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On to Indy: No. 5 Iowa clinches Big Ten West with gritty win over Purdue

Not the cold, not the snow, not any team on Iowa’s schedule has stopped the Hawkeyes as they enter the final week of the regular season.

Iowa answered a Purdue uprising with a pair of touchdown throws by C.J. Beathard to tight ends George Kittle and Henry Krieger-Coble to pull away for a 40-20 victory Saturday at at a snowy Kinnick Stadium in the wake of an overnight storm in Iowa City.

The fifth-ranked Hawkeyes (11-0, 7-0 Big Ten) clinched the Big Ten West Division title and secured their first appearance in the league’s title game, Dec.