The Big game is almost here this weekend at 7 o clock central time the Iowa Hawkeyes will head to Happy Vally to start Big Ten Season @ Penn State the number 4 ranked team in the country. College Gameday will be there and this will be a nationally televised game. Penn State is out for Revenge as the Hawks upset them last year with a last second field goal by Daniel Murray.

This years Penn State team is not the same team they haven't been tested at all this year and Evan Royster their star Tailback only ran for 100 yards 1 time in the 3 games they have played vs Akron, Syracuse and Temple. Darryl Clark is probably the best QB in the Big ten but they had to replace all of their wideouts and 3 offensive lineman so they haven't been tested on how good their offense will be.

The Defense for Penn State is one of the best in the nation so the Hawks offense will have to avoid mistakes and play very well. The big thing that the Nittany Lions defense could be missing is Sean Lee and Navarro Bowman are doubtful for the game this weekend. The defensive secondary for Penn State is also filled with young players I feel that we are the veteran team in this game.

This week Iowa looked awesome on defense this was the best we have played all year completely shutting down Arizona and the defensive line took over the game in the 2nd half. Adrian Clayborn was an absolute beast and we will need him to play this way vs Penn State. This Secondary was outstanding on Saturday and is much improved with Prater opposite of Speivey and that doesn't even include Greenwood and Sash who have been making a lot of plays this year.

Our Defense vs there Offense

The 2 key  we need to shut down the run and make them one dimensional if Clayborn and Ballard can get in the backfield and disrupt the Penn State offense I really like our chances the other big match up will be. There recievers are relativly new so I don't know too much about them but they are young recievers vs our Secondary give us the advantage.

The one thing they do have on offense is an experienced QB but I think if we can get pressure on Clark we can force him into a lot of mistakes. We must get pressure on Clark or he could pick us apart on defense. The 1st Key is stop the run and make them one dimensional and the 2nd key is we have to get pressure on Clark.

Stay tuned for my keys for the offense to win this game.