Quick press conference notes . . .

-- Right off the bat, let's get to injuries.

Sounds like guard Seth Olsen will be out for this game. He's scheduled to return to practice tomorrow (Wednesday) after rolling his ankle in practice on Oct. 15. He missed Wisconsin and was on crutches with a protective boot for the Badgers game. I talked for a second with him after the game. He didn't talk about a comeback, but Olsen is a kid of great faith and a wholly positive guy. He made a point to say this is his first injury of any significance and that he's been blessed to go this far in his career without anything bad. He could easily be down fifth-year senior looking at missing two of his team's most important games this season, but he said he was blessed. Head is in the right place.

"I'm not quite as optimistic there," Ferentz said of Olsen's chances. That usually means "out."

TE Tony Moeaki was cleared to practice on a limited basis today (Tuesday). He's been out 4.5 games with a strained calf.

DE Adrian Clayborn, who's missed the last game and a half with an ankle injury, is doing well, Ferentz said. "Hopefully, we'll get through this week," he added.

I asked Ferentz what each player has to show to get back to the field.

"It's just how effectively can they play," he said. "In Seth's case, he's got an ankle. The job description he has, he has to be able to move heavy objects. Can he do that effectively?

"In Tony's case, it's more of a muscle thing, so it's just a matter of keeping moving his volume of work up and see how he handles that. I think we're close, but these things are just tricky."

LB Jeremiha Hunter suffered a leg contusion against Wisconsin and sat out a few series. Ferentz said he's fine.

-- Ferentz's M.O. has been to not comment much on players Iowa narrowly missed on in recruiting. He kept to that script Tuesday, saying nice things about Illinois running back Jason Ford. He wouldn't speculate on what would've happened if Ford would've kept his commitment to Iowa -- something he did twice -- and if that would've caused the Hawkeyes to pass on Jewel Hampton, whose 301 yards and five TDs are as much as any true freshman RB at Iowa since Tony Stewart.

Iowa hasn't taken Ford's de-commitment personally.

"As soon as you get into a personal battle, that's when you start to blow your responsibilities," linebacker A.J. Edds said. "We can't really get caught up in stuff like that."

-- Ferentz on the "Greene out," "If it's good for fan enthusiasm, it's good for us."

-- Offensive tackle Dace Richardson remains with the team working on his comeback from extensive knee surgery (either microfracture or osteotomy, KF has never said which for sure). Ferentz said he didn't want to "rain on anyone's parade," but these are long, long odds. "He's working, he's trying. He's here everyday."

-- Ferentz said Iowa's recruiting class is likely going to reach the "mid to high teens." This is a change from the low teens prediction coaches made earlier this year. Iowa added a pair of TE recruits last weekend, Connecticut's Anthony Schiavone and Tampa's Justin Lattimore.

-- A.J. Edds' Saturday off: "I laid on the couch as much as I could and just watched some TV. Took a nap. Just laid around and ate."

-- CB Bradley Fletcher is too modest to admit that he is one of the fastest players on the team, but he did pick the Hawkeyes' best 4 X 100 relay team.

"(WR Andy) Brodell is pretty fast," he said. "(WR) Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, (CB) Amari Spievey is pretty fast. (WR) Paul Chaney. We have some guys who can run. That's good to have on our football team."

No Bradley Fletcher?

"I think I can run a little bit," he said. "We're not on a track team. We're here to play football."