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SPECIAL TEAMS MAY BE SEEN AS THE THIRD FACET OF THE GAME, BUT THE HAWKEYES DON’T TREAT IT THAT WAY.

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Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan Iowa wider receiver Riley McCarron attempts to avoid Nebraska linebacker Michael Rose-Ivey and safety Aaron Williams during a football game with No. 17 Nebraska in Kinnick Stadium on Nov. 25, 2016.

Iowa hosted 9-2 and No. 17-ranked Nebraska in its 2016 regular season finale. The Hawkeyes were looking for their second consecutive win over the Cornhuskers.

They got it, and the game wasn’t close. Running back Akrum Wadley opened the game’s scoring with a 75-yard touchdown run with 4:55 remaining in the first quarter.

Less than two minutes of game time later, quarterback C.J. Beathard connected with wide receiver Riley McCarron for a 77-yard touchdown. Nebraska responded with a field goal early in the second quarter, but Iowa extended its lead again with a four-yard touchdown run from LeShun Daniels Jr. to put the team up 20-3 at halftime. In the second half, Daniels ran for another score and tight end George Kittle caught two touchdown passes as the Hawkeyes walloped the Cornhuskers 40-10 to improve to 8-4 on the season. Iowa has won all three games played Publisher: Jason Brummond Executive Editor: Sarah Watson Pregame Editor: Robert Read Managing Editor: Alexandra Skores Managing Digital Editor: Kelsey Harrell

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in this series since this 2016 matchup. Beathard finished 10-of-15 passing for 144 yards and three touchdowns in his final game at Kinnick Stadium. Daniels totaled 158 yards on the ground, while Wadley added 105 on only 11 carries. On Senior Day, McCarron had perhaps his best performance as a Hawkeye. McCarron caught five passes for a career-high 108 yards and a score in his final regular season game in the Black and Gold. Defensively, linebackers Josey Jewell and Bo Bower led the way with nine tackles each, while Jewell also totaled three passes defended. Anthony Nelson sacked Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr., who finished 13-of-35 for 135 yards and a touchdown against the Hawkeyes. To read The Daily Iowan’s one-on-one interview with McCarron, where he looks back at this 2016 Heroes Trophy game, go to page eight.

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ON THE LINE Matchups

Nebraska vs.

No. 24 Iowa

Penn State vs.

Michigan

No. 13 Iowa State vs. No. 17 Texas

No. 2 Notre Dame vs.

No. 19 North Carolina

Colorado vs.

No. 18 USC

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IOWA The mustaches won’t help much, Nebraska.

IOWA Iowa corn > Nebraska corn.

IOWA The real Cornhuskers.

IOWA Another Black and Gold Friday.

IOWA Still undefeated on Fridays.

IOWA No need for a Keith Duncan game-winner this year.

IOWA Nebraska’s three-year streak of finishing fifth in the B1G West is in jeopardy.

MICHIGAN Penn State is REALLY bad.

MICHIGAN Normally, this would be a primetime matchup.

PENN STATE We will win a game.

PENN STATE Jim Harbaugh’s final straw.

MICHIGAN The winner doesn’t get fired game.

MICHIGAN Two historic programs, two combined wins (and the Wolverines have them both).

MICHIGAN Never before has there been such little at stake for these teams.

IOWA STATE Wish there was a Cy-Hawk game this year.

IOWA STATE Texas AIN’T back.

IOWA STATE If the Cyclones know where Austin is.

TEXAS Again, I will never pick Iowa State even if they play the University of Phoenix.

IOWA STATE Breece Hall is a machine.

IOWA STATE Cyclones go on the road and get a big win.

TEXAS I’m thankful for Iowa State not playing in a Big 12 title game.

NOTRE DAME I just couldn’t do it, North Carolina.

NOTRE DAME I might actually watch an ACC game that doesn’t involve Clemson this week.

NOTRE DAME Saw the team in the 2014 Music City Bowl.

NOTRE DAME CFP locks.

NOTRE DAME Fighting Irish to the CFP??

NOTRE DAME A raod win goes a long way for the Irish in the playoff chase.

NOTRE DAME I’m rooting for playoff chaos.

USC The Holiday Bowl feels like 10 years ago.

USC My roommate isn’t back in Boulder and I am getting older.

USC Doing this for you, Uncle David.

USC Trojans are loved on a lot of college campuses.

USC Must be nice playing in sunny skies and 73-degree weather.

USC At least there’s a Pac-12 game being played.

