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Peacock is waiting in the wings for Iowa football fans

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1 year ago

August 21, 2023

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Peacock is waiting in the wings for Iowa football fans

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The college football season starts Saturday. They call this Week Zero.

Tell me how a week can be Week Zero. While you’re at it, explain how the Big Ten can have 18 members and the Pacific-12 can have four. OK, I understand the ruthless greed part of it. The math, not so much.

Then, explain college football’s targeting rule.

Then, explain why I would rather watch what is shown by a webcam at a water hole in a Namibia desert than Saturday night’s Massachusetts-New Mexico State game on ESPN.

Iowa has two of its football games scheduled on the Peacock streaming subscription service, at home against Michigan State Sept. 30 and in Chicago’s Wrigley Field against Northwestern Nov. 4.

This is a get-used-to-it deal, but we all know a lot of people won’t get used to it right away. The confusion and hard feelings will be painful for those who live outside the world of Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime.

For those who don’t already have Peacock, I strongly recommend you not only stay the course, but take it a step further and stop watching television and streaming services altogether.

Buy a motorcycle. Take up drumming. Raise chickens. Unless you’re my neighbors. Then please do none of those things and continue watching TV. Subscribe to Peacock for all I care.

It didn’t seem charitable last week when Stugotz of the Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz said the ‘I’ in ‘Iowa’ stands for “I have a gambling problem.”

If Iowa put as much effort into pulling books from school libraries as it does chasing down college athletes who wager — never mind, it does.

It’s being called a record-breaking women’s basketball crowd, but will the 40,000 or more who attend the Oct. 15 DePaul-Iowa scrimmage at Kinnick Stadium (weather permitting) count as a record when it isn’t an actual game?

What I really want to know is this: What if it’s really windy that afternoon?

DePaul played before 29,464 fans last season in Chicagoland. Of course, that included 15 home games, one at Loyola, and one at Northwestern.

On Aug. 30, Nebraska will play Omaha in volleyball before over 91,000 fans in the Huskers’ Memorial Stadium. The tickets for adults sold for $25.

Women’s college athletics are trending up, wouldn’t you say?

In more ticket sales news, Iowa football will be sold out this season and Kentucky sold out its 40,200 season tickets and 6,500 student season tickets. That’s the phenomenon known as the Music City Bowl bounce.

Iowa had an NCAA-champion wrestler in 1987 named Rico Chiapparelli. He flipped a lot of people to avoid predicaments.

New Wisconsin starting quarterback Tanner Mordecai passed for nine touchdowns and rushed for another last year when his SMU team beat Houston, 77-63.

Houston QB Clayton Tune threw for seven TDs and 527 yards in that game, and rushed for 111 yards and a score.

Now you know why every Big Ten West team but Minnesota added a quarterback out of the transfer portal this offseason. Iowa brought in two, and Wisconsin grabbed three.

Iowa’s football team has some great names in its two-deeps. Almost the best: Diante Vines, Gennings Dunker, Yahya Black, Sebastian Castro, Xavier Nwankpa, Rusty Feth.

The best, of course, is senior fullback Hayden Large. That he transferred from Dordt University only makes it better.

It was good to see HBO’s “Hard Knocks” acknowledge other New York Jets besides Aaron Rodgers last week. One was rookie defensive end Will McDonald IV of Iowa State. To say he looked good in practice and a recent preseason game is understating things.

Another rookie, Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell of Iowa, looks equally ready for the NFL. In consecutive plays of Detroit’s preseason opener, Campbell was in on both tackles when the Lions stopped the New York Giants on third-and-1 and fourth-and-1.

McDonald and Campbell went 15th and 18th in the 2023 draft, respectively, higher than most expected. Both might have been steals.

Hawaii plays Vanderbilt Saturday night. I’ll stick to watching that water hole in Namibia.

Comments: (319) 398-8440; mike.hlas@thegazette.com

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What channel is Iowa State vs. West Virginia game tonight (10/12/24)? FREE LIVE STREAM, Time, TV, Channel for college football, Week 7

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4 hours ago

October 12, 2024

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What channel is Iowa State vs. West Virginia game tonight (10/12/24)? FREE LIVE STREAM, Time, TV, Channel for college football, Week 7

The No. 11 Iowa State Cyclones, led by quarterback Rocco Becht, face the West Virginia Mountaineers, led by quarterback Garrett Greene on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024 (10/12/24) at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, W. Va.

