This Saturday we will have a really interesting game. All the games that we pick to comment about are interesting and this one is not an exception. Iowa Hawkeyes is having great season and despite that everyone thinks that they will win, I really think that Michigan Wolverines will have better results. The game will be held at the Kinnick Stadium at Iowa and is going to be televised on ABC this October 10th at 8:05 PM ET.
Ranked 22nd last week, Michigan dropped out of the Top 25 after falling 26-20 in overtime at Michigan State last Saturday. The Wolverines have won the last three meetings with Iowa, but this will be the first matchup since 2006. The Hawkeyes last beat Michigan 30-27 on Oct. 4, 2003.
Michigan is (4-1, 1-1) on its winning record and Iowa is (5-0, 1-0). Iowa (5-0, 1-0) has won nine straight dating to last season, and is undefeated through five games for the first time since 1995. The Hawkeyes haven’t won their first six contests since going 7-0 under Hayden Fry in 1985. On the other hand Michigan’s athletic freshman quarterback Tate Forcier’s scrambling abilities are similar to Northern Iowa’s Pat Grace and Arkansas State’s Corey Leonard — the two signal callers who’ve had success against Iowa this season.
“He’s got a great presence out there, and he is a playmaker. He can improvise, which is the sign of a good quarterback,” Ferentz said of Forcier, who’s third in the Big Ten with a 142.69 passer rating and has rushed for 154 yards. “He can get out of trouble with his feet, and he can certainly hurt you with his throwing.”
I really think that Michigan has some secret weapons that they will take the advantage on this game, and that is why I think they will win by much. Michigan has won six of its last seven games at Iowa City. Off to its best start in 14 years, Iowa hosts one-loss Michigan. The Hawkeyes haven’t won their first six contests since going 7-0 in 1985. That was also the last time Iowa was ranked higher than Michigan heading into their game. The then-top-ranked Hawkeyes beat the No. 2 Wolverines 12-10.
To look at the numbers, we can see that in the total yards scored Michigan has 388 while Iowa has 362. But the big difference is on the rushing yards where Michigan has 197 against 139 from Iowa. The average points scored per game are on favor of Michigan with 34 while Iowa has just 24. We can see that the numbers are also on the Michigan side and that is a good indicator of the possible development of the game that night.
“Our team doesn’t give up,” said Forcier, who was 17 of 32 for 223 yards last week. “We’re going to keep fighting until the game is over”. Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez has been able to live with Forcier’s growing pains since the Wolverines are second in the conference averaging 34.0 points per contest.
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