On Iowa with Marc Morehouse

According to the Big Ten Network . . .

The Hawkeyes' season finale Nov. 22 at Minnesota will be a night game, kicking of at 6 p.m. on the Big Ten Network.

This is from the Big Ten Network website:

"The Gophers are scheduled to battle with Iowa for Floyd of Rosedale on Nov. 22 at the Metrodome. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. and the contest will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network."

It will be the final Minnesota football game in the Metrodome. TCF Bank Stadium will open Sept. 12, 2009. I'm sure Gopher fans will be all broken up saying goodbye to the Dome. Actually, for the program, it'll be like going from a unibrow to two eyebrows.

Welcome back to college football, Minnesota.

That's three Iowa kickoffs in the books, with the other two being 11 a.m. kicks at home against Northwestern and at Michigan State.

How much ya wanna bet that the Iowa-Iowa State game shows up on the Big Ten Network?

While writing a column on Iowa's football scheduling that didn't make it online (I'll post it here tomorrow) for some reason, I saw on Maine's website that its game at Iowa will be on the Big Ten Network. The BTN didn't say that today, so who knows. But ask yourself this, where else would that game go?

Here's what you need to know about the schedule column: Iowa has five open dates in the immediate future -- one in '09 and two each in '10 and '11. A third open date is listed in '10 and '11, but those will likely stay open for byes.

Mark Abbott, the Iowa AD executive who deals with scheduling, said he isn't ready to announce who'll fill those spots.

The 12th game and a new wild, wild west of scheduling will leave you with a Maine and Florida International (Iowa's first two opponents next season).

Will you buy those tickets, make that trip to IC?

I'm not judging. I totally understand the pull. It's football. If it were my favorite team, yes, I'd buy but more for the event and less for the football.

Just like those fine folks in Ann Arbor did last fall when the Applachian State bus pulled into the lot.

How much you wanna bet Iowa-Iowa State goes on the Big Ten Network?

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