Joni Ernst tweet gets Hawkeye outcome wrong

The Des Moines Register

Sen. Joni Ernst's Twitter account congratulated the University of Iowa football team on a big victory Saturday night — but the Hawkeyes dropped a heartbreaker to Michigan State in the Big Ten championship game, giving up the winning touchdown with 27 seconds left.

The message went out on the Iowa Republican's account about the time the game ended. It was deleted about 10 minutes later.

The account later sent out a tweet apologizing for the staff error and congratulated the Hawkeyes' effort in the game.