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00:00The CyHawk trophy game today in Iowa City between the Hawkeyes of Iowa and the Cyclones
00:09of Iowa State.
00:10Iowa, ranked 21st in the country now, an offensive juggernaut?
00:14Perhaps we'll discuss.
00:16Two and a half point favorite for this rivalry series, renewed for a 71st all-time meeting.
00:23Total, 35 and a half.
00:25And you know that is where we must begin.
00:28It is the second lowest total in the history of the CyHawk trophy game.
00:34Only beat by last year's total of 34 and a half.
00:38And with Iowa winning for the eighth time in the last decade, 20 to 13, it stayed under.
00:44Five unders in a row, Joe Lisi.
00:47Does the trend continue today?
00:48No, I think we bucked the trend.
00:51I'm shocked, Kev.
00:52I thought this was going to be the game of the week when we came in.
00:55This game's lucky it's on the show.
00:57You mentioned five straight unders.
00:59They've averaged 29 points per game during that span.
01:02And Iowa has won eight of the last ten.
01:04And we saw a 400-yard total yard output against Eastern Illinois.
01:09I mean, that's unbelievable.
01:10More than that.
01:11492, Lisi.
01:12There you go.
01:13So hopefully Tim Lester could dial it up today.
01:15I still go on breaking down this matchup to the better quarterback, which I actually believe
01:20is on Iowa State, Rocco Beck.
01:22Struggled a little bit.
01:23They struggled last week running the football.
01:25They averaged 84 yards on the ground, 400 yards per rush.
01:30I think they run it.
01:31I think they throw it over the top.
01:33And I think we can get over the 35-and-a-half.
01:36I'm going to take the points with Iowa State.
01:37I do not love it, Kev.
01:39But I think Iowa State does come through on the money line and over tonight.
01:43This is...
01:44Look, I'll just say this.
01:46This game, this total, this stuff that you love, is exactly why Iowa's never getting
01:50into the playoff.
01:52Unless this game goes over, they aren't getting into the playoff with this garbage.
01:58I just want that to be very clear.
01:59A win today.
02:00They're on pace for 11.
02:02They're making it to the college football playoff.
02:04All right.
02:05Yeah.
02:06Listen.
02:07I know.
02:08Let's get multiple G5 teams in there, too.
02:09Here is the thing, though, with the trend of the under.
02:13Yeah.
02:14Seven of the last 10 games would have gone over this total.
02:17Fair.
02:18Eventually, these things catch up.
02:20Eventually, Army-Navy goes over.
02:22I also would lean over.
02:23But I also would lean towards Iowa in that I'm not a big believer in Rocco Beck nor Matt
02:28Campbell.
02:29You know, again, some of the preseason research allows certain things to jump off the page.
02:33And I've heard a lot of hype around the Cyclones.
02:34I'm like, oh, maybe I'll buy into this team.
02:36A lot of returning talent.
02:37I'm like, man, let me see Matt Campbell.
02:38What are we doing here with Matt Campbell?
02:41There aren't double-digit win seasons on this resume there.
02:44I know that he's great as an underdog.
02:46He's got some good covers and upset here and there.
02:49But ultimately, with Ferenc in his first game back, obviously missing last week, you should
02:54get a fire up Iowa team.
02:55And one of the difference makers and another reason I'd lean over, Caleb Johnson missed
02:59the first half last week, I think due to a suspension.
03:02Well, he made a point in that second half.
03:04He looked unbelievable there.
03:06And I think that gives Iowa a little bit of extra pop on the offensive side of the ball.
03:10The leading back for the Hawks last week, 119 yards, two touchdowns on display in that
03:15second half.
03:16Missed two field goals in seven first half offensive drives for Iowa in the season opener
03:22against Illinois State.
03:24Five touchdowns on six offensive possessions in the second half, 492 yards out of Iowa
03:30offensively in week number one, 40th most in the country.
03:35The last time, trivia, on the CFT desk, that Iowa ranked inside the top 50 in total offense
03:41for a season was?
03:421984?
03:43Incorrect.
03:44Oh, Brad Banks in-
03:462006 for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
03:50Orange Bowl team, no?
03:51Maybe so.
03:52So that's where Iowa stacks up against an Iowa State team tested by North Dakota last
03:56week, only winning 21 to three.
03:58Caleb Bacon, who was second on the team last year for the Clones in tackles, suffering
04:03a knee injury, is going to be out for some time, a detriment to a strong Iowa State defense.