The Daily Iowan Pregame - 09.10.2021

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Saturday, September 11 Iowa vs. Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium

CY-HAWK. GAME. EVER.

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Iowa Starters

MARQUEE MATCHUP

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Iowa State Starters

Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan Iowa running back Tyler Goodson hurdles Indiana defensive back Tiawan Mullen during a football game between No. 18 Iowa and No. 17 Indiana at Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 4. The Hawkeyes defeated the Hoosiers 34-6.

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As ESPN’s College GameDay looks on, the Hawkeyes and the Cyclones will take the field this Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames. And unlike Iowa’s season-opener against Indiana — an air-raid — the game will be won and lost on the ground. The annual Cy-Hawk football game will host two of the top running backs in the nation: Cyclone Breece Hall and Hawkeye Tyler Goodson. The last time these teams met in 2019, Goodson and Hall were freshmen seeing their third-ever college games. In the 18-17 Hawkeye victory, Goodson notched three rushing attempts for 16 yards, and Hall carried the ball once for no gain. Following the Cy-Hawk matchup, both players had breakout seasons in which they led their teams in rushing. Hall got an edge on Goodson in their sopho-

more seasons last year, though the Cyclones played 12 games while the Hawkeyes only competed in eight.

While Goodson garnered first-team All-Big Ten honors, Hall became Iowa State’s first unanmious first-team All-American. Now, two years after they first shared the field, Goodson and Hall are the focal points of their respective teams. In Iowa’s season-opener, Goodson rushed for 99 yards on 19 attempts. Goodson will face a veteran Cyclone defense that allowed just 104.3 rushing yards per game last season, eighth best in the nation.

In Iowa State’s season-opener, Hall netted 72 yards on 23 attempts, only three yards per carry. Iowa allowed an average of 107.6 rushing yards per game last season, and in Week 1 held Indiana to 77 yards on the ground.

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State, nation focused on Cy-Hawk game Saturday’s Iowa-Iowa State football game is the 68th meeting in series history, but the first when both teams are ranked.

Robert Read Pregame Editor Four trophy cases are positioned near the entryway to the Iowa football team’s performance center, a building adjacent to Kinnick Stadium. Each of them is meant to hold one of the team’s rivalry trophies but, as of earlier this week, only three of those trophies are being displayed.

The Floyd of Rosedale, Heroes, and Heartland Trophies are proudly presented along the staircase to the second floor of the building, celebrating Iowa’s 2020 victories over Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. The Cy-Hawk Trophy, which goes to the winner of the (typically) annual Iowa-Iowa State football game, is noticeably missing.

Instead of resting on the platform it has been placed on for the better part of the last six years, the trophy can be found in Iowa’s weight room — a trophy week tradition.

The trophy’s presence in front of the team as players work out is meant to serve as a reminder that, on Saturday, the Hawkeyes are playing for the right to bring that trophy back to its home in the Hansen Football Performance Center. Or, as Iowa center Tyler Linderbaum put it, to extend its lease in Iowa City.

“A trophy game has a little bit more meaning as a player,” Linderbuam said. “Anytime we get a chance to keep the Cy-Hawk Trophy here, we’re

going to be trying our best.

“Rent is due on Saturday if we want to keep that trophy this year.”

In this case for Iowa, paying rent, as Linderbaum put it, would be defeating Iowa State for the sixth consecutive meeting between the two teams. And this meeting may be the most anticipated in series history.

The Iowa and Iowa State football teams have never played each other with both programs ranked in the Associated Press’ top-25 poll.

That will change in Ames on Saturday.

The 68th meeting between the in-state rivals isn’t only the first Cy-Hawk game between two ranked opponents — it’s a top-10 showdown that will hold the nation’s interest, not just the state’s. The Cyclones are No. 9 in the Week 2 poll, directly ahead of the No. 10 Hawkeyes.

“I didn’t know we were [top 10], first of all. Swear to God,” Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said on Tuesday, about an hour after the latest AP poll was released. “Right now, it doesn’t matter. We won’t be if we go out and lose Saturday.”

