Big Ten: Nebraska Huskers vs No. 4 Iowa Hawkeyes Preview

“So I thought, A, based on their own team this was an unknown coming in, so that was a big surprise coming in but I thought the West was winnable by anybody including Iowa”. It marks the best conference road record by the Huskers since joining the Big Ten and the best road record by a Big Ten team this season.

All these compliments leading up to a pigskin platitude that nevertheless carries a curious weight in the sport. “Everybody’s obviously aware of the ramifications for them”.

Now that the Hawkeyes (11-0, 7-0 Big Ten) have moved up to No. 4 in the College Football Playoff rankings, they control their situation.

A rivalry with Iowa?

SB: “One of the phrases that Kirk Ferentz likes to toss around is that Iowa will never be ‘the sexiest auto in the lot, ‘ and there is some validity to that”.

What the loss means for Nebraska: This third five-win regular season since 2004 brings to a close perhaps the most unusual three-month stretch in the history of this program. “The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue was never jinxed”. It’s Iowa drawing the doubt of national pundits – doubt Nebraska fans once wore as a badge of honor when it was heaped on the Huskers.

Check out our college football odds page for instant line updates on every game. That said, the only game this season where they visibly gave up was against Temple, and for good reason. “I want to show them just how big of a leader I can be”.

All that stands between Iowa and a ideal regular season is Nebraska. It’s awesome to see them 12-0. That’s what they are going to do.

We’ve reset the Play of the Day with fresh bankrolls and turned it into a yearly competition. The Hawkeyes are averaging 34.2 points per game and they’ve put up at least 30 points in each game since a 29-20 victory over IL on October 10.

Perhaps the biggest x-factor in this year’s contest will be Hawkeyes quarterback C.J. It wasn’t, as Pelini was sacked soon after the game. With drama swirling and facing a 17-point deficit, NU mounted a comeback and won. He’s always in very good position, he’s going to be the guy that we are going to have to really understand where he is and be careful.

Two days later, Pelini was sacked by Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst. “When I’m running the ball, I know where the sticks are”. The Hawkeyes have won a school-record 12 games. “It seemed like there was a lot of company on that front”. But Beathard’s 22-yard touchdown pass to Henry Krieger-Coble with 8:40 left sealed yet another victory for the Hawkeyes, who dashed off the field rather than celebrate after the final whistle with a trip to Nebraska just six days away. If Michigan State defeats Penn State, the Spartans will win the East. If Michigan State loses, the victor of the Michigan-Ohio State game will win the East. The Big Ten Championship game is in Indianapolis on Saturday, Dec. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium. In 2015, Iowa is 3-0.

As for the Huskers, they must wait to find out if any bowls in need of a 5-7 team. “You’ve got to love that as a coach and as a player, to be able to take advantage of an opportunity to beat a well-respected team”. They would be the major spoilers to the College Football Playoffs and ruin the Cinderella story that Iowa has been this season. Iowa’s is turning toward the city and stardom.

The Hawkeyes have been steady all season long which is slightly unusual for a team not used to this level of success. Now they’re facing an Iowa team that has been incredibly consistent this year. Quarterback Tommy Armstrong understands that the team can not afford a mistake.

Armstrong said he needed to throw a better pass to Reilly. “That’s all the motivation we need. Obviously, we didn’t do that”, Purdue coach Darrell Hazell said.

Steimel agreed: “I was a little anxious”. Ashton said victims had “a fear of retaliation, seeing what has happened in other cases and not wanting that to be them”.

So is everybody else in these two states.