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[����vlog CAPTIONING IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE IOWA CLINIC.] >> IT’S BLACK FRIDAY, THAT MEANS ONE THING FOR THE HAWKEYES. THE BIG TEN REGULAR-SEASON FINALE AND SOME POST-THANKSGIVING BIG TEN REVENGE FOR NEBRASKA. THE HERO’S TROPHY CURRENTLY RESIDES IN LINCOLN. THE HAWKEYES ARE FLYING OVER THE BORDER TO MAKE SURE IT IS A ONE-YEAR STINT. WE ARE ONE HOUR FROM KICKOFF. LET’S GET IT GOING. >> FROM ����vlog, IOWA’S SPORTS LEADER, YOU ARE WATCHING IOWA KICKOFF AS THE HAWKEYES LOOK TO RECLAIM THE HEROES TROPHY. ♪ >> YOU ARE LOOKING INSIDE BEAUTIFUL, HISTORIC MEMORIAL STADIUM. IT IS EMPTY NOW. STARTING TO FILL UP, THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET LOUD. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. IOWA AND NEBRASKA KICK OFF IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THE GAME IS RIGHT HERE ON ����vlog. WE HAVE A JAMPACKED PREGAME SHOW AHEAD. WE ARE LIVE OUTSIDE MEMORIAL STADIUM. DO YOU SEE THAT SEA OF RED TRICKLING IN? SHANNON: I HAVE SOME LITTLE GIRLS ON THE OTHER SEIDA OF THE CAMERA SAYING GO BIG RED. TONS OF NEBRASKA FANS, PEOPLE DRINKING BEER, HAVING A GOOD TIME. STILL AN HOUR UNTIL KICKOFF. THIS IS WHAT YOU EXPECT FROM A RIVALRY GAME. BUNDLED UP. THE BRASSICA HAS A LOT ON THE LINE. FANS ARE NOT GOING TO MISS THIS GAME. THEY ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM BOWL ELIGIBILITY. HAVEN’T BEEN TO A BOWL GAME SINCE 2016. IOWA LOOKING FOR REVENGE AGAINST THE CORNHUSKERS. LAST YEAR THEY KNOCK THEM OUT OF THE BIG TEN TITLE GAME. THEY GOT OFF THE BUSES AROUND 8:40 THIS MORNING. COOPER TO JEAN -- DEJEAN IS OUT FOR THE SEASON WITH THAT LOWER LEG INJURY. AGAINST THE IOWA DEFENSE -- AGAINST ILLINOIS, THE IOWA DEFENSE FINISHED WITH 13 PASS BREAKUPS. HE STILL WILL BE MISSED. IOWA, ONE WIN AWAY FROM A 10 WIN SEASON. DEJA VU OF 2021. THESE BOYS WANT TO FEAST. A REVENGE GAME. THEY HAVE THE TROPHY AND THEY ARE READY FOR IT. SCOTT: IT’S GOING TO BE GREAT. LOOKING AT 85,000 FANS OUT THERE. WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU IN JUST A MOMENT. LAST YEAR, WHEN IOWA TOOK ON TE NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS, IT DIDN’T REALLY GO WELL. THEY ALREADY HAVE THE BIG TEN WEST TITLE. REVENGE ON THE LINE FOR SURE. LAST YEAR THEY WERE HELD TO LESS THAN 300 YARDS, THEY HAD FOUR TURNOVERS. ONE OF THE BRIGHT SPOTS WAS CALEB JOHNSON. THE HAWKEYES HAD A CHANCE AT THE END BUT ALEX PADILLA’S PASS WAS INTERCEPTED AND THAT WAS ALL SHE WROTE. MOST IMPORTANTLY COST THEM A SECOND STRAIGHT BIG TEN WEST TITLE AND AN APPEARANCE IN THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. IF IOWA GETS THAT REVENGE THEY WOULD END NEBRASKA SEASON. THEY ARE 3-5 IN THE BIG TEN. IOWA SITTING PRETTY HAVING CLINCHED A TRIP TO INDIANAPOLIS. YOU HAVE MIGHTY MICHIGAN, HOPING TO EARN A BERTH TO INDY. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT MATCHUP COMING UP SOON. IOWA WILL PLAY FOR THE BIG TEN TITLE. HOW HAVE THE HAWKEYES, WITH THE WORST OFFENSE IN THE NATION BEEN ABLE TO GO 9-2? THIS UNIT IS A STONE WALL THAT SUCKS THE LIFE OUT OF OPPONENTS. THIS IS WILD, THE HAWKEYES HAVE ALLOWED TWO TOUCHDOWNS OVER THE LAST 20 QUARTERS. ON THE OTHERS, THE OFFENSE IS DOWNRIGHT EMBARRASSING. HIS -- HE IS COACHING THROUGH THE BALLGAME. THEY ARE DEAD LAST IN YARDS PER GAME, 15 YARDS LESS PER GAME THEN THE TEAM AHEAD OF THEM. THEY LEAD THE COUNTRY IN PUNTS. THEY LOST TOP RECEIVING THREATS TO INJURY. THEY LOST KATE MCNAMARA -- CADE MCNAMARA. WHO DID THE HAWKEYES TURN TO? DEACON HILL. THE 258 POUNDS SOPHOMORE TOOK OVER THE STARTING ROLE AGAINST PURDUE AND HAD A BAD OCTOBER. HE COMPLETED JUST 33% OF HIS PASSES, AND POSTED A QUARTERBACK RATING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS IN ALL THREE GAMES. SINCE NOVEMBER, HE HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD. HE’S HITTING ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF HIS PASSES AND SEEMS TO BE FIGURING THINGS OUT. >> IT HAS BEEN A PROCESS. WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET. CAN’T SAY ENOUGH BOUT HIS ATTITUDE. THAT’S A POSITION WHERE EVERYBODY NOTICES. IT WASN’T GOING GREAT. HE STAYED POSITIVE AND KEPT WORKING. JUST NICE TO SEE HIM GET REWARDED A LITTLE BIT. AL-- SCOTT: