Owen Raefield covers the biggest performances and storylines from Iowa’s 55-0 beatdown of Northern Iowa on Saturday.
On a cool night, somewhere in between the last days of summer and first days of fall, the finale to the Hy-Vee Ampitheater’s inaugural season took place. Starring Arizona’s Gin Blossoms, hundreds turned out on their feet for the band in North Liberty’s newest venue.
Week two of college football gave us a pair of early Game of the Year candidates. Unfortunately for the Big Ten, those games came at their expense. This week, we’ll take a look at Iowa’s cathartic win over Iowa State, Oregon’s early-season struggles, and Ohio State’s meltdown against Texas.
The Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers set Week 1 scoring records in a wild opening game of the 2026 season. Alex Izienicki details the 59-37 win for Chicago.
Owen Raefield breaks down the biggest players and plays from Iowa’s dramatic 16-13 victory in the Cy-Hawk series.
Week one of college football is in the rearview, but it feels like we’ve somehow already experienced a full season’s worth of drama. This week, we’ll dive into the (lack of) updates about Iowa’s quarterback battle, the “Bail Mary” in Ann Arbor, and the stakes of this weekend’s Ohio State-Texas game.
Joshua Dobbs led the Tennessee Volunteers to a 45-28 dismantling of the Hawkeyes in the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
The Hawkeyes have settled for mediocrity while rival Nebraska reaches for national relevance. (Photo: David Purdy/Getty Images)
Iowa outscored Wisconsin 21-10 in the second half, but it was not enough as Iowa was eliminated from the Big Ten West race. (Photo: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall).
Minnesota defeats Iowa 51-14. Camden Palmisano has the recap from TCF Bank Stadium. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images)
Iowa celebrated early and often in a 48-7 rout of the Northwestern Wildcats. (Photo: Matthew Holst/Getty Images)
Dylan Anderson recaps Iowa’s victory over Indiana on Homecoming.(Photo: Matthew Holst/Getty Images)
Dylan Anderson takes a look at the annual Cy-Hawk game in Iowa City this weekend. (Photo: Reese Strickland/USA TODAY Sports)
Despite being down 13-3 with less than 3 minutes in the game, Iowa pulled out a 17-13 win over Ball State. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Kirk Ferentz and the rest of the Iowa Hawkeyes are ready to get to work amidst high expectations for the upcoming season.
The Iowa football team announced several staff changes on Thursday afternoon. After the departure of Erik Campbell in December, there are four other coaches coming and going. Running backs coach Lester Erb and defensive backs coach Darrell Wilson have left to pursue other jobs while Bobby Kennedy is the new receivers coach and Jim Reid has been named a defensive assistant. Erb and Wilson were long rumored to be leaving the Hawkeyes, but there was no official release on the matter until today. They were on head coach Kirk Ferentz’ staff for 13 and 11 years, respectively. Kennedy replaces Campbell … Continued
