The Daily Iowan Pregame - 10.30.2020

Empty IOWA PLAYS ITS FIRST HOME GAME ON SATURDAY, BUT THERE WON’T BE ANY FANS IN THE STANDS.

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PREGAME SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 IOWA VS. NORTHWESTERN KINNICK STADIUM

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File photo/The Daily Iowan Hayden Fry won his final game as Iowa’s head football coach on Oct. 10, 1998 in a 26-24 victory over Nortwestern at Kinnick Stadium. Fry retired at the end of the 1998 season as Iowa’s all-time winningest football coach with 143 victories, a total that would later be exceeded by his successor, current Hawkeye coach Kirk Ferentz. That day against Northwestern, Iowa quarterback Randy Reiners had one of his best performances in the Black and Gold.

Reiners completed 17 of his 30 passes for 249 yards and two touchdowns. In the backfield, running back Ladell Betts ran 30 times for 112 yards and caught nine passes for 96 yards. The Hawkeye defense was led by linebacker Matt Hughes, who had 14 tackles, and Aaron Kampman, who finished the day with nine stops.

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Fry went 17-3 against Northwestern as Iowa’s head coach, including beating the Wildcats 16 straight times to begin his Hawkeye career. That included blowout victories to the tune of 58-6 in 1979 and 64-0 in 1981. The Hawkeye icon died at the age of 90 on Dec. 17, 2019.

Iowa honored Fry by stripping the Tiger Hawk logo, which Fry created, off of its helmets in the Holiday Bowl later that month. This season, Iowa is wearing a “JHF” patch on its jerseys to honor the legendary Hawkeye.

Saturday’s game marks the first time Iowa has played at Kinnick Stadium since Fry’s death. Go to page nine and dailyiowan.com to read the DI’s one-on-one interview with Reiners about his Hawkeye career and his memories of Fry. Business Manager: Debra Plath Advertising Director/Circulation: Juli Krause Production Manager: Heidi Owen Advertising Sales: Bev Mrstik Front design by Kate Doolittle Front photo by Shivansh Ahuja

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When going to Kinnick . . .

Attending Hawkeye home games is a tradition for many Iowa fans, but those old habits haven’t survived this season.

BY AUSTIN HANSON

more money you made. Then in the colder months, a little birdie told me maybe hot chocolate should be sold up there, so I did Howard Samek had attended 494 consec- that.”

Pacha would go on to become president utive Hawkeye football games, home and of the Johnson County and National I-Clubs. away, dating back to 1979.

That streak was disrupted this fall. It still He’s also been a season-ticket holder since the late 1960s, and he made a $5 million leadremains on hold.

The Big Ten announced on Aug. 11 that all ership donation toward Kinnick Stadium’s fall sports would be postponed to a later date. $89 million restoration project that includes The conference then amended its stance the north end zone club.

Although the era of pop in paper cups at Sept. 16, allowing its football teams to play a nine-game, league-only schedule this fall, Kinnick Stadium has since gone by, there are while the rest of the sports remain in limbo. some that can still recount the time. They are On the same day the conference an- living, breathing history books containing a nounced football’s return, Penn State Vice seemingly infinite amount of Iowa football President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy knowledge.

Doris and Dale Woods have been married Barbour said that no fans would be allowed in Big Ten grandstands this season — with for 56 years, and they remember listening to the exception of players’ immediate families. former radio play-by-play broadcaster HowDespite that, and having already missed dy Roberts call some of the first Iowa football games they Iowa’s conever listened test with Purdue, Samek is We want to be in the stands, not only for to as children.

The pair determined to get into our entertainment, but just to show support for has held season tickets games this our coaches and our football team. to Hawkeye season.

— Hawkeye superfan Dale Woods home games “I’ve been since 1973, pursuing everything I can to find a way to get into but Dale attended games long than that. In the games,” Samek said. “I haven’t had any his younger days, Dale would travel to Iowa success yet, but I have a couple possibili- City from Des Moines, sometimes taking a ties that haven’t been completely ruled out. train.

Doris and Dale recall a time when Iowa I guess if I’m not able to go it would be the so-called asterisk on the record. There’s a football games were treated as formal events.

