Despite the Hawks' near debacle last year against UNI, most fans had to view the first game of the season against Eastern Illinois as a glorified scrimmage.

Meanwhile, the game against Iowa State is understood and taken seriously by everybody within the Hawkeye State no matter how much Iowa is favored. Furthermore, anybody that has followed this rivalry for the past 15 years, knows that the Cyclones tend to play "up" for this game.

In retrospect, it would appear that ISU was over-matched this year, and that was how it looked on paper. However, the way the Iowa-ISU game looks on paper is rarely the way it plays out.

The Hawkeyes' next game against the University of Arizona will be a real prov...

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