Cy Hawk Trophy Game Preview: Iowa vs. Iowa State Showdown

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00:00The CyHawk trophy game today in Iowa City between the Hawkeyes of Iowa and the Cyclones

00:09of Iowa State.

00:10Iowa, ranked 21st in the country now, an offensive juggernaut?

00:14Perhaps we'll discuss.

00:16Two and a half point favorite for this rivalry series, renewed for a 71st all-time meeting.

00:23Total, 35 and a half.

00:25And you know that is where we must begin.

00:28It is the second lowest total in the history of the CyHawk trophy game.

00:34Only beat by last year's total of 34 and a half.

00:38And with Iowa winning for the eighth time in the last decade, 20 to 13, it stayed under.

00:44Five unders in a row, Joe Lisi.

00:47Does the trend continue today?

00:48No, I think we bucked the trend.

00:51I'm shocked, Kev.

00:52I thought this was going to be the game of the week when we came in.

00:55This game's lucky it's on the show.

00:57You mentioned five straight unders.

00:59They've averaged 29 points per game during that span.

01:02And Iowa has won eight of the last ten.

01:04And we saw a 400-yard total yard output against Eastern Illinois.

01:09I mean, that's unbelievable.

01:10More than that.

01:11492, Lisi.

01:12There you go.

01:13So hopefully Tim Lester could dial it up today.

01:15I still go on breaking down this matchup to the better quarterback, which I actually believe

01:20is on Iowa State, Rocco Beck.

01:22Struggled a little bit.

01:23They struggled last week running the football.

01:25They averaged 84 yards on the ground, 400 yards per rush.

01:30I think they run it.

01:31I think they throw it over the top.

01:33And I think we can get over the 35-and-a-half.

01:36I'm going to take the points with Iowa State.

01:37I do not love it, Kev.

01:39But I think Iowa State does come through on the money line and over tonight.

01:43This is...

01:44Look, I'll just say this.

01:46This game, this total, this stuff that you love, is exactly why Iowa's never getting

01:50into the playoff.

01:52Unless this game goes over, they aren't getting into the playoff with this garbage.

01:58I just want that to be very clear.

01:59A win today.

02:00They're on pace for 11.

02:02They're making it to the college football playoff.

02:04All right.

02:05Yeah.

02:06Listen.

02:07I know.

02:08Let's get multiple G5 teams in there, too.

02:09Here is the thing, though, with the trend of the under.

02:13Yeah.

02:14Seven of the last 10 games would have gone over this total.

02:17Fair.

02:18Eventually, these things catch up.

02:20Eventually, Army-Navy goes over.

02:22I also would lean over.

02:23But I also would lean towards Iowa in that I'm not a big believer in Rocco Beck nor Matt

02:28Campbell.

02:29You know, again, some of the preseason research allows certain things to jump off the page.

02:33And I've heard a lot of hype around the Cyclones.

02:34I'm like, oh, maybe I'll buy into this team.

02:36A lot of returning talent.

02:37I'm like, man, let me see Matt Campbell.

02:38What are we doing here with Matt Campbell?

02:41There aren't double-digit win seasons on this resume there.

02:44I know that he's great as an underdog.

02:46He's got some good covers and upset here and there.

02:49But ultimately, with Ferenc in his first game back, obviously missing last week, you should

02:54get a fire up Iowa team.

02:55And one of the difference makers and another reason I'd lean over, Caleb Johnson missed

02:59the first half last week, I think due to a suspension.

03:02Well, he made a point in that second half.

03:04He looked unbelievable there.

03:06And I think that gives Iowa a little bit of extra pop on the offensive side of the ball.

03:10The leading back for the Hawks last week, 119 yards, two touchdowns on display in that

03:15second half.

03:16Missed two field goals in seven first half offensive drives for Iowa in the season opener

03:22against Illinois State.

03:24Five touchdowns on six offensive possessions in the second half, 492 yards out of Iowa

03:30offensively in week number one, 40th most in the country.

03:35The last time, trivia, on the CFT desk, that Iowa ranked inside the top 50 in total offense

03:41for a season was?

03:421984?

03:43Incorrect.

03:44Oh, Brad Banks in-

03:462006 for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

03:50Orange Bowl team, no?

03:51Maybe so.

03:52So that's where Iowa stacks up against an Iowa State team tested by North Dakota last

03:56week, only winning 21 to three.

03:58Caleb Bacon, who was second on the team last year for the Clones in tackles, suffering

04:03a knee injury, is going to be out for some time, a detriment to a strong Iowa State defense.

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