“When we first started going with season lot of sports records that have asterisks and that’s, I guess, what it would be. I would not tickets, the women dressed up to a ’T’ [and say it was stopped, but I would much rather wore] high heels,” Dale said. “Men wore sport not have an asterisk. I’m begging everybody coats, and I don’t want to say ties, but some that I know, trying to find any possible way were wearing ties.”

“You had to wear your good coat and pantto get in.”

Samek isn’t the only fan having his game- suits and be all dressed up,” Doris added. “I was always freezing because I wore shoes day traditions disrupted this fall.

Ted Pacha — for whom Kinnick Stadium’s that weren’t boots by any means. I was alnew north end zone club is named — has ways worried about somebody behind me been attending games since the stadium was throwing up on me or throwing beer on me called Iowa Field, and he sold refreshments or stuff like that.”

The Woods’ don’t dress in their Sunday on game day.

“I wouldn’t say two words to anybody,” best to attend Iowa games anymore, and Pacha said. “I wasn’t exactly a talkative kid. I this season, they’re just hoping they have a was smart enough to know that the first few chance to watch a Hawkeye football game games when it was warm and hot, people from Kinnick Stadium.

“We’re not sure how it’s going to play out,” would drink ice-cold pop. That’s back when it was in cups, you know, paper cups and ice. Dale said. “We have enough confidence in I’d go up and stand in a section and my tray our athletic department that they will have would empty and I’d run back down and get a safe enough plan, and when Iowa does alit filled. The more times you got it filled, the low fans in the stands, I think it’ll be OK. . . I austin-hanson@uiowa.edu

know it’s going to be different from previous least them to get in as well as our family, and years, whatever happens. Whether they al- hopefully as many people as possible if there low some fans in the stands or watching it all are safe conditions.”

Fans such as Will Moon — a 20-year seaon TV, but we’ll deal with it. We want to be in the stands, not only for our entertainment, son ticket holder and Iowa 80 Group Presbut just to show support for our coaches and ident — are hoping they can find their way into Kinnick our football Stadium’s team.”

“Even if we I’ve been pursuing everything I can to grandstands this season. have to wear masks, which find a way to get into the games. I haven’t had H o w e v e r , they are makI wouldn’t any success yet. ing alternamind, and social dis— Hawkeye superfan Howard Samek tive arrangements in case tancing, I wouldn’t mind that either” Doris said. “In stands remain fan-less all year.

“We always get together, a group of probfact, I probably would encourage that. At our age, we need to wear masks. We’re hoping ably 14 people that kind of sit together that we always get together with,” Moon said. “A we can watch some games there.”

Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta said on lot of them are family or work associates. It’s Oct. 1 that there is “wiggle room” that could people we’re around anyway. . . We’ll all try allow fans in Big Ten stands toward the end to get together and watch the game on TV at one of our houses.” of the football season.

Meanwhile, the Woods will try to mini“I know there’s been talks, eventually of hoping that we can have fans come in lat- mize risks if they’ll be watching games from er,” senior kicker Keith Duncan said. “Per- home this season.

“With the virus and stuff, I think we’ll just sonally, I’d love to see students come in.

I was watching a Texas game and I think watch it alone,” Dale said.

“A lot of our friends are the same age we they tested their students, so they were allowed to come in. In a safe environment, I are and they have as many concerns about think that’s a great idea. I’d love to see that. [COVID-19] as we do,” Doris said. “I can see They’re extremely involved in our university. a lot of people staying home or being with They support our athletics and I think for at family.”

Casey Stone/The Daily Iowan Kinnick Stadium sits closed and empty on Sept. 5, which would have been the football season’s opening day.

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Contributed ABOVE: Howard Samek, who had attended 494 straight Hawkeye games, and friends tailgate at his house.

TOP RIGHT: Hawkeye superfans Dale and Doris Woods pose with their family at Kinnick Stadium.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Iowa 80 Group President Will Moon (left) smiles in the stands high above the field.

Fans aren’t the only ones affected by the Big Ten’s decision to empty bleachers and seats across the conference. Players and coaches are also feeling the repercussions — some of them not entirely harmful.

Without fans in the stands, normally raucous stadiums will be silent. For offenses around the Big Ten, quieter venues will likely translate to higher efficiency on offense.

