... year, the Iowa Hawkeyes were the cardiac kids—that or pretty much any other cliche for the luckiest team in the country.

Sure the Hawkeyes were good. They beat Penn State in Happy Valley, knocked off Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl, and nearly beat Ohio State in the Horseshoe with a freshman quarterback making his first career start.

Mathematically, Iowa was the best team in the land for a couple of weeks in 2009, and the BCS computers are proof.

But adding in the human element, voters were wary to rank the Hawkeyes too high—and with good reason.

In the first game of the season, Iowa needed two consecutive blocked field goals at the end of the game to squeak by Northern Iowa 17...

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