IOWA KEEPS WINNING. NEBRASKA, NOT SO MUCH. THE THREE AGONIZING LOSSES HAVE BEEN BY A COMBINED 13 POINTS. FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS AND LOW LIGHTS, LET’S GET BACK OUT TO SHANNON AT MEMORIAL STADIUM. SHANNON: THIS YEAR’S NEBRASKA TEAM IS NOT GREAT. THEY ARE COMING OFF THEIR BEST OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE SEASON. CHUBBA PURDY LED THE HUSKERS TO A SEASON HIGH 274 OFFENSIVE YARDS AND 105 RUSHING YARDS. HE HAD TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND ONE INTERCEPTION IN THE OVERTIME LOSS. HE EARNED THE RIGHT TO START AGAINST THE HAWKEYES TODAY. CAN PURDY BE THE SPARK THEY NEED? THEY ARE NEAR THE BOTTOM IN RED ZONE CONVERSIONS. THEY ARE TOP 30 IN RUSHING YARDS PER GAME. WHERE THEY STRUGGLE THE MOST IS BALL SECURITY. NEBRASKA HAS TURNED THE BALL OVER 28 TIMES THIS YEAR. 13 FUMBLES, TO PUT IT IN A NICE WAY, HOT GARBAGE WITH TURNOVERS. LET’S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DEFENSE. THEY DO HAVE THE BEST DEFENSE AMONG THE NATION, DOES IT SOUND FAMILIAR AT ALL? THEY ALLOWED 19 POINTS PER GAME. NEBRASKA IS 15TH IN TOTAL DEFENSE ALLOWED. THE DEFENSE FEEDS OFF THE MEMORIAL STADIUM CROWD AS WELL. THROUGHOUT THAT SUCKER PUNCH FROM MICHIGAN, THE HUSKERS DEFENSE HAS ALLOWED LESS THAN 12 POINTS PER GAME AT HOME. IT IS ALL ABOUT FEARLESS FOOTBALL. BOTH IN LIFE AND ON THE FIELD. THERE IS ONE PIECE OF THE IOWA SECONDARY WHO ALMOST FELL IN THAT TRAP. HE TURNED IT THIS SEASON. DEFENSIVE BACK SEBASTIAN CASTRO CREDITS SUCCESS TO THREE PEOPLE, HIS MOM, OLDER BROTHER, AND RAY LEWIS. >> EVERYTHING HE SAYS ABOUT FOOTBALL TALK CORRELATED TO LIFE. SHANNON: HE KNEW IT YOUNG AGE HOW HE WANTED TO MAKE A LIVING. >> I WAS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE WHEN I WANTED TO PLAY IN THE NFL. I MADE A PLAN FOR MYSELF TO FOCUS ON FOOTBALL. >> THERE WERE A LOT OF HARD TIMES WHEN I WAS HERE. IT WOULD BE TOUGH, IT WOULD BE GRUELING SOMETIMES. I WANTED TO BE THE BEST. IT WAS HARD TO ACCEPT THAT FACT SOMETIMES. IT IS WHAT IT IS. SHANNON: HE KEPT GRINDING. >> WHEN I START CONSISTENTLY PRODUCING I DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO QUIT. >> HE HAS DONE THE HARD WORK, PAID HIS DUES. HE LOVES THE SPORT, LOVES HIS TEAMMATES. SHANNON: PUT IN THE WORK. THE RESULTS WILL COME. >> RELENTLESS. I WANT THE BALL. SHANNON: HE HAS THREE INTERCEPTIONS IN HIS 50 YEAR WITH THE HAWKEYES. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE I’M LOOKING FOR VALIDATION. I AM TRYING TO PROVE TO MYSELF. HE WANTED TO DO IT. KIND OF DOUBTED THAT HE COULD DO IT. I’M HERE. I BELIEVE I COULD DO IT. I WILL TRY TO DO IT AS LONG AS I CAN. SHANNON: CASTRO BELIEVES HE COULD PLAY IN THE NFL. KIRK FERENTZ SAYS HE HAS A PRETTY GOOD SHOT. HE ALSO SAYS HIS SECOND BIGGEST CHALLENGE WILL BE PUNCHING THAT TICKET. A SOLID PERFORMANCE WOULD DEFINITELY HELP HIS CASE. SCOTT: NEBRASKA AND IOWA WILL HAVE A HARD ENOUGH TIME SCORING POINTS. WE WILL WELCOME IN METEOROLOGIST TRAY FULL BOD -- TRAY FULBRI GHT. TREY: YOU HAVE TO BE A DIEHARD FAN TO SIT IN THIS. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A NORTHEAST WIND AT 15. YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS ARE WIDESPREAD NOT ONLY IN EASTERN NEBRASKA BUT WESTERN IOWA TECH YEAR AS WELL. SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS COULD SEE SOME SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND. GAME TIME FORECAST, 26 AT KICKOFF AT 11:00. IT SHOULD REMAIN CLOUDY AND COLD THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. SCOTT: IT WILL BE NICE AND COZY IN YOUR HOUSE. WE HAVE A TON LEFT TO GET TO. THE GAME ALL IOWA FANS WILL BE WATCHING. WHO GETS THE HAWKEYES AT INDIANAPOLIS? THE SPORTS ANCHOR COVERING THE HAWKEYES FOR A DECADE WILL JOIN US FOR AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE HUSKERS TODAY. BEFORE WE GO TO COMMERCIAL, HERE IS A TRIVIA QUESTION. THE HAWKEYES HAVE BEEN SO GOOD IN NOVEMBER. IN THE LAST 18 NOVEMBER GAMES, HOW MANY HAVE THEY WON? THE ANSWER, WHEN W SCOTT: SINCE 2019, IOWA HAS 818 GAMES IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. THEY ARE 17-1 THE ONLY LOSS WAS LAST YEAR’S TO NEBRASKA. WE ARE ABOUT 45 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE HEROES GAME. YOU KNOW WHAT PLACE LOOKS