Former Gazette Hawkeye beat writer John Steppe, now covering the Wisconsin Badgers for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, talks with Madison Hricik ahead of the Iowa Hawkeyes vs. the Wisconsin Badgers in Madison, Wisconsin in this weeks episode of Hawk Off the Press. Steppe and Hricik discuss the Badgers this season so far, Gronowski updates, the Big Ten Conference as a whole and their predictions for this week's matchup.
Iowa football doesn’t know its starting quarterback for the first time this season, and it’s impacting how the Hawkeyes are preparing for the Badgers.
Big Ten football had East and West divisions for 10 seasons, from 2014 to 2023. Wisconsin and Iowa were the best of the West with the Badgers winning the division four times and the Hawkeyes three. Five of their meetings in that time determined the division’s representative in the league’s championship game.
Iowa football has been quiet about Mark Gronowski’s status since facing Indiana, but head coach Kirk Ferentz provided the first piece of news on the starting quarterback and others.
The Badgers begin an important six-game stretch with their home game against the Hawkeyes
The Hawkeyes watched the conference open up a little bit more during their bye week, but injuries are still a concern with Wisconsin looming.
The Hawkeyes have played five running backs this season, but none of them have all played at the same time.
The Hawkeyes’ starting quarterback suffered a knee injury against Indiana, and there’s been little information on his status throughout the bye week.
Iowa football’s former director of player operations helped train the new director of football administration. She’s now taking those lessons in her first season back with Iowa.
Iowa football defensive coordinator Phil Parker has called a lot of blitzes through the first bye week. Why that’s helped add a new edge to the Hawkeyes scheme.
After Hank Brown stepped in at quarterback against Indiana, Iowa’s offense had to expand its playbook, and is continuing to do that throughout the bye week.
Despite Iowa football kicker Drew Stevens missing a few field goals to start the season, special teams coordinator LeVar Woods still has faith in the entire unit.
The Hawkeyes are 1-1 at their first bye week of the season, but what else has happened around the Big Ten?
The Hawkeyes’ loss to the Hoosiers proved they can keep up with some of the best teams in the country, but their errors plagued them at home
The Hawkeyes can use the bye week to hone in on details, knowing more ranked teams are next on the home schedule.
Photos from the Indiana vs. Iowa football game on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.
The No. 11 Hoosiers had to struggle for 60 minutes, but they had enough to stave off Iowa in Kinnick Stadium for the first time since 2007.
A 49-yard touchdown pass from Fernando Mendoza to Elijah Sarratt capped a wild fourth quarter as Indiana wins at Kinnick Stadium.
Iowa football had its chances to upset the Hoosiers, but failed to find the end zone in the second half.
Live updates from Indiana vs. Iowa football at Kinnick Stadium Saturday, September 27, 2025
The two head coaches both started as graduate assistants at Pitt a few years apart, and now face off in as Big Ten foes for the first time.
If Iowa wants to be part of the national college football discussion, the time is now, not as a spoiler against Penn State or Oregon.
Iowa women’s basketball: Times and TV has been added to the 2025-26 schedule.
Stirtz is a first-season Hawkeye, having transferred from Drake after being the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year there last season. He led the MVC in scoring (19.2 points per game) and steals (2.2), and also averaged 5.7 assists.
Iowa State hosts Iowa, University of Northern Iowa, Missouri, Utah Valley, West Virginia and Nebraska-Kearney. The Cyclones will compete in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and Collegiate Duals.
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