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Hanson’s 2022 record: 5-1
WKU has a shot to down a Power Five team in a revenge game after a two-point loss to the Hoosiers last year.
I would like to say I’m sorry for even suggesting this. It’s a disgusting bet. But Nevada is a straight-up dumpster fire. I know how dreadful Iowa’s offense has been. But this offense should put up some points against a Nevada de fense that ranks outside the top 100 in Line Yards, Defensive Passing Suc cess Rate and pass rush. If I had to choose, I’d hold my nose and back Iowa.
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The Daily Iowan’s official bettor’s guide to Iowa football’s Week 3 matchup with Nevada.
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PETE RUDEN
I like Nevada to win this game outright. So, I’m pretty confident in saying the Wolf Pack will cover this week’s 23-point spread. Pete and I haven’t agreed much on Iowa spreads this year, and he is right about his bet for this week being disgusting. Bold move, Pete. If you beat me this week, you earned it. I don’t even see Iowa scoring 23 points in this game.
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BYU +3.5
Last week’s under 40.5 in the Cy-Hawk game might have been the easiest bet I’ve made in my life. I’m going back to the well this week. While Iowa’s offense should find at least some success against this horrid Nevada unit, I don’t expect it to become a world-beater all of a sudden.
This is a make-or-break week for Iowa’s offense. If the Hawkeyes can’t score against a Nevada defense that ranks 95th in the nation, it might actually be time to hit the panic button. The Wolf Pack are giving up 404 yards and three touchdowns a game. Still, I think the under is the safe bet here.
WESTERN KENTUCKY +9
IOWA -23
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YTD: $583 YTD: $874
BYU is ranked higher in the AP Poll than Oregon. How are the Cougs underdogs against the Ducks?
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Ruden’s 2022 record: 4-2
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.
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A leader in the locker room
But Crowell was persistent, Franklin said, and Merriweather eventually agreed to play one final season of high school football at Belleville. The now-6-foot, 212-pounder recorded 43 solo tackles in his senior season and came to a realization — he could get to the NFL with his
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“The coach called him up and was like, ‘Hey, I heard you’re fast. I heard you can jump. Come play football,’” Franklin said. “And my son is like, ‘I got a basketball scholarship offer, I’m not playing football.’”
high school. As a point guard, he received basketball offers from Western Michigan and NCAA Division II Ferris State.
Using the voice he honed growing up, Merriweather has been key to guiding the Hawkeye secondary.
to go work out, call your trainer, get some workouts in, it’s go time. You gotta get a scholarship.’”Onemorning, he left the house for basketball practice and came back late in the evening, Franklin said. When she asked where he was,
“He was like, ‘Worst-case scenario, I go overseas, I make six figures.’ He was like, ‘But with football, with my speed and my athleticism, I have a shot at going to the league.’”
So, Merriweather went from a basketball player with Division I offers to a Power Five football recruit in his final year of high school.
Merriweather told her he joined the football team.
Merriweather played one year of football at Romulus High School near Detroit, Michigan, before moving to Belleville High School for his
Merriweather didn’t think he would play football past
“Heskill.was like, ‘I got people 6’8” that can do what I do [in basketball],’” Franklin said.
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Iowa safety Kaevon Merriweather celebrates a safety during a football game between Iowa and Kent State at Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 18, 2021. The Hawkeyes defeated the Golden Flashes, 30-7.
Kaevon Merriweather didn’t start playing football until his junior year of high school.The Iowa safety’s career didn’t start because he loved the game. He joined his high
“He’s like, ‘Oh, I was at football practice,’” Franklin said. “‘I started playing football. I figured I might as well get the free workout.’”
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seniorAlthoughyear. he was good at football, he didn’t plan to play in his senior year. Belleville’s coach, Jermain Crowell, however, had other plans.
school team because of his mother.“Iwas in his ear about working out,” LaTanya Franklin, Merriweather’s mother, said. “He had a basketball offer, and I was like, ‘Kaevon, you’re not about to sit in the house … you got
Merriweather was a late addition to the Hawkeyes’ 2018 signing class. According to 247Sports, he only had one football offer: Iowa. The 3-star recruit committed to Iowa on Feb. 2, 2018, and signed
Originally, Franklin said no. But Merriweather was set on getting a laptop, and asked her almost every day until she agreed.“Hedidn’t ask for an XBox, a Playstation, a Nintendo, nothing,” Franklin said. “He was like, ‘I want a laptop so I can be smart.’ And he actually used that laptop for that. Like, when he would be playing basketball, he would look up teams.”
a national letter of intent with the Hawkeyes five days later.