The Hawkeyes climbed eight spots in the poll after rolling over Indiana, 34-6, in Week 1. The Cyclones fell two spots as a result of a narrow 16-10 victory over UNI. Iowa State is in the top 10 for the fifth week ever. Iowa is there for the 30th week under Fer-

Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan Iowa State’s offense prepares for a play during a football game between Iowa and Iowa State at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames on Sept. 14, 2019. The Hawkeyes and Cyclones did not play last year because of the Big Ten’s conference-only schedule. entz and for the first time since the end of the 2015 season. Both teams’ victories on Sept. 4 set up this weekend’s milestone matchup.

Not that this year’s edition of the Cy-Hawk game needed any other factors to get excited about.

Both teams have been waiting close to two years to play each other. The last time Iowa and Iowa State played was in 2019 — an 18-17 Hawkeye victory in Ames after the Cyclones muffed a punt in the game’s final minutes to secure

an Iowa victory. The win was Iowa’s fifth in a row against Iowa State.

The two teams didn’t play last year as a result of the Big Ten’s conference-only schedule, which was put into place because of COVID-19. The teams had played each other every year since 1977 prior to 2020.

Off the field, the day after the 2019 game, Hawkeye Marching Band members went public with allegations of physical harassment they claimed to have faced at Jack

Trice Stadium. Then-University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld told The Daily Iowan after the allegations surfaced that he wasn’t convinced the series should continue unless he felt Iowa’s fans, band members, and athletes could be protected.

Even after that scandal, the rivalry continued. At least it has for the time being.

With the Big Ten aligning with the Pac-12 and ACC for nonconference scheduling, plus the Big 12 looking at expansion, the future of the

Cy-Hawk series beyond 2025 — when the contract between the two programs expires — is uncertain.

“The Iowa-Iowa State CyHawk matchup is good for our state, good for college football, and college athletics,” Iowa athletic director Gary Barta said in August. “That being said, I can’t predict the future.”

Just in case the game needed another hype factor, ESPN’s pregame show, College GameDay, will be in Ames this weekend covering the Cy-

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Hawk game for the second meeting in a row. And ABC’s top broadcasting crew — consisting of Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, and Holly Rowe — will be on the call for the game. The state of Iowa will be front and center for the rest of college football to see.

Which, Ferentz said, shouldn’t impact his team much.

“That’s great for the state of Iowa, visibility, so that’s a good thing,” Ferentz said of the Cy-Hawk game being on GameDay for the second consecutive meeting. “But all that being said, I never knew they were there [in 2019]. We got off a bus, we walk in. We’re totally disconnected from that.

“All I know, and hopefully our players understand, we’re going into a really tough environment against a really good football team with a lot of good players at all positions.

That’s what we’ve got to focus on.”

The factors contributing to why this may be the biggest Cy-Hawk game ever may not mean much after the teams kick off at 3:36 p.m. on Saturday.

But that doesn’t mean the circumstances surrounding the game are going unnoticed by those involved.

“It just brings more excitement to the game,” Iowa running back Tyler Goodson said. “It makes me want to put on a show, it makes the team want to put on a show, it makes them want to put on

a show for their fans. I’m sure their fans are in their heads about wanting to beat the Hawkeyes. It’s like their Super Bowl. They haven’t beat us [since 2014]. The game is definitely elevated after taking a year off.

“So, I think them being at their home place knowing that College GameDay will be there is a good distraction for them and allows us to focus on us.”

Iowa doesn’t have to worry about hosting GameDay, but is still hoping to block out the noise this week — literally and figuratively.

Quarterback Spencer Petras said the team is trying to ignore outside diversions leading up to this game. Because the Hawkeyes played in front of fanless stadiums last year, ignoring the noise inside Jack Trice Stadium will also take some getting used to. Iowa is going into Ames this weekend for its first game in a hostile environment since beating Nebraska in Lincoln in 2019.

Speakers pumping out music or fake crowd noise were positioned behind Iowa’s offense in practice this week in an effort to simulate 61,500 fans at Jack Trice Stadium.

Even with the magnitude of this week’s game, Ferentz and Iowa’s players mostly stressed that they are approaching Saturday like any other contest. Some Hawkeyes, though, admitted this may be the most hyped-up game they’ve ever been a part of.

Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan Rece Davis (left) and David Pollack host during ESPN College GameDay before the annual Cy-Hawk football game between Iowa and Iowa State in Ames on Sept. 14, 2019. GameDay is back in Ames for the 2021 Cy-Hawk game.

