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Iowa (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) is getting set for a monster road test at No. 3 Ohio State (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) this weekend.
With a win, the Hawkeyes would capture their first win in the Horseshoe since 1991. It figures to be the largest test of the regular season for Iowa.
Win or lose, though, Iowa will need to recalibrate after its battle inside Ohio Stadium and come back home to Kinnick and play its best football at home against a Washington team that could be hungry to snap a two-game losing streak.
Washington (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) fell at Rutgers last week, 21-18, and will travel to No. 10 Michigan this week. The Huskies have beaten Weber State, Eastern Michigan and Northwestern, but Washington also fell in the Apple Cup against Washington State, 24-19.
It will be Iowa’s first Big Ten contest against one of the new West Coast additions. Now, the kickoff time for Iowa-Washington has been revealed.
Iowa will host Washington at 11 a.m. CT on Saturday, Oct. 12 from inside Kinnick Stadium with the game set to be broadcast on either Fox or the Big Ten Network.
Back in the spring, Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz shared his initial thoughts on facing Washington and UCLA in 2024.
“Ironically, they both have new staffs, too. New staffs on both schools were playing from the West Coast. That’s one of the hard things in out-of-season preparation anyway. You can always track DNA, go back to the schools the coordinators came from, which we’re not at that point yet, but we’ll do some of that after spring ball is over with,” Ferentz said of Iowa’s two West Coast foes at the end of March.
Iowa will travel to UCLA on Friday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. CT on Fox.
“To me you’re going to play 12 games and you line them up and that’s what you do is play those teams. I think probably the biggest factor moving to four is the travel part of…
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Author : Hawkeyes Wire
Publish date : 2024-10-01 12:45:52
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