“When I went to Iowa, everybody there was so friendly,” Franklin said. “It
Merriweather roomed with Armani Hooker, a veteran safety, during his first couple years at Iowa. Everywhere the pair went, Merriweather said he constantly asked Hooker, who is now in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans, about his“Iplay.was always asking questions,” Merriweather said. “‘Why did you do this? How did you do this? Why are you looking at this? Why did you call this?’”
“It’s incredible, because I think coming into high school, I don’t think I envisioned myself being in the position I am now,” Merriweather said.
was just unreal to me … I felt so comfortable. I felt at peace when I left him in June.”
Iowa was the only school to offer Merriweather a football scholarship, but that didn’t matter. His family fell in love with the school as soon as they arrived.
Growing into the game
Throughout his five years with the Hawkeyes, Merriweather grew into a veteran leader and an NFL prospect.
Franklin said she tried to foster curiosity in both of her sons while they were growing up. She let both of them talk incessantly about everything they learned in school when she picked them up for the
“I’m here, you know, living a childhood dream,” he added. “Every day I get to play football. I’m living the childhood dream of playing at such a high level.”
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Becoming a leader
Merriweather’s curiosity and love for learning didn’t start with Hawkeye football, Franklin said. When Merriweather was just six years old, he asked for a computer for his birthday.
More than anything, Franklin wanted her sons to be“Sheleaders.has definitely made me and my brother leaders,” Merriweather’s younger brother, Dion Franklin, said of their mother. “I lead on and off the field, in the classrooms, all types of stuff, just because of her raising me up right.”
From a young age, Merriweather has strived to be a leader.
While Merriweather got comfortable with Iowa City, he recognized he had some work to do. Merriweather knew he was behind his teammates in football IQ because he had only been playing the game since 2016.
So, Merriweather took every opportunity he could to catch up with his fellow Hawkeyes throughout summer camp and his first year.
He got straight A’s all through elementary school, was the student council president in fifth grade, and served as a youth ambassador throughout middle school.
But when he was young, Merriweather struggled with one crucial task. While he could easily talk to his classmates and others his age, he was afraid to talk to adults.So, Franklin made the young Merriweather talk to adults as often as possible — including at the bowling alley.
day — even if all she wanted was peace and quiet.
“He was only like five, and I was like, ‘Go to the counter and tell them, ‘Ball on 10,’’” Franklin said. “I know he didn’t know what it meant, so
Franklin used to bowl, and Merriweather would join her when he was young. Once, when Merriweather was five years old, the ball got stuck in the pins, and he had to go up to the counter to tell the staff.
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Iowa defensive back Kaevon Merriweather tackles Iowa State running back Jirehl Brock during a football game between Iowa and Iowa State at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Sept. 10. The Cyclones ended a six-game Cy-Hawk series losing streak and defeated the Hawkeyes, 10-7.
Dimia Burrell/The Daily Iowan Iowa defensive back Xavier Nwankpa high-fives fans after a spring practice at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, April 23. Kaevon Merriweather roomed with and mentored Nwankpa during the Hawkeyes’ summer training camp.
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I told him, ‘Go to the counter and tell them that, I’m watching you, go do it.’ And he was like, ‘No, Mom, I don’t want to go up there,’ and I said, ‘No, go up to the counter and tell them, ‘Ball on“That’s10.’’ how I started breaking him out of his shell at a really, really young age, because I don’t want him afraid. I was shy growing up. I don’t want him to be shy.”
By the time Merriweather
Nwankpa is one of six newcomers in Iowa’s defensive back room. Koen Entringer, TJ Hall, Deshaun Lee, Kael Kolarik, and Carter Erickson also joined “The Doughboy$” ranks this fall.
Merriweather talked a lot about going to the NFL when he was in high school, Franklin said, but he’s stopped talking about it — for now. Franklin said Merriweather is focusing on his final year of college football instead of thinking about the future.
“It’s a great opportunity,” Nwankpa said at Iowa football media day Aug. 12.“He’s a leader on and off the field. He runs, basically, our DB room when [defensive coordinator Phil] Parker’s not in it, so he definitely gets me up to speed onMerriweather,everything.” along with
creating a relationship similar to the one he had with Hooker.Nwankpa is a 5-star safety out of Southeast Polk High School. Despite his status, he’s still had ample questions about the Iowa defense.