Iowa finished last season 6-2 and is on a seven-game winning streak overall. Iowa State is coming off a nine-win season and a Fiesta Bowl victory.

The Hawkeyes boast Linderbaum, a preseason All-American, and an All-Big Ten running back in Goodson. Plus, Iowa has one of the premier defenses in the country by most metrics.

The Cyclones returned seven first-team All-Big 12 players from a year ago — including the conference’s offensive (running back Breece Hall) and defensive (Mike Rose)

“It just brings more excitement to the game. It makes me want to put on a show, it makes the team want to put on a show, it makes them want to put on a show for their fans.

— Iowa running back Tyler Goodson

players of the year, as well as the coach of the year in Matt Campbell.

Ferentz said both these teams are deserving of their top-10 rankings. Which team stays in the top 10 will be determined Saturday night.

That’s when “Hate Week,” as it’s referred to on both campuses, will be over and a winner will have been crowned.

It might be called “Hate Week,” but Iowa wide receiver Nico Ragaini said he doesn’t hate Iowa State, he appreciates the rivalry. Every Hawkeye seems to have connected with the series, whether they’re Iowans or not.

Goodson, coming from Suwanee, Georgia, wasn’t familiar with the Cy-Hawk rivalry when he arrived in Iowa City in 2019. It took the children flipping him off once he got off the bus in Ames his freshman year to fully grasp the rivalry.

Petras, who resides in California, said the never-ending I-O-W-A chant inside Kinnick Stadium during Iowa’s 13-3 win over Iowa State in 2018 was his “welcome to the rivalry” moment.

Defensive end Joe Evans grew up in Ames and loved playing high school football for the Little Cyclones, but wanted to play for the Hawkeyes ever since receiving a No. 88 Iowa jersey when he was five years old.

Linderbaum remembers watching the Cy-Hawk game while growing up in Solon. He always knew he wanted to go to college and play football 15 minutes down the road.

These players and more will be back in a Cy-Hawk atmosphere on Saturday for what could be the premier game in the series’ history.

And, with the game in the national spotlight, they get to share the rivalry with the rest

of college football, too.

After two years, plenty of bad blood, and with an uncertain future attached to the game, Cy-Hawk week has returned. If things go Iowa’s way, the Cy-Hawk Trophy will make a return trip to Iowa City and be back in its display soon enough.

Rent will have been paid.

And no love will have been lost.

“I’ve been looking forward to it ever since last season ended,” Goodson said. “... [Ames] is very lovely, the town is very lovely. Just going around campus and seeing the disrespectful signs and gestures just grows your love for the game and the love for the rivalry … It’ll be exciting going over there and taking the hostility out of the crowd and just going over there and getting a win.” robert-read@uiowa.edu

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IOWA HAWKEYES vs. IO

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OWA STATE CYCLONES

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Fourteen games featuring at least one Big Ten team this week? Sign me up.

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ILLINOIS @ VIRGINIA

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OHIO STATE

Hard not to put the Buckeyes here every week.

Iowa

I put the Hawkeyes here with a great deal of apprehension.

Penn state

The Nittany Lions definitely can’t beat Ohio State. But they are the second-best team in the East.

wisconsin

8 9

Are the Wolverines officially back? Probably not.

michigan state

I don’t think the Spartans are good, but they did just beat a team that went to the B1G title game.

minnesota

A 14-point loss to OSU is more impressive than wins over Temple, Oregon State, and West Virginia.

Does a victory over Oregon State count as a quality win?

maryland

The Terrapins looked good against West Virginia, but that doesn’t say much.

10 indiana

The Hoosiers aren’t as good as we thought they were.

11

After one week, I’m still not sure what to make of the Badgers.

michigan

purdue

rutgers

I still think the Scarlet Knights are bad — even if they beat Temple by 50 last week.

12

northwestern

13

illinois

14

You can’t lose to Michigan State and expect to be ranked highly on this list.

I thought Illinois turned a corner when it beat Nebraska. Then, the Illini lost to UTSA.

NEBRASKA

The Huskers won by 45 points last week and they’re still at the bottom.

What we have here is a matchup between two bad teams that use the same color schemes for their logos and uniforms.

No. 12 OREGON @ No. 3 OHIO STATE Saturday | 11 a.m. | Line: OSU -14.5 | O/U: 64

ESPN’s College GameDay is not coming to your city.

