The Daily Iowan Pregame - 11.04.2022

PREGAME The Daily Iowan

Saturday, November 5 Iowa vs. Purdue Ross-Ade Stadium

FROM FRIENDS TO FOES Purdue wideouts Charlie Jones and Tyrone Tracy will take on their former team on Saturday.

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S TA R T E R S The Daily Iowan’s official bettor’s guide to Iowa football’s Week 10 matchup with Purdue.

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PETE RUDEN

College Football Editor, Action Network Daily Iowan Alumnus

PURDUE -4.5

AUSTIN HANSON Pregame Editor

PURDUE -4.5

This will be a strength-on-strength matchup when Purdue’s offense is on the field. Action Network’s Collin Wilson makes the Boilermakers a 6-point favorite, while BJ Cunningham has Purdue projected at -6.5. Add in the fact that Jeff Brohm’s team has always been a thorn in Iowa’s side, and I’d lay the points with the Boilers.

Iowa put up its best offensive performance of the year by far against Northwestern. The game even helped the Hawkeyes creep out of last place in the country in total offense. But Purdue’s defense is rated 43rd nationally, so I expect the Hawkeyes’ offense to stall on Saturday. I like Purdue plus the points this week.

OVER 42

OVER 42

Week 10 marks the first time this season that I haven’t taken the under in Iowa’s game. Purdue is averaging 32.8 points per game this season, and every Boilermakers game this season has seen at least 54 points light up the scoreboard except for one. I expect the Boilermakers to put up some points in this one, which will force Iowa to throw the ball to keep up.

The Boilermakers have averaged 309.8 passing and 402.4 total yards in their last five games with the Hawkeyes. During that stretch, Purdue has outscored Iowa, 130-104. Because Purdue’s offense has looked so dominant this season and has proven to be the Hawkeye defense’s kryptonite in the past, I like the over this week.

NEW MEXICO +17

The Lobos’ offense isn’t good, but their defense should find a way to keep a depleted Utah State offense in check.

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of the week

The Mel Tucker era has taken a turn for the worse.

I still like MSU to cover against Illinois this week.

Each week during the Iowa football season, Daily Iowan Pregame Editor Austin Hanson and Action Network College Football Editor Pete Ruden will place three hypothetical bets of $100. The score of the contest will be kept in the piggy banks to the right and left with a winner to be declared at the end of the season.

For advanced analysis and statistics, read the full version of The Daily Iowan’s bettor’s guide at

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Hawkeyes prepping for explosive offense Wide receiver Charlie Jones, who transferred from Iowa to Purdue following the Hawkeyes’ spring camp, leads the Boilermakers with 840 yards and nine touchdowns this season.

Chloe Peterson Sports Editor Charlie Jones said his decision to transfer from Iowa to Purdue was easy.

The sixth-year senior wide receiver left the Hawkeyes in May and joined the Boilermakers to play out his final year of eligibility in West Lafayette, Indiana.

“It’s pretty simple, I came here for the offense,” Jones said at a Purdue media availability session in August. “In the past couple years, they’ve shown that being a receiver in this kind of offense meant more

opportunities.”

Jones, who hails from Deerfield, Illinois, had no Power Five offers out of high school. He started his college career at University at Buffalo in New York, playing two years with the Bulls. Then, he moved to Iowa City and walked on with the Hawkeyes.

The 6-foot wide receiver flourished at Iowa, becoming a two-time firstteam All-Big Ten return specialist and the 2021 Rodgers-Dwight Big Ten Return Specialist of the Year.

But Jones wanted to be known as more than just

a return specialist. So, he announced his return to Iowa for the 2022 season to get more reps at wide receiver.

After spring camp, however, Jones realized Iowa wasn’t the best place to get NFL tape. He was listed as a second-team wide receiver behind senior Nico Ragaini and sophomore Keagan Johnson on the Hawkeyes’ 2022 spring depth chart.