“I think I am naturally drawn to that leadership position that I have now,” Merriweather said. “I kind of naturally just just grew into being a leader on my team over time, just gaining the trust of my teammates and always using my voice to always speak about whatever it was in our Merriweatherlives.”has been mentoring and rooming with freshman safety Xavier Nwankpa this season —
NFL scouts haven’t reached an early season consensus on Merriweather’s draft prospects. Reports from 247Sports and Pro Football Network peg the senior as a late-round draft pick.
Besides the NFL, the sport and recreation management major still wants to stay near the sports he grew up playing in the future.
As a fifth-year senior in the defensive back room, Merriweather’s leadership role has grown.
Planning for success
is also a two-year member of the Hawkeye football program’s player council.
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“I want to potentially work my way up to being a GM for a professional football team,” Merriweather said. “I think that’s something that, you know, I can see myself doing. I think I have a pretty decent eye for talent.”
Merriweather has one primary post-college goal — make enough money so his mother can retire.
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“He was like, ‘I can make enough money to retire you.’” Franklin said. “And he told me, like, ‘That’s my ultimate goal. You work hard all your life to take care of me and my brother.’ He was like, ‘I want to retire you.’ I was like, ‘Wow.’ So that’s how he decided football. And that’s been his motivating factor.”
He’s been a team captain for the first three games of the 2022 season. Merriweather
Grace Smith/The Daily Iowan Iowa defensive back Kaevon Merriweather reacts after a play during a football game between Iowa and Iowa State at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. The Cyclones ended a sixgame Cy-Hawk series losing streak defeating Iowa, 10-7.
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came to Iowa City, he was well-spoken and outgoing. He won the first Duke Slater Golden Gavel Award, which is presented by beat reporters to “the Iowa football player who not only is most cooperative with local media, but exhibits themself with professional integrity in all interactions.”
“There are a lot of guys who are definitely willing to learn, especially X,” Merriweather said. “That’s good when you have young guys who come in and want to learn
and are willing to take what knowledge you have and try to put that to their game as well.”
While Franklin tried to tell him he didn’t need to do that, Merriweather was persistent.
cornerback Riley Moss, is one of the leaders of the ‘Doughboy$,’ which is what Iowa’s secondary named itself during the 2021 season.
SYRACUSE
3. Michigan State
Line: Maryland -2.5 O/U: 73.5
Syracuse (2-0, 1-0)
Charlie Jones has three more TDs than Iowa’s roster.
Line: Minnesota -27 O/U: 46.5
Saturday | 2:30 p.m. |
IOWA
Kinnick Stadium | Iowa City, IA Line: Iowa -23 O/U: 39.5
Line: Purdue -1 O/U: 60
SOUTHERN MICHIGANNEVADAILLINOISSTATENEWMEXICOSTATE
4. Penn State
Saturday | 2:30 p.m. |
WESTERN KENTUCKY
Saturday | 6:30 p.m. |
Saturday | 11:00 a.m. |
Charlie Jones has three more touchdowns than Iowa’s entire roster.
14. Nebraska
Saturday | 6:30 p.m. |
Oklahoma (2-0, 0-0)
If you can help it, do not put your self through the torture that will be watching this game. Nobody outside of Minnesota or Colorado should put themselves through that.
Jordan-Hare Stadium | Auburn, AL Line: Penn State -3 O/U: 48.5
Rutgers (2-0, 0-0) Temple (1-1, 0-0)
Saturday | 2:30 p.m. |
The last time Northwestern lost to Duke at Ryan Field, as it did last week, the ‘Cats won the Big Ten West. Evan Hull’s fumble on the 1-yard line to lose the game was all part of the plan.
11. Illinois
OKLAHOMA PURDUE
Camp Randall | Madison, WI
Toledo competes for a MAC conference title almost every season. Ohio State does not care about that. This will just be another game on the Buckeyes’ way to a perfect season.
I think this will be a track meet. I’m thinking these teams will com bine for 85 points, 10 touchdowns, and five punts or fewer. This type of football will look unrecogniz able to Iowa fans.
Roads should be safe to drive in Lincoln this winter — no more Frost out there.
