play hard for 5 minutes, wait around for hours, then completely shut it down hurts. Not getting reps from guys that would be seeing their first college minutes hurts, especially on the o-line. It for sure hurt both sides, but likely it hurt Iowa State a bit more.
Moving good jones to LT and having a brand new center forced us to jockey the line around for the Iowa game since we had a new center with 0 experience. Not sure how the dimwit can think that having to move your linemen around due to lack of playing time doesn’t hurt you.