On Iowa with Marc Morehouse

Time to go into the tunnel . . .

Enjoy the game, both sides. It's 57 degrees here. I hate the term "football weather." I don't know why, I just do. I like to think of it as beach volleyball weather.

The wind . . .

It's whipping out of the south between 5 and 10 mph.

Could be a factor.

Carl Jackson good to go . . .

Iowa radio sideline reporter Rob Brooks, who happens to play a mean accordian, just said on the radio that Iowa running backs coach Carl Jackson is good to go today. You might remember a scary moment last week when Carl took a Syracuse defender's cleat on the jaw on the sidelines with about eight minutes left. That is good to hear. I don't know how old Carl is, but he's been at Iowa 22 seasons, on and off. He's a terrific gentleman.

We have a number change . . .

Last week, freshman linebacker Dezman Moses was No. 51. Today, he's No. 66.

Hey, not all of these are going to be gold.

Paul Chaney . . .

Paul Chaney, WR from St. Louis, is dressed and appears ready to play. He suffered a sprained foot during the open scrimmage in August. He finished fourth in 100 meters at the Big Ten outdoor meet, finishing in 10.62 seconds.

I like these ISU uniforms. The white helmets they're voting on now, I dunno. White helmets, Texas I can see. Penn State, I can see. Arizona Cardinals, white helmets haven't done a lot for them, ever.

ANF stickers?

Iowa official people didn't know, but the "ANF" stickers that Hayden Fry put on Iowa's helmets from 1985 to 1992 (I think it was that stretch, not entirely sure) are supposedly going to be on the Hawkeyes' helmets today.

The specialists just came out. It looks like there's a small yellow sticker on the backs of all the helmets. If that's it, it's not the size that Hayden had on the helmets. There were almost as big as the Tiger Hawk. BTW, "ANF" stands for "America Needs Farmers." Fry put them on Iowa helmets to draw attention to the plight of midwestern farmers. This was about the same time as Farm Aid and that John Cougar song, "Scarecrow."

The NCAA eventually made Iowa remove the stickers. I swear, the NCAA is a secret society dedicated to buzzkill.

Jerseys, the Cyclones are wearing white jerseys styled after the 1977 ISU Peach Bowl team. They're also wearing the yellow helmets from those days. The Hawkeyes are wearing their home blacks.