“I went back, did spring out at Iowa, and I felt like the best thing for me was making a switch,” Jones said. “Just putting myself in an offense that’s going

Marc Lebryk/USA TODAY Sports Sep 24, 2022; West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Purdue Boilermakers wide receiver Charlie Jones (15) runs past Florida Atlantic Owls linebacker Morven Joseph (19) during the second half at Ross-Ade Stadium. Boilermakers won 28 to 26.

to showcase my abilities as a receiver, continue to establish myself as a returner, but really trying to make this year about proving what I can do in the receiver spot.”

Jones quickly rose to the No. 1 wide receiver spot on the Boilermakers’ depth chart. He has amassed 840 yards and nine touchdowns so far this season — good for sixth and fourth in the nation, respectively.

Iowa quarterback Spencer Petras isn’t surprised by Jones’ success at Purdue.

Grace Smith/The Daily Iowan “He’s a really good Iowa wide receiver Charlie Jones hurdles over Illinois defensive back Christian Bobak during a football game player,” Petras said this between No. 17 Iowa and Illinois at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. The Hawkeyes defeated the Fighting Illini, 33-23, at the last home game of the season.

week while previewing the Hawkeyes’ game against Purdue on Saturday. “...

I talk to him if not every week, every other week, so we keep up pretty well.”

Jones had 323 yards and three touchdowns with Iowa in 2021. But Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz thinks Jones’ sudden uptick in performance is linked to his strides in spring practice with the Hawkeyes, not an offensive scheme change.

“I thought he was a much better at the end of spring practice as a receiver,” Ferentz said on Tuesday. “Upper echelon

return guy. He’s been really good. Obviously, that was very evident going back to early 2020. But he’s really progressed as a receiver.

Not saying he was a bad receiver then, but he’s a much better one, much better in April.

“We’ll never know what would have happened if he was here. We saw him make great improvement, I thought, this spring. We were really excited about that. Then he’s not here.

There’s not much you can say about that.”

Purdue, however, has 357 pass attempts this season

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compared to Iowa’s 215. Quarterback Aidan O’Connell has thrown more than 40 passes in seven of the eight games he’s played this year.

“They throw the ball a lot, like 50 times a game,” Iowa cornerback Riley Moss said of Jones and Purdue’s offense. “He’s a fast kid, and he can take you vertical pretty fast, so that’s a way that he fits in pretty well.”

Either way, Jones doesn’t regret his decision to move and follow Tyrone Tracy, another former Iowa wide receiver, to Purdue.

“It was awesome coming here and following Tyrone,” Jones said. “Back at Iowa, we were really good friends, and I was upset to see him go, but I was excited when he made that decision.

When I ultimately made that decision, we were both excited that we’d be able to play with each other one more time.”

Tracy has 24 receptions

for 188 receiving yards in 2022, as well as six rushing attempts for 47 yards.

While the departure of Jones and Tracy did thin Iowa’s wide receiving corps, strong safety Kaevon Merriweather said there’s no animosity between the Hawkeyes and their former teammates.

“I think if somebody’s not happy and they feel like they need to be somewhere else, I can respect that decision,” Merriweather said. “As a friend, as a brother, as a teammate, I wouldn’t want anybody to be where they don’t want to be, because that just brings their mood down, and they’re not going to be giving their all at all … if they’re happy where they’re at, I’m happy for them, and they’re having a lot of success over there.”

The Hawkeyes have had trouble with dynamic receivers from Purdue before. Former Boilermaker wide receiver David Bell

terrorized the Hawkeye defense for three years, recording 37 catches for 558 yards and five touchdowns in three games. Bell’s efforts helped the Boilermakers win four of their last five meetings against the Hawkeyes, including last season’s 24-7 win over then-No. 2 Iowa.

I don’t want to say he’s that guy. Seems to be the most prominent receiver right now.”

