Let's just be honest for a moment: this is not the ideal week for the Iowa Hawkeyes to have a cross-country road trip on a short week against a desperate Big Ten team.
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said QB Hank Brown likely will be medically cleared for Friday's game but hasn't done much in practice.
The quarterback situation is taking over the headlines surrounding the Iowa Hawkeyes again. This time, it isn't for a quarterback competition. It's more of a matter of who is going to start this week's game against Washington due to health concerns.
The Iowa Hawkeyes going bowling is as close to a lock as there is in this world. I don't want to say it's guaranteed yet because, well, it is college football we are talking about.
At 4-1, everything is in front of the Iowa Hawkeyes. This record at this point in the season, which includes splitting games against Michigan and Ohio State, plus a Cy-Hawk win, is a success for the Hawkeyes.
The challenges won't end for Iowa just because one of the best teams in the country is now in the rearview of the schedule.
The scene this past weekend in Iowa City was unbelievable. The atmosphere around Iowa City was buzzing from start to finish, and it reminded everyone why college sports can be one of the best things in the world.
While some may have suspected changes coming in this week's depth chart for the Iowa Hawkeyes after Hank Brown left the game versus Ohio State banged up, which opened the door for Jeremy Hecklinski to engineer a touchdown drive, things are staying the same.
Saturday's game between Iowa and Ohio State was the biggest for the Hawkeyes in quite some time, with the eyes of the entire college football world locked on Iowa City over the weekend.
When the Iowa Hawkeyes saw the schedule come out earlier this year, everyone knew the three-game stretch that stood out like a sore thumb. The Big Ten gave Iowa a road trip to Michigan to open up Big Ten play, a date at home against the national title-contending Ohio State Buckeyes, and a short-week road trip to Seattle to take on Washington.
It's early October, and the Iowa Hawkeyes are sitting at 4-1. Sure, it may sting a little bit more than normal today, coming off the loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes, but that's really all it is.
There's always another smart kid. A kid who doesn't have to study as much, yet somehow manages to get an A on every single test. That kid is the Ohio State Buckeyes on the football field.
The positive note is that it took five games into the season for the Iowa Hawkeyes to hit their first crossroads of an uncomfortable conversation. That's not bad.
The Iowa Hawkeyes had one of the hottest stocks in all of college football following the improbable road win over the Michigan Wolverines. Like the real stock market, things often find their level, and such was the case against Ohio State.
Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith has his eyes on the prize. The Buckeyes wide receiver had another spectacular outing Saturday against the Iowa Hawkeyes, leading his team to a 31-14 win at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.
Pat McAfee’s Kicking Is Easy contest hit a rough patch in Iowa City on Saturday as Iowa freshman Finley Banfig missed a seven-figure field goal opportunity
Caitlin Clark returned to Iowa City as a hometown hero on Saturday morning, only to hear something she never experiences in Hawkeye country: a chorus of boos.
Caitlin Clark had a heartfelt surprise for her alma mater after the Indiana Fever’s painful exit from the WNBA playoffs. The star point guard gifted the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team with pairs of her new Nike Caitlin 1 signature shoes.
We have Iowa City with ESPN College GameDay in attendance. It's a ranked Big Ten matchup. It's the Iowa Hawkeyes hosting the Ohio State Buckeyes in beautiful Kinnick Stadium in Week 5.
The Iowa Hawkeyes are leaning fully into the "Back in Black" mantra this weekend when the Ohio State Buckeyes come into Kinnick Stadium for a ranked Big Ten showdown.
For the first time in two decades, the eyes of the college football world will be on Iowa Saturday when the No. 14 Hawkeyes host No. 5 Ohio State in Iowa City.
Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa Hawkeyes don't have much time to celebrate their Week 4 last-second win over the Michigan Wolverines at the Big House.
Jackson was an all-around contributor for the Hawkeyes.
An absolutely stunning ending.
It is a Top 25 battle in the Big Ten as an undefeated Iowa heads to Ann Arbor to face Michigan. It is time to continue the NCAA Football odds series with an Iowa-Michigan prediction and pick.
Saturday will bring a bunch of games between Big Ten opponents. No game will bring more interest than the Michigan Wolverines welcoming the Iowa Hawkeyes to Ann Arbor.
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