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By JAMES ALLAN
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A small, rural town, 80 miles northwest of the University of Nebraska, sees University of Iowa football as must-see television.
The conversion of Howells, Nebraska -- population 550 -- from everything Cornhusker to a sliver of Hawkeye comes from UI junior Nathan Bazata.