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Updated: 14 September 2012 | 3:18 pm in The Hlog by Mike Hlas

Zounds! ESPN.com and CBSsports.com writers pick UNI to beat Iowa

Others are picking Iowa, but that's not as surprising so it gets buried in the smaller headline

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Zounds! ESPN.com and CBSsports.com writers pick UNI to beat Iowa

This is who usually makes predictions for me

I don’t think you’d have seen this coming a few weeks ago. Adam Rittenberg, the fine 24/7 Big Ten blogger for ESPN.com, sees a second-straight 17-16 score in the Northern Iowa-Iowa football series. But he’s projecting the Panthers are the victors this time. (His blog partner, Brian Bennett, forecasts a 12-9 Iowa win. Which wouldn’t be a whole lot more satisfying in Hawkdom. Or maybe it would.) Meanwhile, Mike Singer of CBSsports.com, also has UNI prevailing, by 23-17. In the interest of balance, I give you Phil Steele, who simply says “UI by 13.” In the Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems, I’ve got the Hawkeyes winning by 27-17. I must think Iowa will score a defensive touchdown or two. Or, some magic dust has been spread across Iowa’s offense. All six Pick ‘Ems panelists tabbed Iowa over Iowa State last week, a fact that ISU noted with delight and good reason in his postgame press conference.

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Zounds! ESPN.com and CBSsports.com writers pick UNI to beat Iowa
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    Mike Williams said: On September 14, 2012

    Meh. I think Iowa wins. There. Take it to the bank.

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    JL Petersen said: On September 14, 2012

    45-18 Hawks win. In the words of Colin Clive, “Look. It’s moving. It’s alive. it’s ALIVE!”

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    sanji azad said: On September 14, 2012

    Either Iowa comes out smokin’ and wins this game by a huge margin, say 49-10, or the ghost of Frank Lauterbur will be lurking along the sidelines the rest of the season. Is Kirk Ferentz running an Iowa a football team or a daycare center? We’ll know by around 5:30 Saturday afternoon.

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      Mike Miller said: On September 14, 2012

      5:30? With all these replacement refs (who barely know the rules mind you), we’ll be lucky if the game is over by 7.

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    Mike Hlas said: On September 14, 2012

    I don’t know why the text all morphed into one long paragraph, but the monkey isn’t happy about it!

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    Wright Williams said: On September 15, 2012

    Based on this season’s performances alone:
    UNI 17 Iowa 10.

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    Paul Davis said: On September 15, 2012

    The very fact of this conversation is a sad commentary on Iowa football fortunes this year.


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