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Iowa at 1-2 to kickoff the B1G covid-19 season

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HB King
Thank you, Hawkeyes in making the replay of 2000, the 2020 season bearable on Saturday at Kinnick Stadium.

Now, that is a complete game in the 49-7 win over Michigan State. Shades of what Nick Saban did to Iowa in Kirk Ferentz's B1G opener in 1999. Welcome back to the Big Ten, coach Mel Tucker in your debut as Spartans head coach.

In the B1G, the Top 5 programs are:
  1. Ohio State at 3-0
  2. Indiana at 3-0
  3. Northwestern at 3-0
  4. Purdue at 2-0
  5. Wisconsin at 1-0
So, Iowa is 1-2, with 1-2 Minnesota, as the next B1G game will be Friday night in Minneapolis on FS1. A win keeps the 2020 season alive for one of these B1G West programs seeking to be #3 or #4 in the West?

Wisconsin has taken three games off, due to the covid-19 pandemic. Can they stay undefeated in Week 5, as they seek to resume football?

What did Maryland due to Penn State in Happy Valley. Iowa heads there after the first of two Friday night games over the next 3 weeks, but the Golden Gophers are next, so let's not look too far ahead.

Can Iowa finish in the next five weeks?

Is Wisconsin the only team derailed, due to covid-19 in the Big Ten in 2020. Barry Alvarez lead the re-boot for the Big Ten.

Oh, what a 2 OT game in South Bend, the #1 Clemson Tigers are undefeated no more. The broadcast of the game was interrupted for some non-football stuff of some kind.

The blackout of College Football on Tuesday didn't seem to phase Iowa, but one can't say that about the traveling Spartans, as QB Rocky Lombardi's homecoming to the great State of Iowa lead to 3 interceptions and a Hawkeye breakout on the lawn of Kinnick.

The families allowed inside enjoyed a beautiful game day of Indian Summer in the Great Midwest, much like the entire past week!

Breakouts on Saturday for Iowa on Saturday: Brian Ferentz's balance attack, particularly with the run game:

Goodson broke off a 71 yard run, that set up one of 5 Iowa offensive TDs. But, the Iowa defense only allowed 7 points and scored one of their own, on Riley Moss' pick 6.

The score gave Iowa a 35-0 lead at the half.

The Hawkeyes score points in special teams, with their first punt return for TD, since 2018 at Illinois, as @TomKakert reminded us from his weekly vantage point in his Live from the Press Box, which has made 2020 a little more bearable, after Bjg Ten football was put on delay.

College Football is now back, with the Hawkeyes having a pulse in the win column in 2020.
 
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