BETTER ? LUCAS OIL STADIUM. HERE’S A LOOK AT NEBRASKA AND HERE’S A LOOK AT LUCAS OIL STADIUM. NUMBER TWO OHIO STATE FACES NUMBER THREE MICHIGAN ON SATURDAY. IT’S A BATTLE OF UNDEFEATED’S. WINNER ONTO THE TITLE GAME AND ALSO REMAINS IN CONTROL OF THEIR COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF FATE. EXPECT A DEFENSIVE BATTLE. THESE ARE TWO OF THE TOP THREE. OHIO STATE HAS THE ADVANTAGE IN OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION. MICHIGAN IS REALLY GOOD AT PROTECTING THE BALL AND TAKING IT FROM OTHER TEAMS. SATURDAY, 11:00 A.M. ON FOX, THE WINNER FACES IOWA IN THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THE HAWKEYES, ON PAPER, THE GAME AGAINST NEBRASKA IS PRETTY EVENLY MATCHED. WE WANTED TO LOOK BEYOND THE NUMBERS. SHANNON TAUGHT UP WITH ANDY KENNEDY FROM OUR SISTER STATION. SHANNON: I’M HERE WITH ANDY FROM KE TV. THESE TEAMS ARE SO SIMILAR, WHAT MAKES NEBRASKA DIFFERENT? ANDY: TURNOVERS, THAT IS WHAT HAS KILLED THEM SO FAR. 23 OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE BY THE QUARTERBACK POSITION. THEIR TURNOVER MARGIN IS -15. ONLY ONE TEAM HAS A WORSE TURNOVER MARGIN, THAT IS TEMPLE. SHANNON: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE RUNNING BACK ROOM. DEPLETED WITH INJURIES, WHO STEPS UP TODAY? ANDY: IT WILL BE AND IT JOHNSON, THE REDSHIRT FRESHMN. THEY LOSE DAVE IRVIN IN THE OPENER. HE WAS A KEY CONTRIBUTOR LAST YEAR AND WAS GOING TO BE COUNTED ON THIS YEAR. ANTHONY GRANT TWISTED AN ANKLE WEIGHT IN THE GAME AGAINST WISCONSIN. THEY DON’T KNOW IF YOU WILL GO. THE OTHER ISSUE IS WIDE RECEIVER. THEY HAVE BEEN DECIMATED BY INJURIES. ONLY ONE OF THE TOP FOUR GUYS GOING IN THAT IS STILL PLAYING TODAY. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY UTILIZE THE WIDE RECEIVERS AND HOW THEY MIX IN THE TIGHT END. SHANNON: WHAT IS THE FAN BASE EXPECTING THIS SEASON AND HAVE THEY LIVED UP TO THE EXPECTATION. ANDY: TODAY WILL GO A LONG WAY IN HOW HUSKERS FANS LOOK ON TO THIS YEAR. SIX WINS AND A BOWL GAME WOULD BE AWESOME. THEY ARE RIGHT ON THE PRECIPICE. A LOT OF HUSKER FANS WONDER HOW IOWA COMES IN MENTALLY. THEY ALREADY CLINCHED THE BIG TEN WEST. NEBRASKA FANS, IF THEY COULD GET SIX WINS AND GO TO A BALLGAME, THAT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL. SHANNON: A BOWL ON THE LINE FOR NEBRASKA, REVENGE ON IOWA’S MIND AFTER BEING BEATEN BY THE CORNHUSKERS. SCOTT: THANKS. IT IS CALLED THE HEROES GAME BECAUSE EACH YEAR, EACH SCHOOL HONORS A HERO. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. HE PULLED A MAN FROM A VAN AND TUMBLED DOWN ON A HIGHWAY. IOWA HONORING A TEACHER AND ADVISOR SINCE 1997. HE IS BEING HONORED FOR THE IMPACT HE HAS HAD ON COUNTLESS KIDS PURSUING CAREERS IN AGRICULTURE. BACK WITH US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FORECAST. IT’S GOING TO BE COLD IN NEBRASKA. >> CONDITION SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN CENTRAL IOWA. LET’S LOOK AT THE GAMETIME FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON. 26 DEGREES AT KICKOFF. TEMPERATURE SLOWLY WORK THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE UPPER 20’S. A BREEZY NORTH WIND. FOR FULL SIN CENTRAL IOWA HERE TODAY. WE HAVE COLD CONDITIONS HERE AS WELL. UPPER TEENS IN LOWER PORTIONS OF THE STATE. POINTS OFF TO THE SOUTH. YOUR FORECAST HIGH TODAY DOWN TO 30 BY 7:00 P.M. AND MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. WE WILL WATCH CLOUDS CONTINUE TO SPREAD IN OVERNIGHT HOURS. NO ISSUES OTHER THAN THE CHILLY TEMPERATURES WE WILL BE DEALING WITH. TOMORROW MORNING A FEW SNOW FLURRIES OUT TO THE WEST. A LOT OF US STAY DRY. THAT WILL CHANGE GOING INTO SATURDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY NIGHT. WE WATCH THE STORM SYSTEM BRAISE US TO OUR SOUTH EAST. OVER SOUTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE. SNOWFALL FORECAST ARE TRACED FROM HIGHWAY 20 DOWN TO THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. 