The Iowa Hawkeyes travel to play the UCLA Bruins in a Friday night showdown at the Rose Bowl.
UCLA is coming off back-to-back wins and the play of quarterback Ethan Garbers has drastically improved.
As a result, Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferenz had some thoughts about Garbers ahead of the showdown, per Josh Helmer of Hawkeyes Wire.
“He’s thrown the ball well, efficiently, and getting it to a lot of different people, including the backs. Doing a good job there. Then the last couple weeks he’s pulled it down and made some big runs, too. If you’re not sound in what you do defensively, he’s not afraid to do that. I wouldn’t describe him as a run primary quarterback, but he’s a guy who can do that. It’s one more way you can get hurt defensively. In the last two wins those were key plays.”
After a sluggish start to the season and some even calling for Justyn Martin to take over, Garbers has turned it around and UCLA is hoping for another victory.