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- Pick/market: Iowa 23 Michigan 13 Hank Brown with a nice scramble TD run to seal it in the 4th.

- Pick/market: Not sure if this has already been said, so apologies if it's old news.

- Pick/market: More Braeden Jackson, please

- Pick/market: Usually around 9-10, soon

- Pick/market: In HS, Braeden's best 100 was 10.75 in the state prelims.

- Pick/market: Iowa's SOS is weak enough that 10-2 should not be assumed CFP.

- Pick/market: My 2-4-7 preview will be out tomorrow morning.

- Pick/market: DAMN IT!!!!!

- Pick/market: It is a pretty safe pass too!

- Pick/market: If I'm Tim Lester...I'm devising 3-4 plays a game to get the ball to Braeden Jackson in the open field...swing passes, jet sweeps, etc.

- Game breakdown: Iowa Hawkeyes Football: Michigan Wolverines Game Preview

- Injury: Sounds like Dom Nichols very likely will not go either.

- In the Friday 2026 Michigan-week availability report quoted by The Wolverine, Iowa's starting running back Kamari Moulton and starting tight end DJ Vannahme are listed probable, along with running back Brevin Doll. The article describes upgrades from questionable; probable is not a confirmed game appearance or unrestricted workload. - The same Friday report lists Iowa defensive back Kyler Gerardy out for the Michigan game. This is a game-availability designation; the supplied article gives no injury diagnosis, return timetable or replacement in the secondary.

- Injury: KF says 'so far, so good' with Kamari and DJV on Hawk Talk.

- Injury: Survived the first 2 weeks of guillotine, but cutting it awfully close.

- Injury: Eliot you mentioned that Lutmer was: "Over-running and taking bad angles on ball-carriers, missing tackles, not grabbing what would've been the game-sealing interception against Iowa State." This sounds like putting too much pressure on...

- Game breakdown: Not out for sure but saw an article that said 2 were questionable.

- Injury: Only way he gets starter minutes this year is if we have multiple injuries at the lb position

- Injury: Our usual dose of news and notes....game balls, injury updates.

- Injury: Complete domination against a bad team with no major injuries - only concern is the DLine.

- Pick/market: I’m with Sean on this one.

- Pick/market: Great Analysis by both of you.

- QB: Thanks for the response but I hope they have tried it at practice with Hank and it didn't look good.

- QB: Many people pretty content right now especially after a 12/12 day.

- QB: QB is a better athlete but much more likely to make bone headed throws.

- QB/DL: After this year I’m sure we will need to pay to retain our guys more but it looks like another year we won’t chase a QB so hopefully should be able to use our...

- QB: Yea I’d feel good about Heck stepping in if needed, more so than past few seasons.

- QB: I consider it fortunate Whittingham hasn’t been forced to go to Tommy Carr back there At qb.

- QB/LB: They need to be more competitive otherwise it’s not good for anyone.

- QB: Lol say what you want about the QB battle Heck has definitely gotten the short end of the stick.

- QB: UNI probably should’ve put in their backup QB at the half at the latest.

- QB/LB: i based my opinion on your defense mostly off returning starters and the fact that iowa is a developmental program, also didn't improve bigly in the portal...you guys had a legit qb competition and...

- Pick/market: IOWA CITY, Iowa-- It didn't take long for the Hawkeyes to dominate the overmatched Northern Iowa Panthers.

- Ahead of Iowa's 2026 Michigan game, Kirk Ferentz was optimistic about the return of running backs Kamari and LJ and tight end DJ, but said their status would be clearer by week's end. Kamari remains the No. 1 back if available, and Ferentz generally expects a rotation of no more than three backs; none was definitively cleared. - Ferentz said Iowa's Tyler Brown is healthy and expected to start against Michigan. He described Brown's omission from the depth chart as his own oversight, not a demotion; Brown remains the starter when healthy. - Iowa has not settled its punt-return choice between Evan and Reece, according to Ferentz. Zach would have opened the season in that role if healthy, but missed camp time and remains on a pitch count; Ferentz could work him back in later without giving a timetable. - Ferentz said Iowa's Bryce Hawthorne was fine and had been on the field Monday after the high-low blocking incident against Northern Iowa. This updates the earlier postgame uncertainty; the coach did not identify a lasting injury or a medical diagnosis.