USC Colorado still searching for first win over USC.

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Special teams strength From an Australian punter to a walk-on transfer punt returner, Iowa’s special teams have been stellar this season.

BY AUSTIN HANSON

austin-hanson@uiowa.edu When Kirk Ferentz returned to Iowa City to take Iowa’s head football coaching position in 1999, his first priority was not to establish a great offense or defense, but rather, to craft a quality special teams unit.

“Twenty-two years ago [special teams] was one of the building blocks we tried to build the program on,” Ferentz said. “We felt like it was the first area we maybe had a chance to get decent at. If you look at any of our good teams, we’ve always played well on special teams. It’s important for any football team, and certainly for us, historically.

It’s an area we have to try to excel in.”

Iowa has excelled on special teams in recent years, and is doing so again halfway through this season.

The last two years, Iowa has put its special teams prowess on full display on Black Friday. In their last two matchups with Nebraska, the Hawkeyes have won in walk-off fashion on the backs of their kickers.

In 2018, senior Miguel Recinos snuck a 41-yard field goal attempt through the right upright of Kinnick Stadium’s north end zone goal post for a 31-28 win.

Last year, the Hawkeyes repeated the feat on the road. This time – with Recinos gone – it was Keith Duncan’s time to shine.

Through the rain and off wet turf, Duncan sent his 48-yard attempt right through the heart of the goal posts with just one second left for a 27-24 win, earning Hawkeye fans’ love and driving a dagger through the Cornhuskers’ hopes.

Duncan promptly blew kisses toward Nebraska’s sideline, reminding the Cornhuskers that he had just ended their hopes of bowl eligibility – making for another pleasant bus ride home from Lincoln for the Hawkeyes.

This week, Duncan will have another chance to make Black Friday tough on the Cornhuskers, but first, he’ll have to get out of the slump he’s in.

Duncan has only made two of his last five field goal attempts. His first miss of the season came against Michigan State Nov. 7 as a 37-yarder got away from him wide right.

Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Iowa kicker Keith Duncan kicks the ball during the football game against Nebraska at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 29, 2019. The Hawkeyes defeated the Cornhuskers 27-24. Duncan’s kick put the Hawkeyes up 27-24 in the last few seconds of the game.

“It’s something we’ve been talking about Last season saw the charismatic kicker On the road in Minnesota the following Friday, Duncan couldn’t drive a 50-yard at- become a consensus All-American, a Bak- in meetings,” Jones said postgame. “[Punt tempt through the frigid air. Last Saturday ken-Anderson Big Ten Kicker of the Year returns] definitely bring a lot of energy to in State College, Pennsylvania, Duncan hit Award winner, and a runner-up for the Lou the sideline. It brings up everyone’s energy. from 40 yards and 24 yards, but pushed one Groza Award, which is given to the best So, yeah, it definitely has an impact on the game.” kicker in college football every season. off to the right from 50 yards.

Jones attributes much of his success in In total, Duncan made 29 of his 34 field “[I’m] still trying to get used to not having fans in the stadium,” Duncan said. “[I] goal attempts in 2019. Duncan’s 29 makes the return game to his overt and undying started off fairly well I’d say, four out of led the nation and were good for Big Ten willingness to take risks.

“It’s just taking risks, I guess,” Jones said. four, and then obviously kind of disappoint- and Hawkeye records.

This season, when Duncan’s offensive “I think on some of them I could fair catch ing the last few days. Watching the Masters, I’m a big golf guy, I saw Tiger Woods hit a production began to stall against Michigan it, but I take a little bit of a risk and try to 10 on a par three he’s probably played hun- State, Iowa’s special teams unit found other make something out of nothing. That might dreds of times. He’s probably hit that club ways to score – starting with wide receiver be the difference.”

Unlike Duncan, Jones has not been with that he used thousands of times, and I think and punt returner Charlie Jones.

Jones hung 105 punt return yards on the the Hawkeyes very long. The junior transhe ended up finishing five-under in his last six holes. So, it basically comes down to Spartans, including a 54-yard touchdown. ferred to Iowa from Buffalo after the 2018 how you respond, how you carry yourself Jones started running right, walling de- season.

At Buffalo, Jones totaled 289 yards on 15 mentally and physically, and that’s what I’m fenders up on that side of the field. Then, he cut back left with a lot of open field ahead returns. He also contributed 395 yards and looking at.”

