#Sam LaPorta

After weeks of more or less meaningless bowl games, we finally get to the part of the postseason schedule when things really matter: Saturday's College Football Playoff semifinals. That, along with two other bowl games on New Year's Eve, makes for a fun day of college football. Here's a look at Saturday's matchups, including any players and coaches…

And just like that, the Iowa football season is coming to a close. In typical Hawkeye fashion, Iowa gave fans a reason for optimism. Heading into a Black Friday showdown with a reeling Nebraska team, the Hawkeyes needed to just not completely trip all over themselves to return to Indianapolis as Big Ten West Champions for the second straight…

For the second year in a row, the Iowa Hawkeyes and Kentucky Wildcats will be hooking up in the postseason after they met last January in the VRBO Citrus Bowl, seeing the Big Blue come out with a 20-17 win. Fast-forward 364 days and these two will be back at each other again in Nashville in the Music City Bowl. Want more irony? Last year was just…

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa and Kentucky are running it back in the New Year's Eve Music City Bowl in Nashville. It's a rematch of last year's Citrus Bowl in Orlando. It's not often we see Power 5 schools meeting up in back-to-back bowl games. And this one is being frowned upon by college football fans outside of the fan bases, especially by the folks…

Ranking 13th out of 14 teams in the Big Ten in total offense didn't stop the Iowa Hawkeyes from reaching the conference title game. However, the 42-3 loss to Michigan showed how much of a gap there was in the Hawkeyes' quest to win the conference championship. Quarterback Spencer Petras and tight end Sam LaPorta are among the top returnees on…

There is reason Georgia is the top seed in the College Football Playoff. The Bulldogs are the defending national champions and one of only two teams who have remained unbeaten this fall. Kirby Smart has turned the program, once seen as underachieving while situated amid a fertile recruiting base, into a national powerhouse. Ohio State football…

Everything you need to know about Saturday's Big Ten championship game between Michigan and Purdue. Big Ten championship game weekend is back. Woo-hoo. Unless your team is playing, enthusiasm for the game is difficult to manufacture. Since the Big Ten expanded to 12 teams to create a conference championship game, and then 14 teams 3 years later,…

Sam LaPorta will lead the Iowa Hawkeyes (7-4) into their matchup versus the Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-8) at Kinnick Stadium on Friday at 4:00 PM ET. The Hawkeyes enter the matchup after winning 13-10 over the Minnesota Golden Gophers in their last outing on November 19. The Cornhuskers are coming off of a loss to the Wisconsin Badgers by the score of…

Star running back Mohamed Ibrahim and the Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-3) face the Iowa Hawkeyes (6-4) on Saturday at 4:00 PM ET at Huntington Bank Stadium. The Golden Gophers squared off against the Northwestern Wildcats in their most recent game, winning 31-3. The Hawkeyes are coming off of a 24-10 win over the Wisconsin Badgers. In that matchup…

IOWA CITY - Every position group on Iowa's football team has talking points and/or goals for the upcoming game. The defensive line unit had three leading up to the Wisconsin game, and sophomore Deontae Craig shared the last one with reporters after the game: "Slumpbuster." Iowa had been in a near decade-long slump against its opponent on Saturday.…

Iowa welcomes in the Wisconsin Badgers with the two teams sporting identical marks overall and in Big Ten play. There's plenty of Big Ten West implications potentially at stake. The Hawkeyes enter off a performance that has inspired hope within the Iowa fan base. Kaleb Johnson just picked up weekly Big Ten honors, tight end Sam LaPorta is earning…

The race for the Big Ten West title continues when the Purdue Boilermakers host the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Boilermakers (5-3, 3-2) are one game behind Illinois in the division and have had a week off after to losing to Wisconsin. The Hawkeyes (4-4, 2-3) beat Northwestern last weekend, snapping a three-game losing streak in which they scored 30 total…

Every Tuesday, Matt Hayes tackles the 10 hottest topics in the Big Ten … I don't want to be the guy who has to point this out, but maybe, just maybe, Ohio State - a Playoff lock in the minds of many - is a product of one of the easiest schedules in the nation. I know, I know, it's Scarlet and Gray blasphemy. It couldn't have anything to do with…

It seems like every time we drop Marvin Harrison Jr. out of this exclusive club, he turns around and catches 3 touchdown passes in a single game. So we're not sure if Ohio State fans hate us for being fickle, or want us to go right on dissing their superstar receiver with the famous name. When we say he turns around and catches TD passes, we mean…

The Michigan Wolverines will take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in a Saturday afternoon college football matchup at Kinnick Stadium. With that said, it's a good time to check out our college football odds series, which includes a Michigan-Iowa prediction and pick, laid out below. Michigan has opened their season at 4-0, surviving a close 34-27 game against…

Blake Corum will lead the Michigan Wolverines (4-0) into their matchup versus the Iowa Hawkeyes (2-1) at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday at 12:00 PM ET. In their last game, the Wolverines won 34-27 over the Maryland Terrapins. Last time out, the Hawkeyes knocked off the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 27-10. Against the Terrapins, J.J. McCarthy led the…

The Iowa Hawkeyes (2-1) and Rutgers Scarlet Knights (3-0) will face each other in clash of Big Ten opponents at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. The Scarlet Knights (on the moneyline to win) and the Hawkeyes () take to the field on September 24, 2022 at 7:00 PM ET. A point total of points has been set for the matchup by sportsbooks. This…

Coming off a tough loss at home to one of the top FCS programs nationally, the Nevada Wolf Pack will travel to the midwest to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in their first of two straight away from Mackay. The Wolf Pack won their first two games over New Mexico State and Texas State, but struggled to contain the high-powered Incarnate Word offense in…

The Iowa Hawkeyes will take on the Nevada Wolf Pack at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday at Kinnick Stadium. After an ugly season-opening win against South Dakota State, the Hawkeyes dropped to 1-1 on the season following an equally brutal loss to Iowa State last Saturday. The Wolf Pack is looking for a strong response this week following a stunning loss…

Tough questions for Kirk Ferentz about QB decision of Petras over PadillaIowa head coach Kirk Ferentz understandably has QB questions after a 1-1 start and owning college football's worst offense. IOWA CITY - Even if the Iowa football team could gain 616 yards against visiting Nevada on Saturday night, it wouldn't be enough to definitively say the…

The Iowa Hawkeyes (1-1) will clash with the Nevada Wolf Pack (2-1) at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. The Wolf Pack, on the moneyline to win, and the Hawkeyes, listed at on the spread, kick things off on September 17, 2022 at 7:30 PM ET on BTN. A point total of points has been set for the game. The insights in this article are based off odds…