- After Iowa's 55-0 win over Northern Iowa, Kirk Ferentz called Hank Brown the starter and said he had become more comfortable with each outing, while remaining pleased with Jeremy. The staff wanted Jeremy in during the first half but gave Hank one more series first to avoid repeatedly taking him in and out. - With Kamari and LJ out against Northern Iowa, Ferentz credited Iowa's three young running backs and the blocking by the line, tight ends and receivers. He said Xavier had been nicked up but looked like himself again. Brevin Doll also could not go on special teams; the coach did not give these players a next-game availability commitment. - Ferentz said DJ's absence gave Addison Ostrenga the chance to be Iowa's primary option in that role against Northern Iowa. Ostrenga scored after returning from last year's Achilles injury; the coach credited his rehabilitation work. The remarks describe this game's opportunity, not a permanent depth-chart change or a return date for DJ. - Ferentz said Bryce Hawthorne appeared to be doing well after leaving the field and receiving further evaluation at halftime against Northern Iowa. He still deferred a firmer update until Tuesday. That is a qualified postgame assessment, not a diagnosis, medical clearance or confirmation of availability against Michigan. - In the supplied SwarmCast analysis, the reporters said Tyler Brown started over Anthony Hawkins against Northern Iowa and recorded two tackles and a forced fumble in limited work, his first snaps at Iowa. They viewed the outing as useful safety depth before Michigan; they did not report a permanent change to the safety order.

- Offense: Get the TEs involved early in the short passing game to loosen the box up for the run.

- RB: After Saturday's performance by IOWA running backs #3, 4 and 5, the other two might want to PICK IT UP a bit, starting right NOW !!!

- QB: One positive about being the Iowa QB, is that unless you are down multiple scores in the 4th quarter you are never going to be asked to do anything more than manage the offense...

- TE: A tight end TD a long time in the making #Hawkeyes x @AddisonOstrenga

- Pick/market: Kirk said he was fine after the game.

- OL: The only way this thread could be worse is if it had been posted by Bobby Oli...........

- RB: Michigan’s RB coach is a Fred Jackson but not the same Fred Jackson..

- Offense: Here are the stats for the Iowa Hawkeyes to date in the 2026 season and how they rank nationally among all 138 teams in FBS football this year.

- RB: This guy is shaping up to be Wisconsin’s starting RB in a year or two.

- Offense: not enough fly patterns

- OL: I bet it's a deep quad bruise.

- QB/OL: Iowa's Defense has been VERY, VERY good in the first 3 games.

- Defense: Always thought Ronnie's first fumble looked pretty suspicious.

- DL: I remained concerned about defensive line performance in this coming stretch.

- Pick/market: Salivating at the thought of Julian Manson and cam Buffington starting at the two linebacker spots next year.

- Defense: they would seem to be beatable.

- DB: I felt bad for UNI….it might be time for college football to keep FBS separate from playing FCS schools.

- DB: Brown looked completely lost on a read option early in the game.

- OL/LB: What stands out to me (in a good way for Iowa) is their numbers along the o-line and in the secondary being surprisingly low.

- DB: Defense let them escape without much resistance, alas.

- LB: Iowa going from Buffington to Manson at linebacker in a few years

- LB/KICKER: Parkers defense will keep Iowa in every game.

- Intel: After listening to the ANF boys Nichols being possibly out would be huge for us

- Intel: thinking about starting Jared Goff over Drake Maye this week

- Intel: PETERSON: Rand-O thoughts on TV networks hating on us college football fan Iowans — maybe.

- Intel: Hank Brown can go ahead and put his name into the portal.

- Intel: Sorry to miss last week Wombat, but you know thats football.

- Intel: Last month I asked the swarmcast who would be this year's come out of nowhere player.

- Intel: Some posters tend to believe they could’ve thrown the football over them mountains, and that belief means very little.

- Intel: Night > Afternoon > 11 am Get me that nighttime kickoff but I can live with 2:30

- DL: Kid Captain Lily Lee receives cutting-edge treatment at Stead Family Children’s Hospital Meet Iowa Hawkeyes football Kid Captain Lily Lee, whose spinal muscular atrophy diagnosis led to groundbreaking treatment and a brighter future at...

- Intel: The non-conference portion of the schedule is complete and now, it's time for Iowa Football to face the make-or-break three-game stretch that has been www.on3.com

- Intel: Yes there are no big goals other than winning a championship

- Intel: Hooker almost had a 100 yard pick-6 got tackled at like the 10.

- Intel: If Iowa isn't good enough to play Kansas or Virginia or Duke or any one of dozens of other teams instead of a weak FCS program, then Iowa should just give up football.

- Intel: They've all but legislated the kickoff return out of football.

- Practice: My best guess it was a Tuesday practice two or three weeks ago.

- KICKER: Full special teams grades and snaps don't come out until Monday usually, but I'll get him added.

- Intel: I was there for ISU (boys weekend, we partied, I wasn’t paying too much attention), and yesterday - had the family with me; was sober as a judge, and have some opinions on gameday...

- Intel: Lol… nope, just have some PTSD from standing in the back as I got there late.

- Intel: Looking pretty likely now that the kickoff return unit exits the non-con with exactly zero returns attempted.

- DL: Let's just do this all year...Start Hank, get up by 35 before half, and bring Heck in😅...can see how the battle has been close, with a slight edge to Hank.

- Intel: Alright, which one of us was decked out in Iowa gear in London for the Kansas vs.

- Intel: Love the Hayden Fry and Iowa shoutout on the Ole Miss vs LSU broadcast.

- Intel: James looked very confident fielding punts, very clean catches and he ran away from at least one punt he could not get to.