Mike Hlas

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

Fun Facts about the Iowa vs. Wisconsin football game. Only one of the two teams is from a swing state. The other is from a state that takes its marital vows to heart.

Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara suffered a head injury last Saturday, in between two fellow major-college quarterbacks retiring because of concussions. Monday night, it was former Hawkeye Tyrone Tracy’s turn.

In the old days, the Badgers and Hawkeyes fought to get the upper hand for a spot in the Big Ten championship. Those are days are long gone.

The Final Score podcast breaks down Iowa’s 40-14 win over Northwestern, including Brendan Sullivan replacing Cade McNamara at quarterback during the game.

Brendan Sullivan was the People’s Quarterback before the game started, then got the chance to earn that title on the field. He did, and Iowa turned a first-half slog against Northwestern into a 40-14 rout.

The Hawkeyes got their act together in the second half and floated away from Minnesota Duluth before a small crowd at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, 102-81, in a men’s basketball exhibition game Friday night.

Iowa hosts Minnesota Duluth in a men’s basketball exhibition game Friday night. Minnesota Duluth is coached by former Iowa player Justin Wieck.

American Rivers Conference rivals Wartburg and Coe have done a lot of excellent things on football fields over the years. With lots of Eastern Iowans helping their causes, and they meet again Saturday with a lot on the line.

Fun Facts about Saturday’s Northwestern-Iowa football game though some aren’t particularly fun. “Wildcats” and “Homecoming” are movies the critics, quite frankly, could have done without.

Jaffer Murphy traded in college soccer for football after last season, transferred to Lake Erie College in Ohio, and has field goals of 53, 55 and 60 yards.

“I played bad today,” Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht said after Cyclones’ crazy 38-35 comeback win, but he played very, very well when it mattered the most

Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson should cross the 1,000-yard path in Game 7, and Iowa State should get to 7-0 for the first time in 86 years.

This is Iowa’s first game at Michigan State since 2017. They are in the same conference. That means several Hawkeye players who recently graduated never got to experience East Lansing. Life isn’t fair. Now, on with this week’s Fun Facts.

Iowa State is No. 5 in men’s basketball, No. 8 in women’s basketball, and No. 9 in football. This isn’t an everyday or every-year thing in college sports.