8 DAY FORECAST HAS US UP TO 36 TOMORROW WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW DURING THE EVENING. SUNDAY MORNING, FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WINDS AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 30’S FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY WE START TO WARM BACK UP BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. SCOTT: THE HAWKEYES WILL BE PLAYING THIS GAME WITH FULL STOMACHS FOLLOWING THEIR THANKSGIVING FEAST. WE ARE CURIOUS, WHAT ARE THE THANKSGIVING MUST HAVES? >> FAVORITE DISH I WOULD HAVE TO SAY IS HAM. I LIKE SMOKED HAM OVER TURKEY. LEAST FAVORITE? STUFFING. >> LEAST FAVORITE I WOULD PROBABLY SAY CRANBERRY SAUCE. I LIKE CRANBERRY JUICE. SOME OF THAT STUFF GEEKS ME OUT. >> MY LEAST FAVORITE IS THE CRANBERRY SAUCE OR SWEET POTATO. >> I DON’T LIKE TURKEY. MY FAVORITE IS STUFFING. OR BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE. >> I LIKE A DINNER ROLL WITH BUTTER OR GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE. YOU PROBABLY DON’T LIKE THAT ONE. >> I’M NOT A FAN OF PUMPKIN PIE. SCOTT: I’M THE SAME WAY, GIVE IT ALL TO ME. WE KICK OFF MEMORIAL STADIUM. THE HAWKEYES GET MOTIVATED, WRAPPING UP THE BIG TEN TITLE GAME BIRTH. WHAT MAKES HIM SO SUCCESSFUL. WE HEAR THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE, NEXT. HOW ABOUT ANOTHER TRIVIA QUESTION, DO YOU KNOW THIS? THEY HAVE RETIRED TWO JERSEYS. WHO IS THE OTHER PLAYER WITH HIS JERSEY RETIRED? THE ANSWER IN TWO MINUTES. SCOTT: WE TOLD YOU THE HAWKEYES RETIRED TWO NUMBERS IN PROGRAM HISTORY. NIALL KINNICK IS ONE, THE OTHER IS CALVIN JONES. THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PLAYER TO WIN THE OUTLAND TROPHY. HE’S A BELOVED MEMBER OF THIS HAWKEYE TEAM SINCE 2020. TODAY IS HIS FINAL REGULAR-SEASON GAME, TORI TAYLOR ANNOUNCED HE WILL ENTER THE NFL DRAFT. AT IOWA, PUNTING HIS WINNING, WE WILL MISS TORY, HIS LEG IS A STRAIGHT UP ROCKET LAUNCHER. SHANNON JOINS US AGAIN. I’M THINKING YOU ARE WALKING ON, IS THAT THE PLAN? SHANNON: I DON’T KNOW IF I COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT. I WILL JUST SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS. I’M HERE WITH PUNTER TORY TAYLOR . YOU WILL SHOW ME HOW TO DO THE PERFECT POINT, RIGHT? >> I DON’T KNOW IF THERE’S A SUCH THING BUT WE WILL TRY. ALMOST LIKE A HANDSHAKE GRIP AS SOME WOULD SAY. I TRY TO FOCUS ON THIS POINT OF THE BALL BEING AT 10:00. THE BIGGEST THING IS I’M ALWAYS TRYING TO HIT THE FRONT OF THE NIKE SYMBOL. IF YOU HIT BACK HERE, THE BALL WILL SHOOT THIS WAY. REMEMBER, YOU HAVE TO DO 10 AND TWO. THIS IS 10:00 AND THE LACES ARE AT 2:00. FEEL LIKE YOU ARE HITTING THIS PART OF THE BALL. SHANNON: ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DROP IT? >> YES. KEEP IT RIGHT HERE. SWING ACROSS THIS WAY. I WANT YOU TO TAKE ONE STEP, TWO STEP, KICK. WATCH OUT, HONESTLY. I’M NERVOUS. THAT’S NOT TOO BAD. I’VE SEEN WORSE. SHANNON: YOU HIT THE BACK OF THE BALL. IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BALL, IT WILL TUMBLE. LACES OUT. >> IT’S NOT AS EASY AS PEOPLE THINK? SHANNON: IT ISN’T. THERE’S NO SUCH THING. WE TRY OUR BEST. >> THAT’S ALL THAT I DO. THAT’S ALL PUNTERS AND KICKERS DO. SHANNON: I WAS NOT THE BEST. TORY IS THE BEST, LITERALLY. HE PARTNERS WITH AN IOWA BASED CAMPAIGN THAT HELPS RAISE AWARENESS FOR PREVENTABLE STILLBIRTHS. HE DONATES HIS AND IL MONEY -- NIL MONEY. HE HAS RAISED OVER $50,000 IN THE TWO YEARS HE HAS BEEN WITH THE CAMPAIGN. PRETTY SPECIAL FOR HIM. WE ARE ABOUT 30 MINUTES AWAY FROM KICKOFF. I’M GOING NOWHERE. FANS ARE HEADED TOWARDS THE STADIUM. STAY RIGHT THERE. >> FROM ����vlog, IOWA’S SPORTS LEADER. YOU ARE WATCHING IOWA KICKOFF. >> JUST PASSED BOESCH AND BECCA ARE -- BO SCHEMBECHLER FOR WINS IN THE BIG TEN. SCOTT: THAT WAS LONGTIME ASSISTANT PHIL PARKER HANDING HIM THE GAME BALL AS HE PASSED THE MICHIGAN GREAT FOR ALL TIME WINS IN BIG TEN PLAY. HE HAS THE THIRD MOST WINS IN BIG TEN HISTORY. 11 WAYS -- WINDS AWAY FROM HOLDING THE RECORD. THEY ARE BOUND FOR INDIANAPOLIS. ONE MORE GAME TO FOCUS ON. WHICH TEAM WILL COME OUT MORE AGGRESSIVE? YOU COULD MAKE THE ARGUMENT NEBRASKA HAS MORE TO PLAY FOR SINCE THEY HAVE TO WIN TO MAKE A BALLGAME. IOWA ALREADY WON THE DIVISION. >> I MIGHT BE WRONG RIGHT NOW. PART OF THAT SURVIVAL INSTINCT. WE ARE NOT GOING TO, OUR GUYS KNOW THAT. >> WE ARE ALL IN ON THIS GAME. THAT’S HOW EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM WANTS IT TO BE. WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THESE NOVEMBER GAMES ARE. SCOTT: DESPITE THE ABYSMAL OFFENSE, THE DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS