The Iowa Hawkeyes get the prime time treatment on Friday night in their Rose Bowl trip to take on the UCLA Bruins.
Iowa (6-3, 4-2 Big Ten) looks to secure its longest winning streak of the season in its Friday night clash against UCLA.
After a 42-10 thrashing of Wisconsin last week, Iowa has now won back-to-back Big Ten games for the first time this season. The Hawkeyes have scored 40 or more points in three of their past four games, too.
In order to extend those streaks against UCLA (3-5, 2-4 Big Ten), Iowa will do so without several key contributors.
Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz discussed the Hawkeyes’ quarterback situation earlier this week during his Tuesday press conference. The Hawkeyes’ Week 11 availability report reaffirms what Ferentz shared on Tuesday.
Graduate quarterback Cade McNamara and sophomore quarterback Marco Lainez were both listed out.
McNamara has been sidelined since sustaining the concussion early in Iowa’s 40-14 win over Northwestern on Oct. 26. McNamara has thrown for 1,017 yards and six touchdowns against five interceptions thus far this season.
In addition to those two, freshman wide receiver Reece Vander Zee and junior tight end Addison Ostrenga are both listed as out. Defensively, sophomore defensive back John Nestor and junior linebacker Karson Sharar are also out.
Vander Zee has caught 14 passes for 176 yards with three touchdowns, while Ostrenga has reeled in 11 grabs for 63 yards and one score.
Nestor has appeared in seven games this season and has seen 92 defensive snaps per Pro Football Focus. The Marist High School product out of Chicago has nine tackles on the season.
Iowa kicks off against UCLA from inside the Rose Bowl at 8 p.m. CT with the game set to be televised on Fox.
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