UCLA hosts Iowa in a Friday night Big Ten football game at the Rose Bowl. Here’s what you need to know.
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UCLA hosts Iowa in a Friday night Big Ten football game at the Rose Bowl. Here’s what you need to know.
The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems for Week 11 of the college football season, including Iowa’s journey to the Rose Bowl and Iowa State’s trip to Arrowhead Stadium.
The combined scores of Iowa’s last four Rose Bowls was Pac-12 teams 164, Iowa 78. None were close. The 102-year-old stadium that UCLA calls home may slightly resemble Kinnick Way, Way West when Iowa plays the Bruins Friday night.
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.
Pryce Sandfort made his first six 3-pointers and scored career-high 22 points. Older brother Payton Sandfort tossed in 17 points himself and Iowa beat Southern, 89-74.
The former Iowa City West three-time state champion and four-time finalist Hunter Garvin returns to his home state for Stanford’s duals at Iowa State on Friday before visiting his hometown Saturday for a dual against Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
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.
The Iowa women’s basketball team opened the 2024-25 season Wednesday night with a 91-73 win over Northern Illinois at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The Hawkeyes did not always make it look easy, but they did enough to walk away with a 91-73 season-opening win over Northern Illinois.
Pryce Sandfort played minimal minutes last season as a true freshman for the Iowa men’s basketball team. But he bulked up in the offseason, says he has gained confidence and showed in Monday night’s season opener that he will play a significant role for the Hawkeyes.
Iowa will be playing its first regular-season game two-plus time zones away since its 2010 loss at Arizona.
Previewing Thursday’s Iowa men’s basketball game against Southern. The Hawkeyes started 2024-25 season with a victory. The Southern Jaguars of Baton Rouge had a rougher beginning.
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