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CARL’S AUTO GROUP. SO MUCH HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT WHAT QUARTERBACK MARK GRONOWSKI WILL LOOK LIKE FOR IOWA. IT’S BEEN THE DOMINATING TOPIC OF CONVERSATION EVER SINCE THE SOUTH DAKOTA TRANSFER STEPPED ON CAMPUS. AND NOW FANS ARE JUST DAYS AWAY FROM GETTING ANSWERS. JEFF DUBROF WAS IN IOWA CITY WITH MORE ON JANUARY 7TH IS WHEN MARK GRONOWSKI COMMITTED TO IOWA, NOW, 231 DAYS LATER, WE ARE THAT MUCH CLOSER TO THE SPECULATION BECOMING A REALITY AS GRONOWSKI TAKES THE FIELD ON SATURDAY AS THE NEW QB1 OF THE HAWKEYES. A LOT OF KIDS DREAM OF IT. I DREAMT OF IT AS A KID, SO I’M JUST GOING TO GO OUT THERE, BE ME, AND GO HAVE FUN. ALL THE QUESTIONS, ALL THE WHAT IFS COME TO AN END. ALL THE TALKING STOPS, AND PERHAPS NO ONE IS MORE EXCITED ABOUT THAT THAN GRONOWSKI HIMSELF. I’M REALLY PUMPED. YOU KNOW, EVERYONE’S BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW’S THE PRESSURE? WHAT’S THE PRESSURE FEELING LIKE? AND IT’S JUST WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. YOU KNOW, IT’S A BLESSING TO BE NAMED THE QUARTERBACK FOR IOWA. AND IT’LL BE THE FIRST TIME THE FANS GET TO SEE WHAT HIS TEAMMATES AND COACHES HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FROM FALL CAMP. HE’S JUST GETTING WAY MORE COMFORTABLE BACK THERE MAKING PLAYS, STEPPING UP, MAKING THROWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO JUST HOW HIS PROGRESS HAS CAME, IT’S CAME A LONG WAY. HE’S REALLY A HUMBLE GUY, I WOULD SAY UNDERSTATED, BUT HE’S GOT A QUIET CONFIDENCE. BUT THERE’S NO ARROGANCE THERE AT ALL. AND I THINK IT’S EASY TO, YOU KNOW, EASY TO LOOK AT THE GUY AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS SOMEBODY WE WANT TO FOLLOW. SATURDAY. WE WILL SEE JUST HOW MUCH PROGRESS MARK HAS MADE IN THIS. TIM LESTER OFFENSE. FINALLY, A GAME DAY WHERE YOU’D HOPE PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. AND I’M TALKING EVERY ASPECT OF THE GAME THAT EVEN INCLUDES RUNNING OUT ONTO DUKE SLATER FIELD HERE AT KINNICK STADIUM BEHIND ME. YEAH, THEY EVEN PRACTICED THE SWARM. WE PRACTICED IT LAST WEEK. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I’VE ALREADY. WHEN WE WALKED OUT FOR KIDS DAY WALKING OUT WITH A COUPLE OF THE KIDS CAPTAINS, EVEN THOUGH THE CROWD WASN’T EVEN THERE YET. IT WAS JUST PRETTY EMOTIONAL WALKING WITH THOSE KIDS. REPORTING FROM IOWA CITY JEFF DUBROF ����vlog, IOWA SPORTS LEADER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JEFF. IT’S A 5:00 KICKOFF AT KINNICK STADIUM. LIKE YOU HEARD, THE HAWKEYES ARE FAVORED BY 38.5 POINTS. YOU G