Nevada (2-1, 0-0)
JMA Wireless Dome | Syracuse, NY
Might’ve been more Duke fans at Ryan Field last week than ‘Cats fans.
Michigan State (2-0, 0-0) Washington (2-0, 0-0)
Huntington Bank Stadium | Minneapolis, MN
Penn State (2-0, 1-0) Auburn (2-0, 0-0)
WASHINGTONNEBRASKA
INDIANA
MICHIGAN
Spartans don’t deserve to drop after a 52-0 win.
Incarnate Word scored 55 points on Nevada last week. So, Iowa might score a season-high 10 points this week. Not sure if the Hawkeyes can cover the spread because I don’t think they can score 23.
8. Maryland
Saturday | 6:00 p.m. |
UConn (1-2, 0-0)
This is shaping up to be one of the best matchups of the night. Even though the Hawkeyes are playing in this time slot, I advise you all to stay on ABC.
Saturday | 11:00 a.m. |
The Scarlet Knights covered a 50.5-point spread last week versus Wagner — that’s pretty darn impressive.
9. Wisconsin
Hawaii should’ve just stayed on the islands.
NEBRASKA
Hawaii came all the way to Ann Arbor last week to lose by 46 points, that sucks. I have a feeling the margin might be worse for the Huskies this week.
Nebraska (1-2, 0-1)
Could be the best Lions in all of football.
Wisconsin (1-1, 0-0)
When did they rename it the JMA Wireless Dome? Syracuse basket ball at the Carrier Dome on ESPN was a staple of my childhood. I just want to be a kid again. Purdue wins this one.
Line: Oklahoma -14 O/U: 65.5
– Chris Werner | christopher-werner@uiowa.edu
Saturday | 6:30 p.m. |
MINNESOTACOLORADO
Western Kentucky (2-0, 0-0) Indiana (2-0, 1-0)
This will be the best game in volving a Big Ten team this week. Auburn is always tough at home, but the Tigers only beat San Jose State by one possession last week.
Maryland (2-0, 0-0)
6. Minnesota
Iowa (1-1, 0-0)
OHIO STATE
Ohio Stadium | Columbus, OH Line: Ohio State -31 O/U: 61
This is shaping up to be the worst football game this year at Lincoln Financial Field. Actually, maybe not — the Eagles play in the NFC East after all.
New Mexico State (0-3, 0-0)
Michigan (2-0, 0-0)
Purdue (1-1, 0-1)
Line: Wisconsin -37.5 O/U: 45.5
Saturday | 11:00 a.m. |
PENN
Ohio State (2-0, 0-0)
10. Indiana
Saturday | 1:00 p.m. |
WISCONSIN
Ryan Field | Evanston, IL
2. Michigan
SMU MARYLAND
Southern Illinois (0-2, 0-0)
TEMPLE
Line: Northwestern -14 O/U: 57.5
Saturday | 11:00 a.m. |
1. Ohio State
5. Purdue
Only SMU stands in the way of an undefeated noncon ference season for the Terps.
The Illini lost to the Hoosiers earlier this season, hence the rankings.
7. Rutgers
13. Iowa
Toledo (2-0, 0-0)
Maryland Stadium | College Park, MD
The Hoosiers beat Idaho last week.
Wisconsin lost to Washington State last week. The Badgers don’t lose back-to-back games very of ten. New Mexico State hasn’t won a game this year. I forecast a lot of jumping around at Camp Randall.
I don’t know about this one. I still don’t think Indiana is for real. I remember watching Western Kentucky in one of the first bowl games of winter break two years ago or something.
RUTGERS
Somehow, Nebraska had a worse week than Iowa lol.
Saturday | 11:00 a.m. |
Memorial Stadium | Lincoln, NE
TOLEDOSTATE
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Line: Michigan -47 O/U: 60
You lose, you drop.
AUBURN
Memorial Stadium | Bloomington, IN Line: Indiana -6 O/U: 62.5
Husky Stadium | Seattle, WA Line: Washington -3.5 O/U: 57.5
Michigan Stadium | Ann Arbor, MI
UCONN
Lincoln Financial Field | Philadelphia, PA
Northwestern (1-1, 1-0)
NORTHWESTERN
The Gophers outscored Western Illinois and New Mexico State by a combined margin of 100-10.
Line: Rutgers -17 O/U: 44.5
Colorado (0-2, 0-0) Minnesota (2-0, 0-0)
12. Northwestern
The Buckeyes will not leave this spot.
