This was the one you were waiting for — Iowa 40, No. 16 Nebraska 10

IOWA CITY — In the end, things went the way they were intended.

That was the Hawkeyes you thought would be there for the entirety of 2016. The Hawkeyes (8-4, 6-3 Big Ten) who herded No. 16 Nebraska around Kinnick Stadium like goats, those are the ones you picked to win the Big Ten West Division and play in Indianapolis for the league championship for the second consecutive season.

It was the Hawkeyes they thought you'd be seeing for all of 2016.

It all showed up for Iowa's 40-10 body slam of the Huskers (9-3, 6-3) before 69,814 fans Friday at Kinnick Stadium.

Senior running back LeShun Daniels rushed for 158 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Junior running back Akrum Wadley got the ball rolling with a jump cut that opened the Huskers defense like a tuna can for a 75-yard run. He finished with 105 yards on 11 carries.

Even Iowa's passing game, which has been ashes in an urn most of the second half of the season, got into the act. Quarterback C.J. Beathard hit senior wide receiver Riley McCarron for a 77-yard TD in the first quarter.

Iowa's offense reeled off plays of 75, 77 and Daniels' 56-yard run and scored on drives of two, one, four and three plays en route to a 20-3 halftime lead and 26-3 advantage early in the third.