#18 Iowa vs #17 Penn State
Kirk Ferentz is a helluva good coach, but he needs to be on his game if he expects to leave St. Joe Memorial-Penndot Stadium at Beaver Field with a win on Saturday. The #18 Iowa Hawkeyes (6-1, 3-1) will try to show the #17 Nittany Lions (5-2, 2-2) some of their signature defense and improving offense on what promises to be a crappy, chilly, sloppy day.
At our local game celebration in The Cave, which has been renamed “The Pigpen” for this game, we’ll be serving spare ribs and corn-on-the-cob to honor our opponents, who represent a state famous for pigs, corn, floods, and good defense. Whether we serve up lemonade or moldy lemons depends on how Penn State can attack that vaunted defense. [Read more…]