SMU (2-0, 0-0)
I predicted last week that Ne braska’s game against Georgia Southern wouldn’t be decided by one score. Well, it was, and you can guess what happened. I’m not mad. I was wrong.
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family original ly planned to come to the
“[Iowa is] so pretty. It’s beautiful,” Stuart Taylor, Tory’s father, told The Daily Iowan . “The people are just awesome, friendly, hospi table, can’t complain at all thusThefar.”Taylor family also got their first taste of American football when Iowa took on Iowa State.
After two years of COVID-19 restrictions, punter Tory Taylor’s family finally made the trip from Australia to Iowa City to see him play.
Photo of Iowa punter Tory Taylor’s family.
Iowa punter Tory Taylor punts the ball during a football game between Iowa and South Dakota State at Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 3. The Hawkeyes defeated the Jackrabbits, 7-3.
Heading into Kinnick, the family sat in the Hawk eye friends and family section in the west grand stands.AsIowa players swarmed, Stuart heard a familiar tune: “Back in Black” by AC/DC. The band originat
But the 25-year-old Aus tralian wanted to accom plish one specific thing before he graduated from Iowa: have his family at tend one of his games.
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ed about, out of anything,”
Taylor family getaway
week quarantine after he arrived in Iowa City.
Until Taylor’snow.family, includ ing his parents, grandpar ents, and brothers, flew into San Francisco ahead of Iowa’s game against South Dakota State on Sept. 3. The family spent a couple days in San Francisco be fore traveling to Las Vegas
But first, they got a look at Iowa City’s tailgating culture. The Taylors tail gated with friends and family of Hawkeye football
players Riley Moss, Terry Roberts, and Noah Shan non, among others.
Iowa football punter Tory Taylor has racked up a lot of Thehonors.2020Big Ten Punt er of the Year set Iowa’s single-season record with 3,688 punting yards last year, averaging 46.1 per boot. He was a 2021-22 semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award, which is given to the nation’s best punter.
“The tailgating, that was an eye-opener,” Stuart said. “And we didn’t know what to expect. We sort of knew what to expect in the stadium. But yeah, the tail gating, that was crazy.”
U.S. and watch a game at Kinnick Stadium before his third year on the Hawkeye football team. But Aus tralia’s COVID-19 rules — which were more restric tive than those in the U.S. — prevented the family from making the trip.
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Taylor committed to Iowa in 2020, right before the pandemic hit. When the Melbourne native trav eled to Iowa that summer, he had to quarantine for three weeks in Sydney be fore getting on a plane. He had to do another two-
“My move from Califor nia was not halfway across the world, but it felt like that at first,” senior quar terback Spencer Petras said on Sept. 6. “It definitely feels like that … So, I can’t tell you enough how hard I’m sure it was on him, not being able to go home for so long. But you wouldn’t tell just by the way he car ries himself. He’s such a goodTaylor’sguy.”
“That’s probably the one thing that I’m most excit
Taylor said in a 2021 in terview with T he Daily Io wan . “That’s probably my biggest dream, to get my friends and family in the stands for one game. So, I feel like, when that hap pens, that’s probably one thing I can really tick off my list and yeah, it will make me really happy, just because they’re all the people that I play for.”
Taylor had limited op portunities to return to Australia in 2020 and 2021 because of pandemic-re lated travel restrictions.
for three days. Finally, they got to Iowa City on Sept. 8 — their favorite stop so far.
“We’re pretty flexible, but we’ve sort of worked through where we could,” Stuart said. “Normally, you get four weeks of annual leave in Australia anyway. We just had to take an ex tra week, neither here nor there.”
Winning” and “I cheer for the punter” t-shirts, they were surrounded by 69,250 Hawkeye and Cyclone fans.
Although the weather wasn’t ideal, the Taylors were used to it — their hometown of Melbourne is traditionally rainy.
“I was prepared to sit out there and get like a drowned rat,” Stuart re sponded.Since arriving in Iowa City, the family met some of Tory’s current and for mer Hawkeye teammates, including Moss, Logan Lee, Keith Duncan, and Ryan
“He did mention it would be really loud,” Tanya Tay lor, Tory’s mother, said. “It was probably louder than I was thinking it might’ve been, but it was fun. The atmosphere was awesome.”
football and schoolwork, the family is taking time to travel around the country. Part of the family went to Minneapolis and Chica go this week, while Tory’s twin brother, Ben, jetted to Miami with his girlfriend.