STEPPED UP. ONE OF THOSE LOSSES HAVE COME ON THE ROAD. THAT WAS AT PENN STATE FOR THE WIDE-OUT. THAT WAS A FLAT OUT EMBARRASSING BEAT DOWN THAT’S ON THE OFFENSE MUSTER 76 TOTAL YARDS. THE OTHER THREE ROAD GAMES, THE HAWKEYES ARE SCORING AN AVERAGE OF 13 POINTS PER GAME. THEY SAY THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME. THE HAWKEYES SEEMED TO ENJOY THE ROAD. THEY WILL WRAP UP THIS YEAR’S REGULAR SEASON. LET’S TOSS IT OUT TO OUR OWN SHANNON EHRHARDT LIVE. REMIND THE FANS AT HOME WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME? SHANNON: LET’S TURN BACK TIME, 2020 ONE. WHAT A GAME IT WAS. IT SHOULD’VE BEEN SMOOTH SAILING FOR NEBRASKA, THEY WERE UP BY 15. THEY BLEW THAT LEAD AND IT TURNED INTO A HAILSTORM. NEBRASKA UNRAVELED. THE HAWKEYES STUFFED A FOURTH-DOWN POINT ATTEMPT TURNING A 12 POINT GAME INTO SIX. THEY TIED THE GAME AT 21. A TOUCHDOWN WITH JUST OVER 3:00 TO GO MADE IT 28-21. HERE’S WHERE THE FIRST YEAR QUARTERBACK HIT THE PANIC BUTTON. AFTER CONVERTING A FOURTH-DOWN WITH THEM MINUTES AGO, THE IOWA SAID NO MORE. HE THREW THE GAME-WINNING INTERCEPTION, WHICH KEPT THE TROPHY IN IOWA FO THE SEVENTH STRAIGHT SEASON. THE LAST TIME IOWA HAD A 10 WIN SEASON, LET’ STOP LIVING IN THE PAST. SCOTT: LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT KALEB JOHNSON, GETTING BETTER DOWN THE STRETCH. KALEB JOHNSON, 20 CARRIES, 107 YARDS, THE GAME-WINNING TOUCHDOWN. THEN THERE IS CALEB BROWN, STEPPING UP BIG TIME. HE HAS 14 TARGETS, 10 CATCHES. AGAINST ILLINOIS, HE HAD 71 YARDS ON SEVEN CATCHES. >> RIGHT NOW HE’S PLAYING REALLY WELL. HE HAS REALLY PAID ATTENTION. IT IS STARTING TO MAKE SENSE. IT FEELS LIKE I SHOULD BE DOING THIS. SHANNON: EACH TEAM HAS ITS OWN GAMEDAY TRADITIONS. THEY USED TO DO BALLOONS, THEY WILL RELEASE THEM ALL. THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW. AS THE HUSKERS MAKE THE LONG WALK FROM THE LOCKER ROOM TO THE FIELD. THERE WAS A HORSESHOE HANGING OUTSIDE. THEY THEN WALKED THROUGH THE FANS ON THE RED CARPET BEFORE BEING RELEASED TO 85,000 SCREAMING FANS. THE PLAYERS HAVE BOUGHT INTO IT. INSTEAD OF CAPTAINS, HE HANDS OUT SINGLE-DIGIT JERSEYS. YOU MIGHT SOME -- SEE SOME DEFENSIVE LINEMAN WITH LOW NUMBERS. HE AWARDS PLAYERS FOR HARD WORK. THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH IS IMPLEMENTING A SYSTEM THAT AWARDS A SINGLE-DIGIT JERSEY NUMBER TO THE TOUGHEST PLAYERS ON THE TEAM. A TRADITION HE UTILIZED AT TEMPLE, BAYLOR, AND NOW HERE AT NEBRASKA. >> IT’S NOTHING ABOUT THE COACHES. IT’S ALL THE PLAYERS. WHO IS THE EMBODIMENT OF WHAT WE WANT NEBRASKA FOOTBALL TO BE AND REPRESENT US THE BEST? IT’S COOL TO SEE THAT. SHANNON: THIS GAME, A TRADITION, THE 13TH STREET BLACK FRIDAY BRAWL BETWEEN THESE TEAMS. SCOTT: AWESOME, THANK YOU. FANS WATCHING THE GAME WILL DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE THE LAST NAME ON THE JERSEY OF THE NEBRASKA QUARTERBACK. CHUBBA PURDY, BROTHER OF CYCLONE LEGEND AND 49ERS QUARTERBACK BROCK PURDY. HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST QUARTERBACKS COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. HE WENT TO FLORIDA STATE FOR TWO YEARS LAST YEAR HE WAS LISTED AS A FRESHMAN, STARTED TWICE. THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE HIS SECOND START OF THE SEASON. LAST WEEK HE HAD A HUGE GAME. OVER 100 YARDS RUSHING. BEST OUTPUT FOR A NEBRASKA QUARTERBACK THIS SEASON. HE’S HOPING HIS FOOTBALL JOURNEY IS FINALLY PANNING OUT. >> IT’S CRAZY, I LOOK BACK AND I’VE BEEN TRAINING FOR FOUR YEARS. I KNOW I HAVE DEALT WITH SURGERIES AND SETBACKS. I HAD SOME PLAYING TIME AND DIDN’T PLAY WELL. THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS, JUST KEEP WORKING AND PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND KEEP GOING. SCOTT: THE TERM OVER-UNDER MEANS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF POINTS PROJECTED TO BE SCORED. THE IOWA-NEBRASKA IS CURRENTLY SITTING AT 24.5 TOTAL POINTS. THE LOWEST EVER FOR AN NCAA FOOTBALL GAME. IOWA HAS SET AND BROKE THAT RECORD A FEW TIMES. MINNESOTA WAS 30.5, THE UNDER IT. RUTGERS, THEY SAID IT AGAIN, IT WAS THE UNDER. WILL THE TREND CONTINUE. LET’S PLAY A LITTLE GAME. I WILL SHOW YOU TWO SETS OF STATS AND YOU HAVE TO GUESS WHICH SET OF STATS IS IOWA’S END WHICH IS