YOUNGSTOWN STATE @ MICHIGAN STATE Saturday | 11 a.m. | Line: TBD | O/U: TBD

Is Youngstown State even an NCAA Division I team? Where is it even located?

MIAMI (OH) @ MINNESOTA Saturday | 11 a.m. | Line: MINN -19.0 | O/U: 54

Minnesota is playing a team from Ohio for the second-straight week.

The Gophers will probably beat this Ohio-based squad.

INDIANA STATE @ NORTHWESTERN Saturday | 11 a.m. | Line: TBD | O/U: TBD

Larry Bird played for Indiana State. That has nothing to do with this game, but it’s all I know about Indiana State.

RUTGERS @ SYRACUSE

Saturday | 1 p.m. | Line: RUT -2.5 | O/U: 52

This is a matchup between two teams that were, and still should be, in the Big East Conference.

PURDUE @ UCONN

Saturday | 2 p.m. | Line: PUR -34.0 | O/U: 58 Purdue should win this matchup between two basketball schools with ease.

BALL STATE @ No. 11 PENN STATE Saturday | 2:30 p.m. | Line: PSU -22.5 | O/U: 58

Ball isn’t a state. Last time I checked, Pennsylvania is.

BUFFALO @ NEBRASKA

Saturday | 2:30 p.m. | Line: NEB -14 | O/U: 55

Iowa’s Charlie Jones used to play for Buffalo, so the Bulls can occasionally get “Power 5” talent on their roster. Upset alert?

No. 10 IOWA @ No. 9 IOWA STATE Saturday | 3:30 p.m. | Line: ISU -4.5 | O/U: 46

ESPN’s College GameDay will be at this game. Sorry, Buckeyes and Ducks.

E MICHIGAN @ No. 18 WISCONSIN Saturday | 6 p.m. | Line: WIS -26 | O/U: 52

Eastern Michigan is a dangerous team. The Eagles beat Illinois by three points last year, which actually isn’t that impressive.

IDAHO @ INDIANA

Saturday | 6:30 p.m. | Line: TBD | O/U: TBD

We have the kick time and television network listed for this game, but not many people will tune in.

HOWARD @ MARYLAND

Saturday | 6:30 p.m. | Line: TBD | O/U: TBD

The last time these two teams played, Maryland beat Howard, 79-0.

WASHINGTON @ MICHIGAN Saturday | 7 p.m. | Line: MICH -7.0 | O/U: 49

The Huskies were overrated in the AP Preseason Poll this year, a right traditionally reserved for the Wolverines.

The Daily Iowan - PREGAME - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, September 10, 2021 - 9

WITH IOWA FULLBACK MONTE POTTEBAUM Daily Iowan Sports Reporter Chris Werner chatted with junior fullback Monte Pottebaum at Iowa Football Media Day. Chris Werner Sports Reporter

your golf game?

Pottebaum: Driver.

The Daily Iowan: You’re gonna have to tell me the story behind the hair. How did that start? Did you have any second thoughts?

DI: How far do you hit it?

Pottebaum: Over 300.

DI: Is it the short game that gets you?

Monte Pottebaum: So, it started way back in quarantine, and another teammate on the team, Mike Timm, — he’s a linebacker — we were just at home one day, he was back home, wherever he was and he just Snapchatted me out of the blue and he was like, ‘Wanna grow a mullet?’ And I’m like, ‘Sure, why not?’ And so yeah, it started all the way back then and now we’re here. I do have a wedding to go to this spring though so I’m gonna have to cut it off before then. But I’m going to get it all the way through the season though.

DI: Did you always play fullback growing up? It doesn’t seem like a position that many youth players grow up trying to play.

Pottebaum: No, I was probably more of the running back type. Running back and linebacker. When I came here I started off as a linebacker and then switched over to fullback.

DI: Would you consider yourself more of an offensive lineman, or run-

Pottebaum: Yeah.

DI: Alright, what do you shoot?

Pottebaum: I’m probably like a 10 handicap.

DI: Guilty pleasure food, TV show, and song?

Ayrton Breckenridge/The Daily Iowan Iowa fullback Monte Pottebaum runs through the end zone after a kickoff during a football game between No. 18 Iowa and No. 17 Indiana at Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 4. The Hawkeyes defeated the Hoosiers 34-6.

ning back?