Iowa struggled to find depth in its wide receiver room in the first half of this season. Johnson, Ragaini, sophomore Diante Vines, and redshirt freshman Brody Brecht all suffered

I think if somebody’s not happy and they feel like they need to be somewhere else, I can respect that decision.

— Iowa safety Kaevon Merriweather Bell now plays for the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, and Jones has taken his place as the Boilermakers’ No. 1 receiver. “[Jones is] playing well,” Ferentz said. “He’s playing in this system where they throw the ball a lot. They had a really good guy that graduated, got drafted. He has kind of filled that void, I guess. I don’t coach there,

Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan Iowa wide receiver Tyrone Tracy Jr. runs after a reception during a football game between Iowa and Minnesota at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Nov. 13, 2021. The Hawkeyes defeated the Gophers, 27-22

injuries in fall camp, leaving sophomore Arland Bruce as the Hawkeyes’ sole scholarship wide receiver.

Walk-ons Alec Wick and Jack Johnson got ample time in at wideout during the Hawkeyes’ first two games of the year as Ragaini and company nursed their injuries.

Iowa struggled to pass the ball successfully early

this season because of the ailments to the top receivers.

The Hawkeyes didn’t notch a receiving touchdown until the third game of the year.

Iowa’s wideouts have slowly come back from injury — Ragaini and Brecht returned in Week 3 and Vines came back during Week 7.

Now, with the Hawkeyes almost at full strength at receiver, Jones and Tracy will face their former team at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette on Saturday. Tracy left Iowa last December.

“I think it’s probably less of a big deal than you think,” Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm said of Jones and Tracy facing their former teammates. “… You want guys that want to be somewhere and want to make a difference, want an opportunity to showcase their skills. So, we will try to do that the best we can, of course. I think both young men really represent themselves well. They’re

high-character young men that want to make a difference, and I think they’ll play extremely hard this game.”

During their time in Iowa City, Jones and Tracy frequently went up against the Hawkeye defense in practice. Jones and Moss, specifically, took multiple reps together in spring practice. Jones trained with the Hawkeyes for the last time on April 23 — the date of Iowa’s open spring practice.

While Jones and Tracy may have a good grasp of Iowa’s defensive scheme because of their time in the program, the Hawkeyes aren’t worried.

“He made me a lot better corner, and I think I made him a lot better receiver,” Moss said. “So, you know, I’m excited to see that type of growth that I’ve had and that he’s had over the season come together this weekend.”

chloe-peterson@uiowa.edu

Grace Smith/The Daily Iowan Iowa wide receiver Nico Ragaini runs the ball during a football game between Iowa and No. 4 Michigan at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Oct. 1. The Wolverines defeated the Hawkeyes, 27-14.

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with Iowa defensive lineman Aaron Graves Daily Iowan Assistant Sports Editor Chris Werner chatted with Graves at a media availability session on Oct. 25.

Chris Werner Assistant Sports Editor

beat me.

DI: That’s funny. What’s your favorite item you own?

The Daily Iowan: I have a couple of non-football questions, would you be OK with answering them?

Graves: I’m not even sure. Probably, we have a 72-inch TV in our dorm room, so that’s probably it.

Aaron Graves: Sure, go ahead.

DI: What dorm, Petersen?

DI: Awesome.

First thing, if you weren’t playing football or maybe playing sports in general, what would you be doing instead?

Graves: Yep. DI: How do you fit a 72inch TV in a dorm? Where do you even put it?

Graves: I would probably go to the cheapest college I could find that I could get a bachelor’s or master’s in physiology and then become a strength and conditioning coach. That’s what I want to do after football anyway. So, I’d probably just go straight to that.

Graves: My roommate got it.

DI: You probably got one of them big rooms. Like a corner.

Graves: Yeah.

DI: Talking about that major, physiology, what are you learning in those classes that you didn’t know before? What’s something new you’ve learned in those classes this year?