“That definitely helps, especially at away games,” center Tyler Linderbaum said. “I mean, we’re seeing this right now in the NFL. A lot of teams are going hard counts and don’t have to worry about the fans and going on silent counts, which is nice. You know, playing away games, especially where you’re at, it plays a huge role in those third down situations where it gets pretty loud and hectic. To not have that this year, I guess there’s a benefit for us on offense when we do have to face third downs and we don’t have that crowded place to worry about.”

“I think it’s gonna benefit a lot of offenses, especially in our conference where you

“That, quite frankly, has little impact on know every road game, for the most part, is a challenge because of communication,” me,” Abbott said. “I’m preparing just like said sophomore quarterback Spencer Pe- the stands were full. The intention, from tras, in his first season as Iowa’s starter. what I understand, is to try and make “It’s going to be great. You know, we’ve the experience for the student-athletes got some road games this year that I think as normal as possible. So, my intention is to call down it’s going and disto be better tance, who for us that You know, we’ve got some road games ran the ball, there’s no made fans. Com- this year that I think it’s going to be better for who the tackle, munication will be easier. us that there’s no fans. Communication will be who threw the ball, who I’ll be able to easier. caught it, work the ca— Hawkeye quarterback Spencer Petras that kind of dence more, thing.

So, that kind of that part of my job isn’t going to change thing.”

Empty stands don’t affect everyone at all. I’ll prepare like I normally would. though. For Kinnick Stadium public ad- I’ll look at the opposing team’s roster and dress announcer Mark Abbott, Saturdays work on pronouncing the difficult names this fall will be the same as they’ve always on their team. None of that will change. . been for him — even if there isn’t a public .We’ll just go about doing things like we normally would.” around for him to address.

While Iowa’s game-day operations team is trying to keep things as normal as possible this season, Abbott said he does not know if traditions such as playing AC/DC’s “Back in Black” as the Hawkeyes take the field will happen this year. The Pancheros Burrito Lift will be featured on the video board with virtual submissions from Iowa fans.

Instead of Hawkeye supporters dressed entirely in Black and Gold sitting in the stands, cardboard cutouts of fans will fill sections of the bleachers on game day.

Kinnick Stadium won’t be the same on Saturdays this season. The bleachers will be without roughly 70,000 cheering fans, leaving the field quiet. But for Iowa defensive end Chauncey Golston, football is still football, regardless of stadium capacity.

“If you’re playing the game of football, if you need someone to give you juice, then you’re playing the wrong game,” Golston said. “Like, I don’t know how to bring the juice. You’re already going to have the juice if you’re out there and you’re ready to go.”

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RTHWESTERN WILDCATS

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SCOUTING REPORT

NORTHWESTERN

Megan Nagorzanksi/The Daily Iowan Northwestern running back Drake Anderson completes a carry during a game against Northwestern at Ryan Field on Oct. 26, 2019.

ROBERT READ

robert-read@uiowa.edu Northwestern had the worst passing offense in the Big Ten by far last season. This season, the Wildcats may have found their quarterback.

Peyton Ramsey threw for 6,581 yards and 42 touchdowns in three seasons at Indiana.

In his first start for Northwestern, the Cin-

cinnati, Ohio, native already provided a noticeable boost to the team’s offense.

In a 43-3 victory in his first start for Northwestern, Ramsey completed 23 of his 30 passes for 212 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 47 yards and a score. The Wildcats gained 537 yards of total offense.

No matter how good Maryland may or may not be this season, scoring 43 points is a big feat for Northwestern. The Wildcats averaged 16.3 points per game (only 12.67 in nine conference games) last season on their way to a 3-9 record.

In nine of the team’s 12 games, the Wildcats couldn’t surpass 150 yards passing.

Ramsey had more than that by halftime. The running game was also working against the Terrapins. Four different Wildcats ran for a score, and the team totaled 325 rushing yards, averaging 6.1 yards per carry.

Running back Isaiah Bowser ran for 165

eight Wildcats scoring drives took less than five minutes.

Ramsey showed the pocket presence and poise of a conference veteran in his Wildcat debut, and some of his best throws came off of play action.