Pottebaum: I like to be the perfect split of both, so I’m not gonna identify as either one.

DI: Is there anybody in the NFL that you look up to, might not be a fullback, any other players?

Pottebaum: I’ve always looked up to J.J. Watt be-

cause he always has the motto, “Work hard, dream big,” and that’s kind of the model that I’ve applied too.

added bonus.

DI: A lot of the football players work at Finkbine [Golf Course.] I’d ask why but I’d assume it’s free golf?

DI: I love Tim Gravert, that’s my guy. Who is the best golfer on the team?

I’ve heard good things about Tory [Taylor], I’ve heard some things about [Alex] Padilla.

Pottebaum: Free golf is a big part of it. And also our bosses are flexible with hours so that was an

Pottebaum: I’ve never personally seen either one of those guys golf. Logan Klemp, he’s a linebacker,

he’s really good, he’s my roommate. And also Riley Moss is a pretty good.

DI: If you didn’t play football, what sport would you play?

Pottebaum: Probably golf. I mean, I love golfing so, if I get paid to do what I love, I’d do that.

DI: What’s the best part of

Pottebaum: Oh, I gotta think about that one.

TV show would probably be Friends. Song: I’m really into basically anything

by George Strait. Food, ah, that’s a tough one. I’d probably just go Casey’s pizza.

DI: Last question: It’s fourth and one, do you go with Tyler [Goodson], do you go with a quarterback sneak, or do you get the ball?

Pottebaum: I think that’s probably Tyler. I’ll block for him though.

This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.

christopher-werner@uiowa.edu

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ROBERT READ

PREGAME EDITOR (2-3)

IOWA STATE

VS.

Just get along, people.

VS.

Personally, I don’t think this top-15 matchup will be very close.

OHIO STATE

PITTSBURGH

VS.

Tennessee is bound to disappoint.

VS.

Missouri gets to lose to OU and TX in the SEC soon. What a reunion.

VS.

Navy doesn’t seem particularly good this year.

KENTUCKY AIR FORCE

AUSTIN HANSON SPORTS EDITOR (3-2)

IOWA

The Cyclones find creative ways to lose to the Hawkeyes.

OREGON

I’m the only one on this panel brave enough to pick Oregon.

TENNESSEE

Joe Milton is the only player I know in this game, so I’m going Vols.

KENTUCKY

Sometimes I forget that both these teams are in the SEC.

AIR FORCE

John told me to pick Air Force, so I did.

CHLOE PETERSON

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR (1-4)

IOWA STATE

More chaos? Sign me up.

OHIO STATE

College GameDay won’t be here.

TENNESSEE

I looked this one up and got the Steelers vs.

Titans in December.

KENTUCKY

Hey, CJ Fredrick goes here.

AIR FORCE

From my minimal research, Navy isn’t good.

CHRIS WERNER

FOOTBALL REPORTER (2-3)

IOWA

I hope nobody here picked Iowa State.

Chloe...

OHIO STATE

OSU vs. Iowa in the Big Ten title game confirmed.

TENNESSEE

I spelled it right on the first try. Let’s go!

MISSOURI

The SEC least.

NAVY

I like blue.

DESTINEE COOK

DITV SPORTS DIRECTOR (3-2)

IOWA

Cyclowns (T-Good is going crazy).

OHIO STATE

It’s OSU’s first game at home with fans. They’re going off.

TENNESSEE

Good ole’ Rocky Top.

MISSOURI

This ain’t basketball.

AIR FORCE

I have confidence in the Falcons.

JOHN BOHNENKAMP

SPORTS WRITING COACH (3-2)

IOWA

Hopefully there’s no thunderstorm delays or other controversies.

OHIO STATE

Someday, this will be an Alliance game.

TENNESSEE

This won’t be an Alliance game.

KENTUCKY

JASON BRUMMOND PUBLISHER (5-0)

IOWA STATE

Tough to predict, but Iowa fans can hope the true ‘Clones show up.

OHIO STATE

The early kickoff is not doing the Ducks any favors.

PITTSBURGH

The residents of South Pittsburgh, Tenn., are conflicted.

KENTUCKY

This would be a great basketball matchup.

Is Kentucky blue “sissy blue” too?