Gabby Drees/The Daily Iowan Iowa defensive lineman Aaron Graves exits a football game between Iowa and Northwestern at Kinnick Stadium on Oct. 29. Iowa defeated Northwestern, 33-13.

Graves: I would just say kind of how the body works. Obviously, that’s what physiology is. How I can apply that to my sport and how I can apply it to recovering better. You know, just better preparing myself for the next weeks, that kind of thing.

Graves: Krista Osadchuk, I don’t think I’m butchering that last name.

But yeah, she’s been a really good professor. That’s my biology professor.

DI: I know you’ve only been here a semester.

Who’s your favorite professor so far?

DI: If you had to write a five-page essay tonight and turn it in tomorrow,

what would you write it about?

Graves: It would definitely be something lifting-related.

Lifting weights, something involved with that. Probably like what are the best exercises for football, that kind of thing. What are the best things you can use to recover for football, all that kind of stuff. I could whip up something pretty quick for that.

DI: What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words Phil Parker?

Graves: Genius. I mean, that’s pretty accurate, I would say.

DI: Who is your favorite athlete on this campus that’s not on the football team?

Graves: Probably Spen-

cer Lee. I respect him a lot, obviously. He’s pretty good.

DI: Well, obviously different weight classes. How do you think a match between you two would go?

Graves: He’d probably beat me, honestly. I don’t really know a whole lot about wrestling. I pretty much did it for half the season my junior and senior year, so he would probably

DI: Lastly, people have a song they go to when they’re trying to get pumped up and like really happy. Do you have a song you can go to when you’re really sad?

Graves: Probably anything by XXXTentacion — that’s depressing music, right? R.I.P. This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

christopher-werner@uiowa.edu

Carver Meiners gives back to Stead

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The 8-year-old is collecting toys for Stead Family Children’s Hospital patients during the Iowa-Purdue game.

Sabine Martin Managing News Editor Polk City, Iowa, 8-yearold Carver Meiners was speechless when he walked onto Duke Slater Field for the first time during Kids’ Day at Kinnick Stadium in August.

“I felt super excited, and I ran all over the place,” Carver said of the moment he learned he’d be the Kid Captain for Saturday’s Iowa-Purdue game.

Carver was diagnosed with transposition of the great arteries while he was in his mother’s womb. His two main arteries were reversed.

“I had a 20-week ultrasound, and they noticed something was wrong with Carver’s heart during my ultrasound,” Allison Meiners, Carver’s mom, said. “So, they referred us on to go to a different hospital with pediatric cardiology. So, we chose to go to Iowa City.”

Allison, who nominated Carver to be a Kid Captain, said there are a lot of deserving kids who are nominated for Kid Captain.

“We followed it every year and know a couple of people who have done it as well,” she said. “Carver this last year has really been into football, so it’s a good age to do that. So, I nominated him.”

Carver said he wants to be an NFL football player

when he grows up, but his favorite subject in school is math.

“I play baseball, I used to play soccer,” Carver said. “I am going to play basketball this year.”

Surgery and recovery Carver’s dad, Matthew Meiners, said his family had multiple options for Carver’s medical care in Philadelphia, Michigan, and Iowa. He pointed out how comfortable his family felt choosing the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital after a meeting with Stead’s medical professionals.

“They are that confident in their own skills, so we knew we found the right place,” he said.

Allison said she and her husband went to the hospital regularly until Carver was born on June 26, 2014.

“Before we had him, we had a big meeting where all of his care providers came together and talked about how they would care for him,” she said. “I always joked that there were more people in that room to care for him than my graduating class.”

Allison added she graduated with 18 people.

Carver had an exploratory surgery when he was a couple of days old. Allison said Carver had open heart sur-

Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan Kid Captain Carver Meiners waits for an autograph from Iowa defensive back Riley Moss during Iowa football’s Kids’ Day at Kinnick in Iowa City on Aug. 13. gery to alter blood flow in his body at six days old.

