The Iowa Hawkeyes (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) host the Minnesota Golden Gophers (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) in a battle for the Floyd of Rosedale.
It’s a series that Kirk Ferentz and Iowa have dominated. P.J. Fleck enters today looking to solve the mystery that has been the Hawkeyes.
Fleck brings an 0-6 mark against the Hawkeyes as Minnesota’s head coach into this afternoon’s contest at Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes have won each of the past eight in the series.
As Iowa welcomes in Minnesota to Iowa City looking to extend their run of dominance, the Hawkeyes will again be doing so without one of their depth pieces in the secondary.
Iowa released its Week 8 availability report and sophomore backup cornerback TJ Hall being listed as out is one of the key notes.
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Redshirt freshman wide receiver Reese Osgood is also listed as out, joining tight ends Erick All and Luke Lachey in that distinction.
A pair of positive developments include redshirt freshman wide receiver Jacob Bostick and redshirt freshman backup cornerback Deshaun Lee being upgraded this week to questionable.
After losing both All and Lachey to injury, it looks like Iowa’s tight end health woes have been amplified. Both sophomore tight ends Johnny Pascuzzi and Addison Ostrenga are listed as questionable.
Sophomore linebacker Karson Sharar and junior defensive lineman Yahya Black round out the Hawkeyes listed as questionable.
Iowa kicks off against Minnesota at 2:30 p.m. on NBC in its ANF Black & Gold Spirit Game where the plan is to stripe the stadium.
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