AIR FORCE

AIR FORCE

Navy scored just seven points in its opener.

America.

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Kid Captain demonstrates strength and resilience Described as quick-witted and fearless, CC Hoover is excited to see players tackle each other in the Cy-Hawk game.

Rachel Schilke Senior Print Editor CC Hoover, the second Kid Captain of the Iowa football season, used to hate the Hawkeyes, her mother Katie said.

“At first, she absolutely hated everybody and everything and every mention of the words, ‘Iowa,’ ‘Iowa City,’ ‘Hawkeyes,’” Katie said with a laugh.

“We were watching a basketball game on TV, and the announcer said something like ‘the Iowa City Hawkeyes’ and she’s like, ‘Iowa City? No!’” Now, thanks to the workers and doctors at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Katie said CC has grown to the point where she loves visiting the hospital from her home in Urbandale with no complaints, and she loves the Hawkeyes.

Katie and Nic Hoover adopted CC from Nanxing, China, when she was 15 months old. Katie said they knew CC had multiple surgeries prior to the adoption, but they did not know, then, that CC would eventually be diagnosed with a neurogenic bladder — a condition she will have for the rest of her life.

A neurogenic bladder means that her bladder does not hold urine prop-

erly, said Gina Lockwood, pediatric urologist and CC’s primary doctor at UIHC. Lockwood said CC was one of her very first patients when she arrived at UIHC back in fall 2017.

She said CC has been through a lot over the past four years, going through five major surgeries in that time. One of her surgeries involved creating a channel with a catheter to drain her bladder, and another closing the connection to her urethra and her bladder.

“There have been harder times than others in the last four years. [CC]’s definitely had ups and downs, but over the last year and

a half to two years, CC has been doing good,” Lockwood said. “She has not been getting infections and she’s been managing her own bladder, needing a lot less help. She’s grown a lot since I originally saw her.”

Both CC’s parents and Lockwood said that CC has grown exponentially in her independence and her confidence.

Nic said CC would fear going to the doctor because of the uncomfortable surgeries. Now, he said, CC is fine with it and does not get scared. This mentality transferred to their home, as well, whether it was cooking with her mom or

Contributed wanting to make soup all by herself.

“You’re just a lot more independent, a lot braver, more outgoing,” Nic said to a smiling CC. “She’s always had this great sense

dinosaur toys, play soccer with her brother, Matthew, 17, or cook with her mom.

“I like to help my mommy cook dinner,” she said. “I love pasta, grilled cheese, tater tots, green beans, mac n’ cheese, and carrots. Oh yeah, and walking tacos! They have walking tacos at the school!”

She said while she isn’t afraid of surgeries anymore, she still hates getting shots. When asked what her favorite thing is about going to surgery, she answered in one word: “toys.”

When she grows up, she wants to be a teacher like her parents, “so I can tell people what to do.”

CC said she is getting excited for the Iowa-Iowa State football game on Saturday and cannot wait

I think that she is a super strong little girl and if you’ve looked at her, you would never know all of the complexities that she has going on inside, because she is so strong willed and just a normal kid.

— Gina Lockwood, pediatric urologist of humor that a lot of people didn’t get to see, and now, more people are getting to see that.”

CC said when she’s not going to the doctor’s office, she likes to play with

to see a tackle.

“I love it when the players attack each other,” CC said, laughing.

Over time, CC has grown “leaps and bounds,” Lockwood said.

“In her first surgery, she was very meek and she was very anxious, and she didn’t want anybody to touch her,” Lockwood said.

“She never really talked to me when I came into the clinic. Now she has conversations with everyone.”

Lockwood said her favorite memory of CC was during the days after her first surgery. She couldn’t eat, but all she could say was she wanted Cheez-Its. “It was hilarious, because her parents said that she was never really into Cheez-Its at home, but it was all that she could talk about in the hospital,” she said. “So I brought her a box of Cheez-Its, and she was so excited when she finally got to eat the CheezIts.” She said CC represents what the UI is trying to promote — giving kids who have really significant medical conditions the ability to lead fun and normal lives.

“I think that she is a super strong little girl and if you’ve looked at her, you would never know all of the complexities that she has going on inside, because she is so strong willed and just a normal kid,” Lockwood said.

rachel-schilke@uiowa.edu

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