“He was in the hospital for about 30 days total,” Allison said. “The recovery process definitely wasn’t a sprint — it was a marathon and really a rollercoaster with some good days and bad days.”

Watching from home While he won’t be on the field at Saturday’s game, Allison said Carver visited Kinnick during the Io-

wa-Nevada game on Sept.

17. All away game Kid Captains were invited to the contest.

Carver said he got an autograph from linebacker Jack Campbell, one of his favorite players.

Instead of going to West Lafayette for the Iowa-Purdue game, Carver’s family will watch from home with family and friends. Carver is also hosting a drive to collect toys for kids in the hospital through Nov. 5.

“We are asking people to bring toys to give to the children’s hospital at the watch party,” Allison said.

“We have already had a lot of toys sent to him — probably close to 150 toys that we’ve collected.”

She added Carver and his family will donate the toys to the hospital after the game.

Ongoing medical care Carver visits pediatric cardiologists at Stead to moni-

tor his heart every year.

“They take a good look at his heart each year, and he’s doing really good,” Allison said.

After all of Carver’s time at Stead, Allison said she and her family grew closer together.

“Right at the beginning, you don’t know how you’re going to get through it, but you’re going to come out of your experience,” she said.

sabine-martin@uiowa.edu

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1. Ohio State The Buckeyes are still the Big Ten’s best.

Just another Saturday of mostly mediocre Big Ten

2. Michigan Michigan-Ohio State on Nov. 26 will define the 2022 Big Ten season.

3. Penn State Penn State must wish it was put in the West in 2014.

4. Illinois

IOWA Saturday | 11:00 a.m. |

Too bad few people in Illinois care about the Fighting Illini.

Iowa (4-4, 2-3) Purdue (5-3, 2-3)

5. Maryland

Ross-Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN

I wonder if the Terrapins would be where they are now if they were still in the ACC.

6. Wisconsin

Line: Purdue -4.5 O/U: 42

OHIO STATE

I don’t think interim head coach Jim Leonhard will have a shot at a signature win in 2022.

Saturday | 11:00 a.m. |

7. Purdue

Ohio State (8-0, 5-0) Northwestern (1-7, 1-4)

The Boilermakers could realistically win the Big Ten West.

8. Minnesota So much for a 4-0 start.

9. Iowa

Ryan Field Evanston, IL Line: Ohio State -38 O/U: 57.5

PENN STATE

Complementary football works against Northwestern.

Saturday | 2:30 p.m. |

10. Michigan State

Penn State (6-2, 3-2) Indiana (3-5, 1-4)

The Mel Tucker era is trending in the wrong direction.

11. Nebraska I don’t think the Cornhuskers are back just yet.

12. Indiana I still don’t know how the Hoosiers beat the Illini.

13. Rutgers Taking a flight to Minneapolis and being shut out must taste like freezer burn.

14. Northwestern The Wildcats remind me of the Vanderbilt Commodores.

Isaac Goffin

isaac-goffin@uiowa.edu

Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN Line: Penn State -14 O/U: 50.5

MICHIGAN Saturday | 6:30 p.m. | Michigan (8-0, 5-0) Rutgers (4-4, 1-4) SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ Line: Michigan -26 O/U: 45

PURDUE I’ve had this contest circled on my calendar since June 3, when wide receiver Charlie Jones transferred from Iowa to Purdue. Now, as the Boilermakers’ leading pass-catcher, Jones should be prepped to smoke his former team.

NORTHWESTERN How was this game scheduled for network TV? Outside of Ohio markets, nobody will be tuning into ABC during the early window.

Young children should not be allowed to watch this game because it will contain graphic content.

INDIANA The last time Penn State lost to a top 10 team this season, it won in blowout fashion the following week. The Nittany Lions enter this game fresh off a 44-31 loss to No. 2 Ohio State. So, take that for what it’s worth.

RUTGERS The Scarlet Knights are two wins away from bowl eligibility. Will they become bowl eligible? Probably not.

