You know you’re living in a wild time when the Wisconsin Badgers and No. 16 Iowa Hawkeyes are kicking off their game on December 12.
That is obviously the case right now with the 2-2 Badgers looking to end their 2-game skid and finish the regular season above .500, while the Hawkeyes are set out to end Wisconsin’s four-game win streak in the series and finish the regular season second in the Big Ten West.
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Iowa’s football team–as they always do–mirrors that of Wisconsin in many ways. They are also, however, unlike the Hawkeye teams we’ve seen during the past four years with quarterback Nate Stanley, edge rusher A.J. Epenesa, offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs and others gone to the NFL.
Here is a team preview of the 2020 Iowa Hawkeyes: