IOWA CITY, Iowa – Iowa Football Players met virtually with the media Thursday. The Hawkeyes practiced for the New Year’s Eve Music City Bowl with Kentucky earlier in the day.

New starting quarterback Joe Labas talked about his first college opportunity in Nashville, Sam LaPorta spoke about recovering from surgery and the value of playing in the bowl game, Riley Moss revealed his thoughts on his final game as a Hawkeye, Diante Vines commented on the wide receiver room and Sebastian Castro explained sliding back to strong safety from CASH.