Happy homecoming to all of the Iowa alumni that are coming back to Iowa City for this week’s game! This week, the Iowa Hawkeyes take on the Northwestern Wildcats, and neither team has been as dominant as they’ve been expected to be so far this season. Two teams that were expected to compete for the Big Ten West title, Iowa is 3-1 but has looked very lackluster on their way to that record, while Northwestern is 1-3, and have also looked very poor thus far this season. Northwestern needs this game in order to return home with some idea of what their identity is, while the Hawkeyes are looking to show that they belong at the top of the division this season by beating up on a Wildcats defense that didn’t quite show up last weekend against Nebraska.

ANYWAY, this is what you came for:

Broadcast Info

Opponent: just Northwestern Wildcats

Game time: 11 a.m. // Saturday, October 1, 2016

Location: Kinnick Stadium // Iowa City, Iowa

TV: ESPNU // Announcers: Eamon McAnaney and John Congemi

Online: WatchESPN

Mobile: WatchESPN App

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network, KRUI (89.7 FM), Sirius channel 135, and XM channel 195 on satellite radio.

Odds: Iowa -13.5

Some material to get you primed for game day

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Player to Watch: Northwestern’s Godwin Igwebuike

H.A.W.K.E.Y.E.S. Predicts: Northwestern

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Iowa Football Looking For Alternatives to Matt VandeBerg: An Interview* with Kirk Ferentz

KIRK SPEAKS: IOWA VS. NORTHWESTERN