After the swarm, the Taylor family found them selves in the middle of a heated rivalry game. Decked out in “Punting is
While five weeks is a long time to be away from home and work, Stuart said the family is happy to be out of COVID-19 lockdown and able to travel again. Stuart said he works for himself, as well.
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soon.“Ithink they enjoyed the game and I know Tory’s been spending a lot of time with them,” Petras said. “But I’m sure I’ll hopefully be able to spend some time with them this month com ing up soon.”
“I kind of just said, I was like, ‘Look, I’m telling you, like, it’s gonna be crazy loud. So yeah, just be ready for it,’” Tory said on Sept. 6. “But they kind of under stand it. But you know, like myself, I really never knew how loud it was until what, was it last year? About a yearTheago?”family heeded Tory’s warning, to some degree.
While Tory is busy with
“I wouldn’t normally stand out there and get wet,” Tanya said.
“The original front man was from Melbourne, where Tory’s from, where we’re from, and it felt like a little bit of home,” Stuart said. “It was good. Espe cially, I think they played two AC/DC songs.”
Ayrton Breckenridge/The Daily Iowan Iowa punter Tory Taylor touches the Nile Kinnick statue during the Hawk Walk before a football game between Iowa and South Dakota State at Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 3. The Hawkeyes defeated the Jackrabbits, 7-3.
“A bit nerve-wracking,” Stuart said of watching Tory punt in person for the first time. “We just wanted
“I didn’t [know] until my dad told me,” Tory said about AC/DC being an Aus tralian band. “He told me earlier in the year, I think, but I actually had no idea that it was an Australian band. It’s kind of ironic, I think, that I’m walking out to an Australian band. Like I always say, the best bands come from Australia.”
him to do well. Obviously, whilst we wanted to see him punt, once or twice would have been fine for us, but not six times.”
Petras said he’s met To ry’s parents on FaceTime, and added that he hopes to meet them face-to-face
The family is planning to stay in the U.S. for around five weeks to attend at least three Iowa home match ups, counting the Cy-Hawk game. The Taylors plan to watch Tory punt against Nevada on Saturday and Michigan Oct. 1.
ed in Australia, and Stuart grew up a fan.
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Iowa punter Tory Taylor punts during a football game between Iowa and Iowa State at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Sept. 10. The Cyclones ended a six-game Cy-Hawk series losing streak and defeated the Hawkeyes, 10-7.
The Hawkeye anthem — which plays every time Iowa players walk out of the tunnel — could’ve felt like home to Tory as well. But the punter didn’t know of the band’s origins.
“You don’t notice, I’ll be honest, when you’re in the moment,” Stuart added.
Soon after the game started, the Taylor family finally got what they came for — watching Tory play. Tory kicked the first of his six punts in the middle of the first quarter.
Gersonde. They haven’t, however, met Petras yet — something the family is looking forward to.
The family also wit nessed Tory punt in a tor rential downpour, which started in the third quarter.
Terry Roberts: How you doing?
DI: Do you have a favor
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ite football moment? It can be high school or college. Is there something you go back to and say to yourself, “In that moment, I felt really good.”
Roberts: I don’t necessar ily go back to one moment if somebody brings it up to me or if somebody asks me, “What’s the number one memory you have in your
Roberts: Let’s do it. Let’s do it.
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team and it was his last year, so I definitely wanted to help him get a ring because he didn’t have one at the time. So, I really wanted him to go out with a bang.
DI: So, are you the fastest guy on the team? Are you comfortable saying that?
Daily Iowan Pregame Editor Austin Hanson chatted with Roberts at Iowa Football Media Day on Aug. 12.
Roberts: 99 speed? That’s even better. I didn’t want to reach too far, but 99 speed does sound good. It could be that, yeah.
Roberts: Ah, I think I can get a 4.4-second time. I could definitely hit a 4.4. I’m push ing, me personally, my main goal is to hit a 4.2. I really want to try to hit a 4.2 if I run a 40.
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Read the full interview at dailyiowan.com.
DI: So, my first question for you is, if there was an NCAA Football video game coming out this year, what do you think your rating would be?
Roberts: I’m definitely comfortable saying that. But
DI: If you were to run a 40-yard dash right now, what time do you think you’d post?
