... got tough, at least from Iowa’s side of the ball.  But as the Iowa faithful are want to say, "a win is win, no matter how ugly."

Ugly it was. Nonetheless, Iowa won the game, 24-21, over visiting Arkansas State to start the 2009 football campaign at 5-0, 2-0 in Big 10 play.

According to Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz during his post-game interview there are no “bad wins.”  Any win is a good one. 

This game, sandwiched in between the Penn State game in Happy Valley and the Michigan game next weekend, had all the potential to be a “trap” extravaganza for the Hawkeyes. 

After the thrill of the victory over the Nittany Lions, 21-10, and the explosion of media attention, coming down to earth had to be hard.

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