The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems panel returns for the 2023 college football season. This week’s picks include Iowa vs. Utah State, Iowa State vs. UNI and Rutgers vs. Northwestern.
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The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems panel returns for the 2023 college football season. This week’s picks include Iowa vs. Utah State, Iowa State vs. UNI and Rutgers vs. Northwestern.
UNI is 3-9 against Iowa State in the Mark Farley era, with wins in 2007, ’13 and ’16. Here are three keys for the Panthers against the Cyclones in Saturday’s season opener.
The Big 12 is replete with accomplished quarterbacks, but it’s likely UNI’s Theo Day will be one of the best play-callers Iowa State faces in 2023. Here are three keys for the Cyclones and a score prediction.
The praise from UNI Coach Mark Farley couldn’t have been much higher this preseason as Farley compared Theo Day to the only UNI quarterback to lead the program to an FCS championship game.
Iowa State defensive coordinator Jon Heacock is firmly convinced Northern Iowa quarterback Theo Day will eventually play on Sundays. But first, he and his defense must face Day on Saturday.
Two returnees and a transfer — Harrison Bey-Buie, Josh Jenkins and Tye Edwards — are poised to assume the snaps left vacant at running back for UNI, a position that’s more difficult than any to evaluate in practice because of the lack of live tackling that takes place in football’s new era.
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The back seven of Northern Iowa’s defense features considerable turnover. A least four new starters will line up at linebacker and in the secondary against Iowa State.
Iowa State has won the past three meetings with Northern Iowa, but three of the latest four matchups have been decided by six or fewer points. Here are five Panthers to watch in Saturday’s season opener.
Replicating or building on the success of what became a breakout season offensively for Northern Iowa in 2022 will come down to its offensive line in 2023. What’s somewhat unique to those competing to fill the four vacant starting spots is many of them have previous starting experience.
Entering a season with plenty of anticipation and high expectations, Northern Iowa’s special teams can be regarded as one of the best in the FCS due to kicker Matthew Cook returning for a fifth season.
This year, UNI students and supporters across the Cedar Valley and state will be sporting the first “TC’s Tee,” a new annual T-shirt tradition the campus hopes will raise camaraderie, Panther pride, and money for UNI’s general scholarship fund, housed within the UNI Foundation.
Northern Iowa’s pass catchers are largely back this season. Day will have six of his top eight receivers at his disposal in 2023.
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