Iowa Football

Zach Ortwerth did not start playing competitive football since his freshman year of high school. Five years later, he is on a rapid ascent in Iowa’s already-talented tight ends room.

Iowa appears to be the better team on paper in this matchup, but one also would have said that about Rutgers and Nebraska before their losses to the Bruins.

Iowa will be playing its first regular-season game two-plus time zones away since its 2010 loss at Arizona.

Fun Facts about Friday’s Iowa football game against UCLA. The Hawkeyes and Bruins have the same number of wins in California so far this season: Zero.

After an up-and-down month of October, Iowa football appears to be once again playing its best football in the month of November.

Iowa tight end Luke Lachey “has a chance” of playing in the Hawkeyes’ game against UCLA on Friday after missing last week’s game with an injury, head coach Kirk Ferentz said in his Tuesday news conference.

UCLA — Iowa’s Week 11 opponent — is coming off back-to-back road wins against Rutgers and Nebraska.

Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara and tight end Luke Lachey are not listed on the Hawkeyes’ depth chart ahead of Friday’s game at UCLA as they continue to recover from injuries.

Iowa linebacker Nick Jackson, playing in his 69th game of his college career, finally got his first collegiate interception against Wisconsin. He is quite proud of his previous pick, which was in peewee football against a future NFL star.

In a series where the team with more rushing yards had won the previous 12 games, there was no denying Iowa football’s dominance over Wisconsin on the ground.

Indiana and SMU were among the teams to see significant jumps on John Steppe’s AP ballot following the Week 10 slate of games.

Iowa retained the Heartland Trophy with a 42-10 win over Wisconsin in a Big Ten football game Saturday at Kinnick Stadium.

The Kenny Arnold Classic will be a four-team round-robin-format tournament featuring Iowa, Texas A&M Commerce, Southern and South Dakota. The games will be this week and next week.

Kirk Ferentz already ruled out tight end Addison Ostrenga and wide receiver Reece Vander Zee for next week’s game at UCLA.

A closer look at Iowa’s 42-10 win Saturday night over Wisconsin at Kinnick Stadium. This game usually is won by who has the better rushing attack, and that was definitely the Hawkeyes.

The Hawkeyes dominated their border-state rival Wisconsin at the line of scrimmage and elsewhere in a 42-10 Heartland Trophy blowout. Iowa star Kaleb Johnson, working behind an experienced (and healthier) offensive line, rushed for 135 yards and three touchdowns.

Follow along with live score updates, highlights and analysis from Saturday night’s Iowa football game against Wisconsin in The Gazette’s live blog.

Iowa’s quarterback position is getting thinner and thinner. The Hawkeyes’ depth at tight end also will be tested with Luke Lachey listed as questionable and Addison Ostrenga listed as out against Wisconsin.

Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson could hearken Wisconsin fans back to their cavalcade of punishing, producing running backs of the last three decades.