The last week has felt like an entire year to the Iowa Hawkeyes, their fans, and everyone involved in the program. It came on a bye week nonetheless. Things are a bit tense in Iowa City and the recipe to fix that could be getting back on the gridiron. Or, back on the ball field in this case to right the ship.
Iowa heads to Wrigley Field this Saturday at 2:30 p.m. with the game streaming on Peacock. The Hawkeyes square off against the Northwestern Wildcats in a Big Ten West matchup that has more implications than it may appear at first on the surface. Iowa can still win the Big Ten West and is in a great position to do so, but it starts with a win this week.
Northwestern is coming off of an upset against Maryland and fighting for their bowl lives with a 4-4 record at the moment. They are a dangerous team that is believing and playing confident.
So, how does this one shake out? College Football News’ Pete Fiutak analyzed the Iowa-Northwestern matchup and took a stab at telling us how this one goes with a winner.