Hawk Talk with Kirk Ferentz 09-30-26

Good evening, everybody.

Welcome in to another week of Hawk Talk with Coach Kirk Ferentz.

Hawkeye football's last second win over Michigan in Ann Arbor last Saturday has all of Hawkeye Nation abuzz, obviously.

Iowa gets a chance to repeat victory over another Big Ten titan of nobility in the fifth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes this Saturday who invade Kinnick Stadium for a 2-30 kickoff here on the Hawkeye Radio Network.

If you've got a ticket to that game, you are certainly in some special company.

It's A&F Black and Gold Spirit Day.

Wear your favorite black or your favorite gold, depending on what seating section you're in.

And it's always a spectacular array on Black and Gold Spirit Day.

And Ohio State, I don't know that you ever intimidate that program, but, I mean, they're 56-5 in their last 61 games under head coach Ryan Day.

And they're coming in here snorting mad.

They've been that way since that opening, or I should say week two loss, to the Texas Longhorns down in Austin.

That said, the Buckeyes have steamrolled their other three opponents, including the Fighting Illini.

in their Big Ten opener last Saturday over in Columbus and Ohio Stadium.

Ohio State still picked by many, many experts, pundits, whatever you want to call them, as the eventual national champions when it's all said and done.

We shall see.

They want to run the table, as they typically do.

The Hawkeyes, though, won't back down from anybody, as Ryan Day said yesterday.

in his press conference earlier in the week.

And he watched that game.

I saw the end of it, he said, last weekend up in Ann Arbor.

And he said that 91-yard, 11-play drive with a minute 40 to play in the game and one timeout was really, really impressive.

And he said that's who Iowa is.

And, of course, who can forget the end of that game? 17-yard line of Michigan for the win.

Iowa down five.

Empty backfield.

Good evening, everybody.

Welcome in to another week of Hawk Talk with Coach Kirk Ferentz.

Hawkeye football's last second win over Michigan in Ann Arbor last Saturday has all of Hawkeye Nation abuzz, obviously.

Iowa gets a chance to repeat victory over another Big Ten titan of nobility in the fifth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes this Saturday who invade Kinnick Stadium for a 2-30 kickoff here on the Hawkeye Radio Network.

If you've got a ticket to that game, you are certainly in some special company.

It's A&F Black and Gold Spirit Day.

Wear your favorite black or your favorite gold, depending on what seating section you're in.

And it's always a spectacular array on Black and Gold Spirit Day.

And Ohio State, I don't know that you ever intimidate that program, but, I mean, they're 56-5 in their last 61 games under head coach Ryan Day.

And they're coming in here snorting mad.

They've been that way since that opening, or I should say week two loss, to the Texas Longhorns down in Austin.

That said, the Buckeyes have steamrolled their other three opponents, including the Fighting Illini.

in their Big Ten opener last Saturday over in Columbus and Ohio Stadium.

Ohio State still picked by many, many experts, pundits, whatever you want to call them, as the eventual national champions when it's all said and done.

We shall see.

They want to run the table, as they typically do.

The Hawkeyes, though, won't back down from anybody, as Ryan Day said yesterday.

in his press conference earlier in the week.

And he watched that game.

I saw the end of it, he said, last weekend up in Ann Arbor.

And he said that 91-yard, 11-play drive with a minute 40 to play in the game and one timeout was really, really impressive.

And he said that's who Iowa is.

And, of course, who can forget the end of that game? 17-yard line of Michigan for the win.

Iowa down five.

Empty backfield.