Week three of the 2020 college football season featured some interesting match ups, but the most exciting moments to come out of this week occurred far from the field of play. The Big Ten’s announcement that it will play a shortened conference-only season starting in late October and the release of its new schedule this weekend has Hawkeye fans salivating about watching their team back in action. Iowa’s season opener against Purdue on October 24 can’t arrive fast enough.
Yet Iowa’s smooth return to the gridiron is not guaranteed, something which the broader college football landscape has made clear.