We’ve been waiting all year for it.
No cupcakes, no tune-ups, no Rutgers.
Spencer Petras and the Hawkeyes were thrust into the fire early against a Purdue team that was without its head coach and all-American receiver Rondale Moore, and it looked like Iowa didn’t know what to do when it got to the hydrant.
By the hands of former walk-on quarterback Aidan O’Connell, another all-start wide receiver in David Bell, and 2020’s version of Mark Weisman in Zander Horvath, Purdue stuck it to iowa at home in 24-20 win.
It was typical plodding start for the Hawkeyes: drops by the normally sure-handed Brandon Smith, Shaun Beyer, and Ihmir Smith-Marsette led to an abysmal 2-8 start for Petras.