Late in the first quarter, a receiver motioned across the formation before Ramsey took the snap and faked the handoff to Anderson. Facing a five-man rush, Ramsey scanned the field, stepped up in the pocket, and fired a pass as he was being hit to receiver Malik Washington for a 23-yard gain.

Later that same drive from his opponent’s 11-yard line, Ramsey dropped back and Maryland rushed four defenders and played man-to-man defense. Northwestern’s offense line kept the pocket clean and Ramsey leaked out to the left side of the field that had been vacated by his wide receivers and ran in for a touchdown.

Ramsey didn’t take a sack the entire night.

Play-action passes allowed Ramsey to utilize his mobility, and midway through the third quarter and deep in Maryland territory, a play fake set up an easy dump off to Bowser for a score. The starting signal caller’s ability to lead Northwestern’s offense provides Iowa a completely different threat than the team it shut out last season.

In his only career start against Iowa, which came in 2018 as a Hoosier, Ramsey threw for 263 yards with a touchdown and two picks. He also ran for a score in Indiana’s 42-16 loss.

Northwestern’s defense was not as big of a question coming into the season compared to the offense. The Wildcats had a majority of their starters from last season coming back for 2020 — a group that gave up 23.6 points per game last season.

The unit’s experience showed against Maryland. The Wildcats tallied two sacks, three interceptions, forced a fumble and allowed only 207 total yards and three points.

Northwestern has won three out of the last four games of this rivalry and had a promising start to the season. It’s up to Iowa to rattle Ramsey and plug the holes of a versatile Northwestern running game, while also improving upon a disappointing offensive showing in Week 1 against Purdue.

yards and a score in 2018 against Iowa, and is still a formidable power back for the Wildcats. Bowser’s teammate in the backfield, Drake Anderson, adds another dynamic.

With just under six minutes remaining in the second quarter against Maryland, Anderson took an inside handoff, ran through an open hole, then started weaving through the defense back across the field for a 37-yard touchdown.

Anderson finished with 103 rushing yards on only 10 carries, and Bowser added another 70 yards on the ground. Nine different rushers contributed for Northwestern, and Ramsey found seven different targets through the air.

Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Overall, Northwestern’s offense Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald speaks during the sustained a quick tempo through- second day of Big Ten Football Media Days in Chicago, Ill. on out the team’s first game. Six of the July 19, 2019.

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ON THE LINE Matchups

Northwestern vs. Iowa

No. 3 Ohio State vs.

No. 18 Penn State

No. 17 Indiana vs.

Rutgers

Texas vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State

LSU vs. Auburn

Robert Read

Austin Hanson

Isaac Goffin

Chris Werner

Kade Overton

PREGAME EDITOR (1-4)

SPORTS EDITOR (3-2)

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR (1-4)

FOOTBALL REPORTER (2-3)

DITV SPORTS DIRECTOR (0-5)

John Bohnenkamp Jason Brummond SPORTS WRITING COACH (2-3)

PUBLISHER (4-1)

IOWA David Bell just scored another touchdown.

IOWA Never thought I’d say this, but Iowa’s got a tough matchup with the Wildcats.

IOWA The Hawkeyes will not be spooked out.

NORTHWESTERN I didn’t want to have to do this.

IOWA Would Iowa ever disappoint me two weeks in a row?

IOWA Everything improves from Week 1 to Week 2, right?

Right?

IOWA Who hates Iowa? Fitz hates Iowa.

OHIO STATE This won’t be close.

OHIO STATE That’s strange, I thought Penn State’s season was over already.

OHIO STATE Brutus >>> Nittany Lion

OHIO STATE It’s Ryan’s Day.

OHIO STATE IU won’t score after scoring too much against PSU.

OHIO STATE Buckeyes were somewhat sharp in their opener, Nittany Lions were not.

OHIO STATE PSU may have been looking ahead to this week, but that won’t matter.

RUTGERS Fine, I’ll bite.

INDIANA Look mom, it’s the team that ended Penn State’s season.

INDIANA Didn’t think this would be a matchup of 1-0 teams.

INDIANA I’m treating this as if it were a basketball game.

RUTGERS I just want to be able to say I saw Rutgers go 2-0 in the Big Ten.

INDIANA It’s a battle among East Division leaders, so stop laughing.

