The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems for Week 6 of the 2024 college football season, including Iowa’s trip to Ohio Stadium to face the third-ranked Buckeyes and Iowa State’s Saturday night whiteout game against Baylor.
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The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems for Week 6 of the 2024 college football season, including Iowa’s trip to Ohio Stadium to face the third-ranked Buckeyes and Iowa State’s Saturday night whiteout game against Baylor.
Fun Facts about Saturday’s Iowa football game at Ohio State. Iowa is bigger. The state, that is. Ohio is more stuffed with humans, many of whom are good football players.
Luke Lachey grew up only a few miles away from Ohio Stadium in a family with deep roots to the Buckeyes. The Lachey family is a Hawkeye family now, though, as they embrace Luke’s journey.
Iowa will need to be flawless in all three phases to have a shot at an upset against No. 3 Ohio State.
As much as Iowa’s offense has thrived because of its rushing attack, CBS analyst Gary Danielson sees what Cade McNamara accomplishes in the air as crucial for the Hawkeyes against No. 3 Ohio State.
Only Caitlin Clark and USC’s JuJu Watkins outscored Iowa’s Lucy Olsen last season when Olsen was in her third season of pouring in points at Villanova.
The NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships will return to Cedar Rapids and Alliant Energy PowerHouse in 2027. Upper Iowa will be the host school for the national meet, which was last held here in 2023.
Juju Watkins, second to Iowa’s Caitlin Clark last year in NCAA scoring, is the sophomore sensation who will lead Big Ten preseason favorite USC in its first year in the conference.
Iowa’s defense has again thrived at stopping opposing running backs so far in 2024. Ohio State’s duo of TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins will pose a unique threat on Saturday, though.
Women’s basketball: Iowa’s Sydney Affolter will miss about a month after undergoing knee scope.
Iowa football is probably “as healthy as I can remember ever,” Kirk Ferentz said Tuesday.
The Gazette’s Jeff Linder reveals his preseason ballot for the Associated Press women’s basketball poll. South Carolina is No. 1; Iowa State is 12th, Iowa 21st.
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