Duncan’s Tiger-esque 2019 season is like- of him. After two timely blocks between the three touchdowns across 18 receptions.

“I love my teammates over there at Bufly indicative of his 2020 struggles being 15 and 20-yard lines, Jones found the end falo, I love those guys, but I wanted to play zone. short-lived.

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against the best of the best,” Jones said.

“I knew in the Big Ten they do that every week. Then it just comes down to working hard. That’s a day-in, day-out kind of thing.

I knew that if you do that every day and you just work hard, like I said before, when the opportunity comes, you just take advantage of the opportunity.”

Aside from his thirst for great competition, the Deerfield, Illinois, native credits his family, Iowa offensive line coach Tim Polasek, and wide receivers coach Kelton Copeland for bringing him to Iowa City.

Both Copeland and Polasek recruited Jones out of high school, just not to Iowa.

Copeland was at Northern Illinois University and Polasek was on North Dakota State University’s coaching staff at the time.

Jones admitted he thought about committing to both institutions before ultimately deciding on Buffalo.

“I wanted to go somewhere where I knew people,” Jones said. “I knew guys on the team. I knew [Iowa] was a program where you could really work your way up just with hard work. That’s really what it is, just come out every day and work hard, and when your opportunity comes, take advantage of it.”

Jones has leveraged the opportunities he’s gotten in Iowa City – even some unexpected ones produced by the COVID-19 pandemic.

While most students went home in the spring when the university moved to online instruction exclusively, Jones stayed in Iowa City to bond with his teammates, master Iowa’s offense, and improve his game.

Jones lived with some of his Hawkeye teammates, including quarterback Spencer Petras.

“There was nothing else to do except go out and run routes with [Petras],” Jones said. “So, we did that every day we worked out. It definitely helped build chemistry and camaraderie between us. We became closer friends and teammates.”

Jones isn’t the only newcomer that’s shined on special teams this season. Freshman punter Tory Taylor has quickly gone from a forgotten man to a household name for Hawkeye fans.

Taylor hasn’t just had one explosive game punting the football, he’s electrified fans all season.

Taylor is top 10 in the nation in net punting at 44.5 yards per punt.

Taylor’s stellar punting this season has been quite surprising, especially considering his lack of experience.

Prior to Iowa’s season-opener against Purdue, Taylor hadn’t stepped foot in an American football stadium, much less played in an American football game.

Taylor is not a typical college football player nor student. He is a 23 year-old college freshman, hailing not from the U.S., but rather, Australia.

“So, it was certainly a quality experience even without fans,” Taylor said. “I didn’t

actually realize how big the stadiums were until I got here.”

“Yeah, so it was a little bit eye-opening on traveling to Purdue, right,” special teams coordinator LeVar Woods recalled. “So, we get there in West Lafayette and we’re driving on the bus there and we finally get to have a position meeting and actually having a meal with our specialists like we typically do on a Friday night, and I asked Tory, what did you think or what do you think about being here, and he says, ‘Coach, is this what it’s like everywhere in America?’

I said, ‘What do you mean?’ H or to West Lafayette.’

“It’s the second city he’s been in besides the airports he’s flown through to get here. So that was very eye-opening for me. I hadn’t even thought about that, so he hadn’t really been outside of Iowa City.”

Taylor’s introduction to American football came via Prokick Australia. According to the organization’s website, Prokick Australia was founded in 2007 to “help guide and transition Australian athletes to perform at the college/NFL level.”

Prior to that, Taylor had grown up playing Australian rules football.

“It was certainly different,” Taylor said.

“So, back home in Australia we play Aussie rules football, and I’d kind of always been a relatively big kicker of that football. Then, a couple of my friends who said, ‘Oh look, there’s Aussie guys over in America punting. Why don’t you have a look into it? ’I kind of looked into it and I thought, ‘What have I got to lose? It’s a great opportunity.’”

“I felt good about Tory from the first time I spoke with him on the phone and FaceTime with him,” Woods said. “I certainly watched his workouts from afar, virtually, which is what everyone is doing in recruiting, they’re all doing Zoom meetings and

Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan Iowa wideout Charlie Jones returns a punt during a football game between Iowa and Michigan State in Kinnick Stadium on Nov. 7. The Hawkeyes dominated the Spartans, 49-7. young men over there. We got the right one igan State.

On the season, Smith-Marsette has only for us in terms of his character and how he accumulated 123 kick return yards, but that fits in with the rest of the group.”

