Your calendar may say that it’s September 11, 2020, but your eyes are deceiving you. You may think that the yearly Cy-Hawk football game, once scheduled for this weekend, has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, but you’re wrong. It’s week two of the fledgling 2017 season, the Hawkeyes are heading into Ames, Iowa 1-0, and the only “Corona” I’m familiar with is best served cold on the beach.
How does Iowa stack up against the Cyclones in this game that totally hasn’t happened yet? The Hawkeye defense certainly looked dominant in its win over Wyoming in week one, holding potential first-round draft pick Josh Allen to 164 yards of total offense and only three points while intercepting him twice and sacking him three times.