NEBRASKA’S. THESE TEAMS ARE NEARLY IDENTICAL IN SCORING. THIRD DOWN AND RED ZONE CONVERSION. YOU KNOW WHICH SIDE IS NEBRASKA AND WHICH ONE IS IOWA? THAT IS ACTUALLY NEBRASKA ON THE LEFT. STATISTICALLY THEY HAVE A BETTER OFFENSE. NOT A COMPLETE SHOCK BUT THEY ARE NOT SEPARATED BY MUCH. THE HUSKERS HAVE A BIG ADVANTAGE WITH THEIR GROUND GAME, 26 BEST IN THE NATION. IF WE WOULD’VE ADDED RUSHING YARDS PER GAME, THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT AWAY. NEBRASKA IS BANGED UP IN THE BACKFIELD. THE DEFENSE OF MATCHUPS, LOOK AT THESE RANKINGS, WHICH IS IOWA AND WHICH IS NEBRASKA? SEE IF YOU COULD FIGURE IT OUT. PROBABLY EASIER ON THIS ONE. IOWA, ONE OF THE BEST DEFENSES IN THE NATION. THE CORNHUSKERS ARE NO SLOUCHES ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, ONE OF THE BEST RUSH DEFENSES. COULD GET IN THE BACKFIELD IN A HURRY. WE ARE LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR FROM KICKOFF. INJURIES HAVE PLAYED A BIG PART ON BOTH ROSTERS THIS SEASON. LET’S SEND IT BACK OUT TO SHANNON EHRHARDT. SHANNON: LET’S TALK NEBRASKA. THE HEALTH OF THEIR GROUND GAME IS CONCERNING. IT IS RIDDLED WITH INJURY. THE RUNNING BACK ROOM USED TO BE THE DEEPEST AND NOW IT IS ONE OF THE THINNEST. SOME GUYS THEY LOST YEAR CAME FROM THAT WISCONSIN GAME. RUNNING BACK ONE ANTHONY GRANT GOT INJURED LAST SATURDAY. HE’S LISTED AS QUESTIONABLE. HE’S LIKELY A GAMETIME DECISION. HE HAS THE SECOND MOST RUSHING YARDS AND TOUCHDOWN BEHIND THEIR INJURED QUARTERBACK ONE. HE WAS ROLLED OUT AND DAVE IRVIN JUNIOR -- THE HUSKERS WILL HAVE TO TURN TO TRUE FRESHMAN EMMETT JOHNSON AVERAGING 54 YARDS PER GAME. BEHIND HIM IS WIDE RECEIVER TURNED RUNNING BACK AND A FRESHMAN, WHO HAS ZERO STATS THIS SEASON. SOMETHING TO REMEMBER HERE, IOWA HAS THE 18TH BEST RUSH DEFENSE IN THE COUNTRY. IT HAS ALSO BEEN A TOUGH SEASON FOR THE HAWKEYES, LOSING MANY OF THEIR BIGGEST NAMES, COOPER DEJEAN, CADE MCNAMERA, ERICK ALL. KALEB BROWN HAD STEPPED UP AND KNOW IT SHANNON WAS SUSPENDED AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN A GAMBLING INVESTIGATION THAT HIT IOWA AND IOWA STATE. THE INJURY BUG HAS EATEN IOWA ALIVE. JEFF: THE MENTALITY FOR THIS FOOTBALL TEAM HAS BEEN MAN UP. THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF AND THE OPPORTUNITY TAKES FULL ADVANTAGE. ONE PLAYER DOING JUST THAT, MAKING THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND CARRYING THE PRIDE OF A SMALL TOWN ON ITS SHOULDERS. YOU COULD FIT THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF FARNAMVILLE, IOWA IN A SMALL SECTION OF KINNICK STADIUM. ONE OF THOSE 300 IS KYLE FISCH ER, HE COULD’VE GONE TO SMALLER SCHOOLS IN MINNESOTA BUT DECIDED TO STAY IN IOWA, NEAR HIS FAMILY AS A WALK ON. >> I FEEL LIKE IT WAS FOR THEM, I’M SURE THEY LIKED IT. JEFF: THAT DECISION HAS PAID OFF. HE IS NEAR FAMILY BUT IN HIS SENIOR YEAR, FISCHER IS FINDING HIS STRIDE. 23 TACKLES, 3.5 FOR A LOSS. AT THE PENN STATE WIDE-OUT, HE GOT HIS FIRST CAREER START. >> IT WAS REALLY COOL, GOING OUT THERE AGAINST PENN STATE. THEY TRIED TO ATTACK ME, WHICH I TOOK PERSONAL. IT WAS ALL RIGHT. JEFF: BEAVER STADIUM, A LITTLE BIGGER THAN PLAYING IN SOUTHEAST VALLEY. FISHER WAS READY FOR THE MOMENT. I DON’T KNOW IF THEY THOUGHT I WASN’T GOING TO BE READY. JEFF: THE MOMENT HE MIGHT BE REMEMBERED FOR MOST IS THIS. RETURNING THAT BLOCKED PUNT AGAINST NEBRASKA BACK FOR A TOUCHDOWN, SPARKING THE COMEBACK. SILENCING THE CROWD AT MEMORIAL STADIUM. SOME OF WHOM WERE HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. >> ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL IS A HUGE HUSKERS FAN. EVERY NEBRASKA GAME HE IS AT THE GAME AND HE IS IN NEBRASKA GEAR. JEFF: THIS YEAR, AS FISHER RETURNS TO LINCOLN, HE HOPES THAT HUSKER FAN IS WEARING BLACK AND GOLD. >> I HOPE YOU’RE WEARING SOME IOWA GEAR. SHANNON: NEXT MAN UP MENTALITY. AS A TEAM, GOT A LOT OF HIGH-FIVES. YOU COULD HEAR IT BEHIND ME. LINES ARE FILING IN. I REALLY WISH YOU WERE HERE TO SEE THIS. SCOTT: IT SEEMS COLD. I’M HAPPY YOU ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME. WE TALKED TO KYLER RIGHT THERE. A COUPLE OF HOUSEHOLDS DIVIDED OUT THERE. DEFINITELY MORE HAWKEYE FANS WATCHING THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW. YOU ARE AT HOME, IT’S NICE AND WARM, WHAT’S IT LIKE OUTSIDE? TREY: VERY COLD OUT THERE THIS MORNING IN LINCOLN. IT IS A DRY AIR, CLOUDY SKIES AT THE MOMENT IN LINCOLN AND ALSO ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA. RADAR RIGHT NOW SHOWING A CLEAN SWEEP ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA. THERE IS ACTUALLY SNOW OCCURRING OUT WEST. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AT 26 DEGREES AT 11:00 A.M. WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. SCOTT: ANOTHER LIVE LOOK INSIDE MEMORIAL STADIUM. THEY ARE DOING SENIOR DAY RIGHT NOW AS NEBRASKA PLAYERS TAKE THE FIELD. THEY ARE TRYING TO BEAT IOWA. WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO GET TO COMING UP. WE WILL TALK TO JOE EVANS AS HE TALKS ABOUT HIS REMARKABLE JOURNEY. WE ALSO CHECK BACK IN WITH KEYS TO THE GAME FROM THE NEBRASKA SIDE, WHAT IOWA NEEDS TO DO TO GET REVENGE THEY CRAVE HERE ON BLACK FRIDAY. DON’T GO ANYWHERE. WE ARE BACK AFTER THIS. SCOTT: WELCOME BACK. NOT EVERY COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS JOURNEY IS THE SAME. BLUE-CHIP RECRUITS AND WALK ON’S. AS JEFF TELLS US, IT’S NOT ABOUT HOW YOU START, IT’S ABOUT HOW YOU FINISH. JEFF: FOR SO MANY IOWA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS, THEY HAVE THE DREAM OF WALKING OUT OF THIS TUNNEL BEHIND ME, THE ONE HERE AT KINNICK STADIUM, BACK IN BLACK BLARING OVER THE LOUDSPEAKERS AND 60,000 STRONG FILLING THE STANDS OF KINNICK STADIUM BLACKE -- DECKED OUT IN BLACK AND GOLD. ONE PLAYER IS LIVING THAT DREAM AND SO MUCH MORE. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WHEN IOWA CAPTAIN JOE EVANS WAS COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, HIS SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS TO PLAY FOOTBALL WERE SLIM. >> I WASN’T GETTING ANY DIVISION I LOOKS. I REALLY WASN’T GETTING ANY LOOKS AT ALL. IOWA STATE CAME IN AND OFFERED ME A WALK ON SPOT, SO DID IOWA. JEFF: THE AMES NATIVE DIDN’T THINK TWICE. SON OF A FORMER WALK ON QUARTERBACK FOR THE HAWKEYES, JOE FOLLOWED HIS DAD’S FOOTSTEPS. >> I KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE A HAWKEYE. JEFF: IT’S HARD TO GET NOTICED. LITTLE BY LITTLE, MEMBERS OF THE STAFF TOOK NOTICE TO THE YOUNG PLAYER WHO WOULD TURN OUT TO BE A CORNERSTONE PIECE OF THE 2023 DEFENSE. >> COACH WAS LIKE WHO IS NUMBER 13? I OVERHEARD IT AND I WAS LIKE THAT MUST MEAN I’M DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. JEFF: IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT MAN IN THE BUILDING TO NOTICE. LEADING TO THE DAY THAT WOULD CHANGE JO’S LIFE FOREVER. DO YOU RECALL BEING PUT ON SCHOLARSHIP? >> I WILL REMEMBER THIS PERFECTLY. I AM STANDING RIGHT AT THAT YELLOW. I’M WATCHING KICKOFF AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I WATCH COACH FERENTZ LOCKED IN. DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG? HE’S LIKE BE LINING TOWARDS ME. THIS IS NOT GOOD. HE COMES OVER AND HE SAYS HOW’S IT GOING? I’M LIKE IT’S GOING GOOD. HE SAID HOW’S YOUR FAMILY DOING? I SAID THEY ARE DOING GREAT. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE JUST PUT YOU ON SCHOLARSHIP. JEFF: IT WOULD BE THE START OF A REMARKABLE JOURNEY FROM WALK ON TO CAPTAIN. AN HONOR HE WILL CARRY WITH HIM THE REST OF HIS LIFE. >> THAT’S MY BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT. I DON’T THINK THAT SOMETHING I WILL EVER GET OVER. SOMETHING I DON’T TAKE LIGHTLY THAT MY TEAMMATES VOTED ME AS A CAPTAIN. JEFF: HE EARNED THAT VOTE. EVANS IS A MACHINE. HE WAS A MAN WHO FORCED THE HUGE SAFETY IN THE DIVISION TITLE CLINCHING WIN OVER ILLINOIS LAST SATURDAY. JUST THREE GUARANTEED GAMES REMAIN FOR JOE EVANS. NEBRASKA, THE BIG TEN TITLE GAME, AND A BALLGAME. HE WILL CLOSE ONE CHAPTER IN HIS LIFE THAT HAS BEEN WON IN A MILLION. >> IT HAS BEEN HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS. WHEN I’M 50, HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME KIDS AND TELL THEM ABOUT THIS JOURNEY. IT’S A BIT SURREAL. SCOTT: JOE IS AN AWESOME GUY. WE ARE 15 MINUTES FROM KICKOFF AS THE HAWKEYES ARE LOOKING FOR REVENGE. SHANNON ERHARD TALKED WITH ANDY FROM OUR SISTER STATION ABOUT KEYS TO THE GAME FOR IOWA IF THEY PLAN ON RECLAIMING THAT HEROES TROPHY. SHANNON: BACK HERE WITH ANDY, KIND ENOUGH TO STICK AROUND WITH US. WE HAVE TO TALK