Hawk Fanatic Week 7 predictions
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Raise your hand if you had the Iowa football team undefeated at 6-0 heading into the second half of the regular season.
For those now raising your hand, quit lying.
Or, if you’re not lying, then congratulations because you’re either a Hawkeye homer or have a gift for predicting the outcome of Iowa games.
The second-ranked Hawkeyes face 3-2 Purdue on Saturday for homecoming, and Iowa is clearly the favorite on paper.
But Purdue has also won three of the last four games in the series, and has receiver David Bell, who seems to almost always get open against Iowa, or if he isn’t open, he makes a spectacular catch.
Iowa should expect to get everybody’s best shot with being ranked so high, and Purdue also has to start winning under head coach Jeff Brohm, who provided an instant spark with his innovative offense when he was hired at Purdue, but has struggled recently.
Brohm would be sort of like Nick Saban if he could face Iowa all the time. Or, so it seems.
It’s time for Iowa to finally solve the riddle that is Purdue under Jeff Brohm.
Pat Harty
Iowa 28, Purdue 20: This has absolutely nothing to do with this game, but I once requested an interview with former Purdue men’s basketball coach Gene Keady and he called back while I was in the shower. I answered the phone and told him I was in the shower and he told me dry off and let’s go. And he waited on the phone. Gene Keady is one of my all-time favorite coaches, the scowl, the combover and how he treated everybody with respect.
Minnesota 30, Nebraska 27: Scott Frost blames the loss on the Mary Tyler Moore show having been set in Minneapolis, saying it distracted his players.
Michigan State 27, Indiana 23: The Hoosiers are a bigger disappointment than the 1980s rock band Asia, plenty of proven talent, but a failure to perform in the heat of the moment.
Iowa State 31, Kansas State 27: Matt Campbell says after the game that his chance of leaving Iowa State is about as slim as 90-year old William Shatner returning to space.
Georgia 17, Kentucky 9: Mark Stoops will understand after watching his team fight valiantly how the race horse Sham felt while trying to match Secreteriat’s greatness in 1973.
Tyler Devine
Iowa 35, Purdue 10: David Bell will once again shred the Iowa defense, but it won’t matter.
Minnesota 34, Nebraska 27: Picking between Scott Frost and P.J. Fleck is like picking between a rash or a cold sore, and I’ll let you choose which is which.
Michigan State 45, Indiana 23: Is it obvious yet that I don’t look at the spread before choosing a score?
Kansas State 22, Iowa State 21: The Wildcats channel the power of Bill Snyder to beat the Cyclones.
Georgia 28, Kentucky 7: Is Mark Stoops the Kirk Ferentz of the SEC?
Dallas Jones
Iowa 31, Purdue 16: Pad your stats day for Spencer Petras?
Minnesota 24, Nebraska 21: I just think it would be hilarious for Nebraska to lose by a field goal three straight weeks.
Michigan State 35, Indiana 27: Kenneth Walker has thrown himself into the Heisman conversation and will be must watch TV versus Indiana.
Kansas State 20, Iowa State 24: Brock Purdy for Heisman is back?
Kentucky 10, Georgia 35: Let’s just be honest, Kentucky is a basketball school