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.
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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.
Ben McCollum’s first Hawkeyes team is slotted ahead of Indiana, among others. Iowa guard Bennett Stirtz is a preseason first-team All-Big Ten choice.
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.
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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.
The Badgers begin an important six-game stretch with their home game against the Hawkeyes
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The Hawkeyes’ starting quarterback suffered a knee injury against Indiana, and there’s been little information on his status throughout the bye week.
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