Austin Hanson Pregame Editor
with Iowa cornerback Terry Roberts
The Daily Iowan: Good, man. Nice to see you. So, ev ery week at the DI we do a lit tle fun one-on-one interview where we ask fun questions.
Roberts: Well, based on just my injury from last year, I feel like that might bring it down. But, to be fair, they should probably give me a solid 76 or 77 — just because I haven’t been able to re ally show my full potential as much yet. But the speed should be no lower than a 94. No lower than that.
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football career?” It would definitely be my junior year of high school. 2016 state championship game in high school. I intercepted a pass to tie the game. Then, later on in the fourth quarter, we ended up scoring another touchdown to win the game. So, I feel like that was a huge momentum-changer for me and my teammates. My cousin Jerry was also on that
Iowa defensive back Terry Roberts tackles Iowa State wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson during a football game between Iowa and Iowa State at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Sept. 10. The Cyclones ended a six-game Cy-Hawk series losing streak and defeated the Hawkeyes, 10-7. Roberts had five solo tackles during the game.
don’t get me wrong, there’s definitely a lot of guys on this team with speed — even defensive linemen. I’ve nev er seen D-linemen move like some of the guys on this team. But yeah, Riley Moss, Nico Ragaini, Cooper Dejean, Arland Bruce, Diante Vines, the list goes on, honestly. But yeah, I’ll definitely take that spot for fastest on the team.
DI: I was gonna say, should you have 99 speed?
wrote in a prepared state ment. “Scott has poured his heart and soul into the Nebraska football program both as a quarterback and head coach, and I appreciate his work and dedication.”
wentDuringwith.”his Week 2 post game press conference, Harbaugh also seemed to indicate that McCarthy would be Michigan’s start er beyond Week 3.
Scott Frost has been re lieved of his head coach ing duties at Nebraska, per a Sunday announcement. Frost’s termination comes less than a day after the Cornhuskers lost to the Georgia Southern Eagles, 45-42, at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Nebraska is now 1-2 on the 2022 season.
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“Yeah, by merit, [Mc Carthy’s] earned that,” Harbaugh told USA Today Sports. “By performance, byMcCarthymerit.” and the Wolver ines will travel to Iowa City for a 2021 Big Ten Champion ship Game rematch with the Hawkeyes on Oct. 1. McCar thy got seven touches the last time Michigan played Iowa, going 1-of-3 for six yards with an interception. McCar thy also picked up 23 rushing yards on four attempts.
J.J., he had a near flawless performance,” Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh told USA To day Sports postgame. “11for-12, and then one was dropped. That was tough to do. It’s tough to do any day of the week in practice. I thought he had a great game. He was playing real ly well. We’ll start J.J. next week.”McCarthy completed 91.7 percent of his passes in the Wolverines’ 56-10 win over the Rainbow Warriors. He finished the game with a 99.2 quarterback rating.
Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan Nebraska head coach Scott Frost walks down the sideline during a football game between No. 16 Iowa and Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. The Hawkeyes defeated the Cornhuskers 28-21.
Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy stiff arms Iowa safety Kaveon Merriweather during the Big Ten Championship game between No. 13 Iowa and No. 2 Michigan at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Dec. 4, 2021. The Wolverines became Big Ten Champions after defeating the Hawkeyes, 42-3.
B1G News: Frost fired, McCarthy to start
Michigan named J.J. McCarthy its starting QB for Week 3 last Saturday. Nebraska fired Frost after a 1-2 start to the season.
Frost’s contract buyout is worth $15 million. Per Ne braska athletic director Trev Alberts, Frost will receive the full value of his buyout.
Before the 2022 season began, Harbaugh announced he’d give one start to each of his top two quarterbacks in Weeks 1 and 2. Senior QB Cade McNamara started in Michigan’s season-opening, 51-7 victory against Colo rado State and completed nine of his 18 throws for 136 yards and a McNamaratouchdown.alsothrew an interception in relief of Mc Carthy during Week 2. McCarthy’s playing time was limited in 2021, as his primary role was to back up McNamara. He appeared in 11 games, serving mostly as a gadget quarterback to ex ecute trick, option, and run playsMcCarthy’swith. most pro ductive performance came in the Wolverines’ 34-11
Had Nebraska waited un til Oct. 1 to part ways with Frost, the buyout’s value would’ve dropped to $7.5 million.“Earlier today, I met with coach Frost and informed him we were making a change in the leadership of our football program, effec tive immediately,” Alberts
Frost was 0-4 against Iowa during his time with Nebraska. The Hawkeyes are currently riding a sev en-game winning streak against the Cornhuskers.