INDIANA Hoosier football fans haven’t been this excited since... ever?

OKLAHOMA STATE The answer to Kade’s question is no.

OKLAHOMA STATE The eyes of Texas AREN’T upon the Cowboys.

OKLAHOMA STATE Good job beating Iowa State last week

OKLAHOMA STATE The Cowboys will hook em’ horns.

OKLAHOMA STATE Is Texas back yet?

OKLAHOMA STATE Cowboys and K-State at the top of the Big 12 — everyone saw that coming.

OKLAHOMA STATE Big 12 looks playoff bound, proving anything is possible in 2020.

LSU All the good tiger jokes are taken.

LSU Gus Malzahn is the SEC version of Jim Harbaugh.

GO TIGAHS!

AUBURN Iowa and Auburn fans drink and party the same.

AUBURN Go Tigers.

AUBURN Tiger on Tiger action is never fun.

AUBURN Tigers vs. Tigers — I’ll take the home Tigers.

AUBURN Auburn reigns Tiger King.

ONE ON ONE WITH RANDY REINERS

DI: What does it mean for this 2020 Iowa football team to wear a Hayden Fry patch on their jerseys this year to you?

Daily Iowan Assistant Sports Editor Isaac Goffin spoke to the former Iowa quarterback about his Hawkeye career and playing for Hayden Fry.

Reiners: Awesome. I will also say that it is very, very neat.

The Daily Iowan: What did it mean for you to play under Hayden Fry?

around and get coach Ferentz and that was the greatest choice we ever made.

Reiners: I got cold, man. It was awful

Randy Reiners: Incredible. Coach Ferentz, incredible. I got the double dose.

I got to go on the committee to go fly

DI: What was it like when you found out that Hayden Fry passed away in December?

Reiners: He was my dad for a long time. He brought our team to my [sister’s] funeral in Fort Dodge.

DI: How do you remember him?

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MATCHUPS CHRIS WERNER christopher-werner@uiowa.edu

This isn’t a fluke, the Big Ten is coming back for a second week.

Minnesota @ Maryland Friday | 6:30 p.m. | ESPN

The boat should right itself. The Gophers should bounce back.

If they don’t, they’ve got problems.

Michigan State @ No. 13 Michigan 11 a.m. | FOX

The Wolverines should roll, even with very few guests at the Big House. This game is Mel Tucker’s chance at a statement.

Purdue @ Illinois 11 a.m. | BTN

With Rondale Moore presumably returning to action, I don’t see the Boilermakers getting worse.

D E L E C N A C No. 9 Wisconsin @ Nebraska 2:30 p.m. | FS1

Wisconsin’s offense could be the real deal, if it has a QB. After Week 1, Graham Mertz had the Heisman committee watching. Now what?

No. 17 Indiana @ Rutgers 2:30 p.m. | BTN

Didn’t think this would be a game with much significance.

I was wrong.

Northwestern @ Iowa 2:30 o.m. | ESPN

When ESPN voluntarily airs a Northwestern game, something is off. This could be a close one.

No. 3 Ohio State @ No. 18 Penn State 6:30 p.m. | ABC

This would be one heck of a bounce-back game for Penn State.

Justin Fields will have an early-season test.

POWER RANKINGS 1) Ohio State

Any team that makes Nebraska look that bad deserves respect.

2) Michigan

Showed up big in prime time.

3) Purdue

Beat Iowa without Rondale Moore or Jeff Brohm.

That’s frightening.

4) Indiana

Downed Penn State despite poor special teams play down the stretch.

5) Rutgers

Greg Schiano is back.

6) Penn State

The Nittany Lions scored a touchdown that might’ve lost them the game.

7) Northwestern

Beat a Tagovailoa brother by 40. The Wildcats can’t be that bad.

8) Iowa

Hold on to the ball.

9) Minnesota The Titanic sank in Minneapolis.

10) Michigan State

Thoroughly outplayed by Rutgers.

11) Nebraska

The Cornhuskers are not as bad as these next two teams.

12) Illinois

Lovie hated that performance.

13) Maryland

Lost to Northwestern by 40. Period.

14) *Wisconsin

*Who knows when the Badgers will be back.

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