This game against Michigan certainly won’t help Rutgers get any closer to a bowl game. Is this really the best game the Big Ten could put in primetime?

MINNESOTA Saturday | 11:00 a.m. | Minnesota (5-3, 2-3) Nebraska (3-5, 2-3) Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE Line: Minnesota -16 O/U: 46

MARYLAND Saturday | 11:00 a.m. | Maryland (6-2, 3-2) Wisconsin (4-4, 2-3) Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI Line: Wisconsin -5 O/U: 50.5

MICHIGAN STATE Saturday | 2:30 p.m. | Michigan State (3-5, 1-4) Illinois (7-1, 4-1) Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL Line: Illinois -17.5 O/U: 41.5

NEBRASKA The 11 a.m. slot was made for games like these. Yes, both programs have some talent. But they are far from being the West contenders.

I’m not sure what direction this affair will go in, but it will either be decided at the end of the game or by halftime.

WISCONSIN Maryland might be on track for an eight-win season. Meanwhile, the Badgers will have to conduct a head coaching search this offseason because they fired Paul Chryst on Oct. 2.

ILLINOIS Well, Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker doesn’t seem have his program together. But at least Illinois head coach Bret Bielema has produced a winning team for Fighting Illini fans this season.

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AUSTIN HANSON

Pregame Editor (20-20)

PURDUE

The 11 a.m. gods have blessed us yet again.

GEORGIA

Who on this panel is dumb enough to take Tennessee?

ALABAMA

Picking SEC games is easy.

NC STATE

These might be the two worst teams in the AP Top 25.

SDSU

Surprisingly, this isn’t the Jackrabbits’ first trip to Iowa this seaosn.

CHLOE PETERSON Sports Editor (26-14)

PURDUE

CHRIS WERNER

Asst. Sports Editor (25-15)

IOWA

Charlie Jones is the new David Bell.

The reigning Big Ten West champs are back, baby.

GEORGIA

TENNESSEE

Tennessee is good, but it ain’t that good.

ALABAMA

Hooker is cooking.

ALABAMA

The Tigers have no chance.

Leah Vann hasn’t entered the chat (she’s late).

NC STATE

WAKE FOREST

I don’t know (or care) anything about these teams.

SDSU

The Jackrabbits should come back to Iowa City. They could probably beat the Hawkeyes.

Sam has my heart, man.

SDSU

Roll ‘Rabbits.

ISAAC GOFFIN

Football Reporter (28-12)

PURDUE

The Charlie Jones game.

GEORGIA

What would happen if Georgia’s defense faced Iowa’s offense?

ALABAMA

Chris may want to visit the Heart of Dixie.

WAKE FOREST

Where Chris Paul used to hoop.

SDSU

Just another win under a dome for the Jackrabbits.

MICHAEL MERRICK

DITV Sports Director (27-13)

IOWA

Charlie goes for 200 in a Boilermaker loss.

TENNESSEE

I don’t have enough faith in Stetson Bennett.

ALABAMA

You don’t go far betting againt ‘Bama.

NC STATE

Demon Deacons can’t get it done.

SDSU

Please help Iowa look better.

JOHN BOHNENKAMP

Sports Writing Coach (29-11)

PURDUE

JASON BRUMMOND Publisher (26-14)

IOWA

A nice win for Iowa last week, but the Boilermakers always give the Hawkeyes fits.

Chuck Sizzle fizzles against this Hawkeye defense.

No. 1 is going to be a little better than No. 2.

Both teams will end up in the playoffs.

GEORGIA

ALABAMA

Time for a November Tide comeback.

NC STATE

A big ACC game, if there is such a thing.

SDSU

Jackrabbits are too good.

GEORGIA

ALABAMA

A tough day for the LSU fahmuh-lee.

WAKE FOREST

There are not many things I know less about than ACC football.

SDSU

A rare second trip to the state of Iowa ends better than the first.

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