J.J. McCarthy named Michi gan’s starting QB
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Michigan’s early season quarterback controversy is over — for now.
After his 229-yard, three-touchdown perfor mance against Hawaii last Saturday, sophomore J.J. McCarthy was named the Wolverines’ No. 1 QB for Week
Austin Hanson Pregame Editor
Frost played quarterback at Nebraska from 199597. After a four-year NFL career that spanned from 1998-2002, Frost became a graduate assistant coach at Nebraska.Following a brief gradu ate assistantship at Kansas State, Frost moved on to University of Northern Iowa, where he was linebackers coach and co-defensive co ordinator until 2008.
Frost wore a number of hats at Oregon from 200915, including wide receiv ers and quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator. The Ducks won a national
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College Football Playoff Semifinal loss to the Geor gia Bulldogs. In that game, McCarthy went of 11-of-17 for 131 yards and a touch down.After Michigan’s Week 1 beatdown of Colorado State, McNamara met with reporters and voiced his opinion on the Wolverines’ quarterback situation, call ing Harbaugh’s decision to start two QBs in two weeks “unusual.”“Iwould definitely say it’s pretty unusual,” Mc Namara told WXYZ De troit’s Brad Galli. “It was kind of a thing that I wasn’t expecting by the end of camp. I thought I had my best game, put myself in a good position. That was just a decision that coach
After he was hired in De cember 2017, Frost went 1631 overall and 10-26 in Big Ten play with Nebraska.
championship with Frost on their coaching staff in 2011. He left Oregon for a head coaching position at the University of Central Florida in Frost2016. coached UCF to a 13-0 record in 2017— the achievement helped him earn the head coaching gig at his alma Nebraska’smater.wide receivers coach, Mickey Joseph, has been named interim head coach of the Cornhuskers. He is the first Black head coach in any sport at the University of Nebraska.
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JASON BRUMMOND Publisher (5-5)
IOWA
I guess, but there’s no chance the Hawkeyes cover.
IOWA
MIAMI
The Hurricans have some cool E:60s.
The Irish can’t even win one for the Gipper right now.
NOTRE DAME
PENN STATE
I once saw Auburn beat Purdue, 63-14.
Nevada is averaging 34 points per game. Iowa isn’t.
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MICHAEL MERRICK DITV Sports Director (5-5) JOHN BOHNENKAMP Sports Writing Coach (5-5)
AUSTIN HANSON Pregame Editor (6-4)
‘Canes will put a no CFP chain on the Aggies this week.
Lions and Tigers are paired, oh my.
Jimbo won’t be fishing with the Hurricanes.
PENN STATE
NOTRE DAME
GameDay came here for a reason.
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Both schools are accessible via I-80.
CALIFORNIA
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Boone is going to be a happen ing place this week.
NOTRE DAME
CHLOE PETERSON Sports Editor (6-4)
Fun fact: Every team in the FBS is better on offense than Iowa.
Lose to App State, still in the AP Poll somehow.
How much to schedule Nevada for basketball? I’ll chip in $20.
Freeman’s gotta get his first win sometime.
Party like it’s 1999, Hawkeyes.
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CHRIS WERNER Asst. Sports Editor (6-4)
AUBURN
A Power Five team’s worst nightmare.
IOWA
I wish the CFP was already expanded.
Contractual obligation to cheer for the Big Ten.
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I don’t trust The U. MIAMI
The defense will score enough points on its own.
Third time’s the charm for the Irish.
Still trying to figure out that Marshall game.
The Nittany Lions may or may not be back.
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MIAMI The U is back.
ISAAC GOFFIN Football Reporter (5-5)
Notre Dame is so not back.
Let’s see which team is less bad.
TEXAS A&M
I mean, Incarnate Word scored 55 on Nevada.
PENN STATE Lions > Tigers.
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NEVADA
Aggies will bounce back.
Scott Frost is available if this doesn’t work out for the Irish.
TEXAS A&M
Troy isn’t as good as Texas A&M.
A win in SEC country would look nice for the Big Ten.
IOWA
It seems like the Mountaineers beat everyone.
I think there’s a “Wizard of Oz “ joke in here somewhere.
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