Once Woods met with Taylor, the fresh- doesn’t mean the Newark, New Jersey, naman punter knew he wanted to attend Iowa tive is incapable of producing big plays in to punt for the Hawkeyes, partially because the kick return game.

In 2019, Smith-Marsette returned two he thought punting in the Big Ten would allow him to prove to professional teams kicks for touchdowns. Against USC in the and scouts that he could kick in the some- Holiday Bowl, Smith-Marsette took a kicktimes-poor conditions the Midwest has to off that appeared to be covered up by the Trojans to the house. After hurdling a deoffer. “[Woods] was great,” Taylor said. “He fender and running behind a couple nice met me and my family, and my family loved blocks at his own 20-yard line, Smith-Marhim as well, so I think that made it easier, sette broke free for a 98-yard touchdown.

In Lincoln, Smith-Marsette simply outespecially for my parents as well just having that sort of person. I mean, it’s obviously ran Nebraska’s kick coverage for 96-yards hard, especially for mom sending me all the and a touchdown. With all of the Cornhuskway over here, and kind of being unsure, ers’ kick coverage out right, Smith-Marsette broke left at his own 15-yard line, and from there, nothing but green grass was ahead of him.

Smith-Marsette’s ability to make big I knew this was a program where you could really work your way plays coupled with Duncan’s resume and the success Jones and Taylor have already up just with hard work. had this season makes for a recipe for suc— Hawkeye wide reciever and punt returner Charlie Jones cess on special teams, and the statistics prove it.

Per the NCAA, Iowa is ranked seventh in the nation in net punting, first in punt FaceTime workouts and all that kind of but that certainly made it easier.”

With such weapons as Taylor, Jones, and return defense, 12th in punt return offense, stuff. So, we were ahead of the game with Duncan at Woods’ disposal, Hawkeye fans and 13th in kick return defense. that in recruiting Tory.”

Friday’s matchup against Nebraska is anWoods’ recruiting trip to Australia to and pundits alike have begun to charactermeet with Taylor was unlike any he had ev- ize Iowa’s special teams as being the best in other opportunity for Iowa’s special teams unit to dominate against the Cornhuskers. er taken before. His flight from San Fran- the country.

Special teams may be seen as the third facet But Ferentz is keeping a level head. cisco, California, to Australia was 16 hours “I would like to see our kick return get the of the game, but the Hawkeyes don’t treat one way. Woods’ journey hit stops in Texas; Sydney, Australia; and Melbourne, Austra- ball past the 25, first of all, before we start it like that.

And that plays into their success. having celebrations,” Ferentz said. “That lia.

“I know we take pride in our special What Woods found when he met Taylor would be nice. I don’t know if we’ve made it in-person was a young punter with a lot of past the 20 yet. So, we still have work to do.” teams here,” Duncan said. “Coach Ferentz Part of Iowa’s struggles in the kickoff speaks very highly of how we work and how potential.

“It was a really unique opportunity to go return game can be attributed to a one- we do things here as a unit, and that comes over there and see what they do and how game suspension starting kick returner down to him. He takes a very big portion of they’re trained from an Australian rules and wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette practice to work on it.” standpoint,” Woods said. “Very talented served during Iowa’s matchup with Mich-

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- The Daily Iowan - PREGAME - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, November 27, 2020

ONE ON ONE WITH

that game in that moment and just to share it with all your teammates, fans, family, friends.

It was a wild night.

RILEY MCCARRON

DI Assistant Sports Editor Isaac Goffin spoke with the former Hawkeye wide receiver about his memorable performance against Nebraska in 2016.

DI: So, I know you mentioned being a Hawkeye fan all your life. How did you get on the Iowa football team?

McCarron: I walked on. Coach [Reese] Morgan, he was in contact with my high school coach and I barely made it by the skin of my teeth. They asked me if I wanted to walk on a couple days after signing day my senior year and obviously I didn’t have to think about it and I just took it and ran with it, man. That was just a dream, it was a dream of mine and just to be a part of the Hawkeye football program was something special. It was just a dream come true man.

DI: That senior season you put up 517 receiving yards which was a big improvement over your previous seasons. Why do you think you did so well that season?

