IOWA CITY, Iowa – Another week of Hawkeye football means another week with our three panelists predicting the outcome of five games and making snarky comments, beginning with Iowa’s matchup against Minnesota on Saturday at Kinnick Stadium.

Both teams are 4-2 in conference play, but Iowa has won the last six games in the series and hasn’t lost to Minnesota at Kinnick Stadium since Kirk Ferentz’s first season as the Iowa head coach in 1999.

Saturday’s game will mark the first start for Iowa sophomore quarterback Alex Padilla, who replaces the injured Spencer Petras. Padilla replaced Petras late in the first quarter of last Saturday’s game against Northwestern and led Iowa on three scoring drives during the 17-12 victory at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois.

Petras has started 17 consecutive games dating back to last season.

But should Padilla perform well against the Gophers , and should Iowa prevail, it could be difficult for Petras to win back the starting position.

So there’s a lot riding on Saturday’s game, which starts at 2:30 p.m. and is sold out.

Pat Harty

Iowa 23, Minnesota 14: So frustrated after seeing his record fall to 0-5 against Iowa, P.J. Fleck challenges Kirk Ferentz at midfield after the game to a burping contest.

Penn State 24, Michigan 21: James Franklin thanks his players afterwards for helping to improve his chance of landing either the USC or LSU head coaching job.

Ohio State 38, Purdue 24: Ryan Day thanks his players afterwards for being better than the Purdue players.

Indiana 18, Rutgers 17: Those who choose to watch this game on television should be treated to 15 minutes of highlights from C-SPAN at halftime in order to add some energy and excitement.

Oklahoma 42, Baylor 39: Todd Lickliter sees the final score of this game, and smiles briefly, until realizing that it’s football and not basketball.

Tyler Devine

Iowa 16, Minnesota 10: P.J. Fleck comes out of the tunnel on a giant, motorized replica of Floyd of Rosedale.

Michigan 28, Penn State 25: I’m picking this in honor of my buddy Mikey. He’s not dead or anything, he just attended Michigan and I love him.

Ohio State 52, Purdue 49: Ohio State is favored by 20?!?!?!?!

Rutgers 6, Indiana 3: I’d rather listen to three hours of Southern Justin reading the lunch menus than watch this game.

Oklahoma 38, Baylor 35: I have family in the Norman area, so Boomer Sooner.

Dallas Jones

Iowa 12, Minnesota 6: Both teams decide to stay out of the end zone to honor the start of basketball season.

Michigan 27, Penn State 17: Who cares, is Harbaugh finally going to beat Ohio State?

Ohio State 49, Purdue 10: A broken clock is right twice a day. This one is never close.

Rutgers 17, Indiana 13: Yuck, Yuck, Yuck.

Oklahoma 28, Baylor 31: Someone has to be upset this week right?