IOWA. TELL ME WHAT AN OUTSIDER THINKS ABOUT THIS TEAM? ANDY: THEY HAVE A GREAT DEFENSE AND A GREAT PUNTER. NORMALLY, OUTSTANDING SPECIAL TEAMS ALL AROUND. THAT’S HOW NEBRASKA HAS KIND OF MOLDED THEMSELVES. I KNOW HUSKER FANS MAY SHUDDER WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT THAT, NEBRASKA FOOTBALL SHOULD BE LIKE IOWA. THAT IS THE TEMPLATE THEY HAVE BECAUSE OF THE OFFENSIVE STRUGGLES. NEBRASKA HAS NOT BEEN GOOD IN SPECIAL TEAMS. IOWA, FROM AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE THEY KNOW THEY PLAYED GREAT DEFENSE, HAVE AN OUTSTANDING PUNTER AND HERE’S A STAT THAT BOGGLED MY MIND, IN NOVEMBER GAMES SINCE 2019, IOWA IS 17-1 AND NEBRASKA IS 3-15. SHANNON: HOW IS NEBRASKA GOING TO BEAT IOWA IN THIS GAME? ANDY: THEY HAVE TO PLAY GREAT DEFENSE. THEY HAVE TO HIT ON A COUPLE OF OFFENSIVE PLAYS. WE SAW THAT EARLY IN THE GAME, THEY WENT UP 14-0. THEY WERE UNABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT. THEY HAVE TO DO JUST ENOUGH OFFENSIVELY AND GET STOPS ON DEFENSE AND THEN GET SOMETHING FROM SPECIAL TEAMS. TRUE FRESHMAN KICKER FROM NEBRASKA HAS BEEN GOOD BUT HAS HAD SOME UPS AND DOWNS. A LITTLE INCONSISTENT. HE’S A STATE CHAMPION THAT WON INSIDE THAT BUILDING KICKING FIVE FIELD GOALS INCLUDING A GAME-WINNER. THE KID KNOWS HOW TO HIT BIG KICKS. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SHANNON: THANK YOU SO MUCH. BACK TO YOU. SCOTT: IT’S RIVALRY WEEKEND AND THERE IS A SALIVATING SLATE OF GAMES ON DECK FOR ALL OF YOU FOOTBALL FANS. 9-2 MISSOURI TRAVELS TO ARKANSAS. TEXAS LOOKING TO CRACK THAT COVETED TOP FOUR, THEY HAVE TO BEAT TEXAS TECH FIRST. THE BATTLE FOR OREGON IS TONIGHT. WE TALKED ABOUT OHIO STATE AND MICHIGAN FOR THE BIG TEN EAST. WINNER PLAYS IOWA NEXT SATURDAY. CYCLONES ARE LOOKING TO RUIN KANSAS STATE’S BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP. 7:00 ON FOX. HERE ON ����vlog, WE HAVE THE IRON BOWL, ALABAMA AND AUBURN TOMORROW. KENTUCKY AND LOUISVILLE, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON STATE. FOR TO STAY IN FLORIDA, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA STATE. WE HAVE THE HEROES GAME COMING UP IN ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES. ONE MORE BREAK AND THEN WE WILL HEAD BACK OUT TO MEMORIAL STADIUM AS IT SHANNON AND I GO- BACK AND FORTH AS WE BREAK DOWN OUR KEYS FOR A HAWKEYE VICTORY. THERE HAVE BEEN 26 IOWA PLAYERS SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE DRAFT, ONLY ONE HAS BEEN SELECTED FIRST OVERALL. DON’T CHEAT, IT WILL BE MORE FUN WHEN YOU HEAR THE ANSWER, WE COME BK IN A COUPLE MINUTES. SCOTT: 26 FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICKS IN HAWKEYE HISTORY. ONLY ONE WAS THE FIRST OVERALL PICK. YOU KNOW WHO IT WAS? RANDY DUNCAN BACK IN 1959. THE PACKERS TOOK HIM NUMBER ONE. ROBERT GALLERY WENT NUMBER TWO TO THE RAIDERS. I KNOW YOU ARE ITCHING TO GET IN THE DOOR, BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, I’M LOOKING FOR A BIG GAME OUT OF OUR GUY. WE WILL NEED A PICK SIX ACTION. I’M PICKING THE X MAN. WHO IS STEPPING UP? SHANNON: I SEE SEBASTIAN CASTRO STEPPING UP. THE HUNGER IN HIS EYES THAT I SAW. I TALKED TO HIM EARLIER THIS WEEK, I COULD SEE HIM GETTING A PICK. I CAN ALSO SEE NEBRASKA DROPPING THE BALL A FEW TIMES. I KNOW NEBRASKA IS NUMBER FIVE. STRENGTH VERSUS STRENGTH BATTLE. IOWA COMES OUT WITH THE UPPER HAND. THE IOWA OFFENSE, IF IT COULD KEEP FROM GOING THREE AND OUT, THEY HAVE SOME DEFENSE. THE IOWA PASSING GAME COULD GET GOING, THEY COULD GET IN THE RED ZONE. ONCE IOWA GETS IN THE RED ZONE THEY ARE ABOUT 86% AT CONVERTING. I GUESS WE WILL SEE. MY FINAL SCORE PREDICTION, 10-NINE. JUST ONE TOUCHDOWN BECAUSE DEFENSE VERSUS DEFENSE. SCOTT: GOING WITH THE UNDER AGAIN. THAT WOULD BE THE TREND WE ARE SEEING. NEBRASKA IS FAVORED BY 2.5 POINTS IN THIS GAME. I’M GOING ALL DEFENSE. THEY HAVE BEEN HOT. THEY ARE ON A WINNING STREAK. NEBRASKA IS NOT. I WILL PICK THE HAWKEYES, 17-13. THERE YOU HAVE IT. HAWKEYES PULL IT OUT. SHANNON: YOU HAVE THE OVER. SCOTT: TRY NOT TO MAKE TOO MANY ENEMIES OUT THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR PRODUCER, PHOTOGRAPHER, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. THE GAME IS COMING UP IN MINUTES RIGHT HERE ON ����vlog. COULD IOWA GET REVENGE? STAY TUNED