How to watch: Fans can watch the game for free via a trial of DirecTV Stream or fuboTV. You can also watch via a subscription to Sling TV.

Here’s what you need to know:

What: NCAA Football, Week 7

Who: Iowa State vs. West Virginia

When: Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024

Where: Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium

Time: 8 p.m. ET

TV: FOX

Live stream: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial)

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Here are the best streaming options for college football this season:

Fubo TV (free trial): fuboTV carries ESPN, FOX, ABC, NBC and CBS.

DirecTV Stream (free trial): DirecTV Stream carries ESPN, FOX, NBC and CBS.

Sling TV ($25 off the first month)– Sling TV carries ESPN, FOX, ABC and NBC.

ESPN+($9.99 a month): ESPN+ carries college football games each weekend for only $9.99 a month. These games are exclusive to the platform.

Peacock TV ($5.99 a month): Peacock will simulstream all of NBC Sports’ college football games airing on the NBC broadcast network this season, including Big Ten Saturday Night. Peacock will also stream Notre Dame home games. Certain games will be streamed exclusively on Peacock this year as well.

Paramount+ (free trial): Paramount Plus will live stream college football games airing on CBS this year.

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Here’s a preview capsule via the Associated Press:

No. 11 Iowa State (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) at West Virginia (3-2, 2-0), Saturday, 8 p.m. ET (Fox)

BetMGM College Football Odds: Iowa State by 3.

Series record: West Virginia leads 6-5.

WHAT’S AT STAKE?

Iowa State is off to its best start since 1980, and a win would make them 6-0 for the first time since 1938. The Cyclones are looking to extend their road winning streak to seven games. West Virginia is going after its third straight win after a 1-2 start. Iowa State and West Virginia are 2-0 in conference play. One of them will forge a first-place tie with idle Texas Tech.

KEY MATCHUP

Iowa State’s defense vs. West Virginia QB Garrett Greene. Of the dual-threat quarterbacks the Cyclones have faced so far, Greene could be the best. He had runs of 39, 15 and 10 yards against Oklahoma State last week and is averaging 5.4 yards per carry and 59 yards per game. Run defense hasn’t been a strength for the Cyclones, who hope to force Greene to try to beat them through the air. Iowa State has the Big 12’s top defense, allowing just 10 points and 272 yards per game.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Iowa State: LB Kooper Ebel has led or co-led the team in tackles in three straight games. He made just three tackles in eight games as a freshman last year. He added 15 pounds to get up to 240 on his 6-foot-4 frame and has made at least six stops in all five games. Last week he had eight tackles and a quarterback hurry against Baylor.

West Virginia: RB Jahiem White. The sophomore ran for a season-high 158 yards in the lopsided win at Oklahoma State and the Mountaineers compiled 389 on the ground. White hopes to be back on track after being limited to 94 yards combined against No. 4 Penn State, No. 22 Pittsburgh and Kansas.

FACTS & FIGURES

Anthony Becht, a tight end for the Mountaineers from 1996 to 1999, will be honored during the game for his induction into the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. His son, Rocco, is Iowa State’s quarterback. … The Cyclones have won 12 straight when scoring at least 30 points. They’ve scored at least 30 in the last five meetings with WVU. … ISU had nine plays of 20 or more yards against Baylor last week, tied for the most by a Power Four team against a conference opponent this season. … The Cyclones’ defense gets better as the game progresses. They’re allowing an average of 4.0 points and 112 yards in the second halves. … West Virginia will wear all-black uniforms in honor of the state’s coal mining industry.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report)

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Rosemount H.S. Marching Band wins at Iowa competition

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11 hours ago

October 12, 2024

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Rosemount H.S. Marching Band wins at Iowa competition

The Rosemount High School Marching Band is celebrating a big victory from a competition earlier this fall. In late September they took home the Class AAA Championship trophy at the Bands of America regional competition in Waukee, Iowa. Members of the band joined the FOX 9 Morning News to talk about the win and share how they are getting ready for another big competition this weekend at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

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