McCarron: We had a lot of good receivers while I was at Iowa. Tevaun Smith, Matt VandeBerg, Kevonte Martin-Manley, Keenan Davis, Jake Hillyer, all those guys and guys I didn’t even mention that I’m sure I’m forgetting but I spent a lot of my time on special teams and doing that stuff and helping out the scout teams and whatnot on offense so I had some guys that were better than me when I was younger and I just kept trying to get better year after year and I finally got an opportunity my senior year to really get some more playing time or earn some more playing time. I just wanted to show that I was capable of playing at that level and not only playing at that level but being successful and helping the team in a positive way whether it be in the run game or the pass game or special teams. It was just awesome to be a part of it and to be on the field as much as I could man because that’s the whole reason you’re there just to be on the field.

ISAAC GOFFIN isaac-goffin@uiowa.edu

The Daily Iowan: What was the mindset heading into that Nebraska game in 2016?

Riley McCarron: That was kind of a roller coaster of a season for us. We had some tough losses and then we kind of picked it up at the end and had that big win at Michigan. So, we just wanted to go into that last game, Nebraska was ranked if I remember right, they are having a pretty good season, so we just wanted to prove I guess how good we were. But the record obviously didn’t show, and we just wanted to finish us being seniors and just wanted to finish the season on the right note and we were able to do that and beat up on Nebraska pretty good.

DI: What do you remember from that 77-yard touchdown catch?

McCarron: That was actually a play that was drawn up by the coaches in practice and we had found some weaknesses in the Nebraska defense and coach [Greg] Davis at the time our offensive coordinator, coach Ferentz, both Brian and Kirk, yeah we did a lot of play action because we were running the ball so well with LeShun [Daniels] and Akrum [Wadley] and found a little hole and we did a little play action and they sucked up to it and it worked just like the coaches had thought it would and yeah just a great play and awesome throw by C.J. [Beathard].

DI: When you finished that touchdown run and were in the end zone what was that feeling like?

Margaret Kispert/The Daily Iowan Iowa’s Matt VanderBerg and Riley McCarron celebrate VanderBerg’s touchdown during the Iowa-NDSU game at Kinnick on Sept. 17, 2016.

McCarron: Oh man, it was a great feeling just knowing that was my last game at Kinnick and you don’t get too many experiences to run with the ball that long so to have a play like that in front of the fans in Kinnick and in your last home game was a pretty special moment just can’t ask for much more than that.

and it’s a great feeling especially that one being the last game of the season so it’s always good to end the season on the right note.

DI: Then at the conclusion of the game, 4010 win, how did you guys feel after beating Nebraska convincingly?

McCarron: That was wild, we just wanted to find a way to win the game, didn’t care how or what it took. But growing up in Iowa and being a Hawkeye fan and seeing [Daniel] Murray kick that kick against Penn State and then storm the field it’s just like you always wonder as a kid big college football fan what that would be like and to get to experience that firsthand was just so awesome and we just had some of the greatest fans in the country and it was just incredible

McCarron: Oh, it’s always a great feeling. Any game you win in college, so much work gets put into it, week in and week out so a win on Saturday is the work paying off during the week so it’s an awesome feeling and just celebrate with your teammates and your friends and coaches

DI: I know you mentioned the Michigan game before. What do you remember from that game?

DI: After college, how did that NFL experience go for you?

McCarron: It was an awesome experience as well, man. I never thought I would have the chance to play in the NFL or be a part of an NFL organization, that’s for sure. But to have that opportunity was awesome. I’m very thankful, grateful that I even got the opportunity to work with someone like coach Wes Welker down in Houston and then to play for a prestigious organization like the New England Patriots was incredible, man. I never thought it would happen and I just enjoyed the heck out of it, just to be alongside all those great players and those hard workers. I learned a lot, not only about football but about life, work ethic, and what goes into it.

It was a wild ride but one I was glad I was able to experience.

Go to dailyiowan.com to read the full interview.

The Daily Iowan - PREGAME - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, November 27, 2020 - 9

SCOUTING REPORT

NEBRASKA

ROBERT READ robert-read@uiowa.edu Members of the Nebraska defense don’t have much to be thankful for heading into Black Friday’s matchup against the run-heavy Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium — at least in terms of stopping the Iowa ground game.

Through three games, Nebraska ranked 93rd nationally in rush defense.

Then Illinois ran for 285 yards and four touchdowns in a victory in Lincoln to push Nebraska to 1-3. The Cornhuskers are allowing 223.3 yards per game on the ground, one of the worst marks in the FBS. Now, Nebraska faces off against Iowa’s fierce rushing attack, which is, to put it gently, a mismatch.

Behind a veteran offensive line led by center Tyler Linderbaum and left tackle Alaric Jackson — both players who are vying for first-team All-Big Ten honors — Iowa is averaging 181.6 rushing yards per game this season.

Running back Tyler Goodson leads the team with 453 yards rushing (5.5 yards per carry), and his teammate in the backfield Mekhi Sargent is right behind him

Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Iowa wide receiver Nico Ragaini catches a pass during last year’s Iowa-Nebraska game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. on Nov. 29, 2019. at 309 yards (6.4). Both backs have scored six touchdowns through four games this season, and together they form one of the best duos in the Big Ten.

Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Nebraska wide receiver JD Spielman loses the ball in the last second of the game. The Hawkeyes won 27-24.

Iowa’s scored four rushing touchdowns in each of its last four games — all Hawkeye victories — to improve to 3-2 on the season. Whether it is running a stretch zone play and letting Goodson find a hole and make a quick cut in space, or utilizing receivers Ihimr Smith-Marsette or Tyrone Tracy on the edge — the Hawkeyes have made an emphasis on running the ball and doing it often.

Goodson lining up in the shotgun as a Wildcat quarterback has even entered the playbook this season. Goodson has kept the snap and ran through open holes in the line, or last week he handed it off to Sargent — also lined up in the backfield — for a positive gain.

Nebraska’s defensive front is outmatched by Iowa’s front five and dynamic running backs.

Offensively, it could also be a long day for the Cornhuskers.

Iowa’s defense ranks ninth nationally allowing only 16 points per game. On the season, the Hawkeyes have already forced 14 turnovers.

Nebraska quarterbacks Adrian Martinez and Luke McCaffrey have both seen time under center this season, and

head coach Scott Frost wouldn’t confirm which signal caller will get the start in Iowa City. Between the two of them, Nebraska quarterbacks have thrown two touchdowns and six interceptions so far this year.

The Cornhuskers rank 107th in the FBS in points per game (20.8) and are facing a Hawkeye defense that has found its stride.

Both McCaffrey and Martinez are capable runners, and mobile quarterbacks have been known to be trouble for Iowa defenses. But other than one early scoring drive, the Hawkeyes contained Penn State quarterbacks Will Levis and Sean Clifford on the ground last week.

Offensively and defensively, at least on paper, Iowa has a clear advantage against Nebraska. And on special teams, just ask Frost about Keith Duncan’s game-winning kick and Smith-Marsette’s kickoff return for a touchdown last season against Nebraska.

Iowa winning a sixth-straight matchup with Nebraska, securing the Heroes Trophy in the process, appears likely. But in a rivalry game being played in the 2020 football season, anything can happen.

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MATCHUPS

POWER RANKINGS 1) Ohio State

Northwestern to the CFP?

Copy and paste.

2) Indiana

Ooh, you almost had it. You gotta be quicker than that.

CHRIS WERNER christopher-werner@uiowa.edu

Nebraska @ No. 24 Iowa Friday | 12 p.m. | FOX

Yet another Black and Gold Friday

No. 4 Ohio State @ Illinois 11 a.m. | FS1

Brandon Peters is back under center for the Illini so I expect them to lose by only 21.

3) Northwestern

Another drubbing from the Buckeyes in Indy might be looming.

4) Iowa

Has been dominant of late.

5) Maryland

The Tagovailoa family has had a good couple weeks.

6) Wisconsin

Maryland @ No. 12 Indiana 11 a.m. | ESPN2

This should be a good game and basketball season hasn’t started.

Couldn’t handle those ‘Cats.

7) Minnesota

Really should have lost to Purdue.

8) Purdue

Penn State @ Michigan 11 a.m. | ABC

Do you think you reached your potential in 2020?

D E L E CANC Minnesota @ No. 16 Wisconsin 1 p.m. | BTN

There are a lot of places in Wisconsin for P.J. Fleck to row his boat.

No. 11 Northwestern @ Michigan State 2:30 p.m. | ESPN2 Northwestern grew up so fast.

Really should have beaten Minnesota.

9) Michigan

Took overtime to beat Rutgers and this isn’t basketball.

10) Rutgers

The Scarlet Knights have the tiebreakers over Michigan State for this spot.

11) Michigan State Has been outscored 73-7 its last two games.

12) Illinois

THE ILLINI ARE BACK at 12 this week.

13) Nebraska

Lost to Illinois, I mean...

Rutgers @ Purdue 3 p.m. | FS1

The Boilermakers have steam coming out of their ears after last week.

14) Penn State

The worst start in program history.

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