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Saturday, September 24th - Iowa at Ohio State
If the Buckeyes beat Texas, they'll be flying high for the Big Ten opener with a 3-0 record and a likely top three ranking. Iowa will have played a nasty rivalry game at Iowa State, but it'll also have a nice tune up against Northern Iowa before traveling to Columbus. Linebacker fans are drooling over this game with a matchup of two of the nation's best corps with A.J. Hawk, Chad Greenway, Abdul Hodge, Bobby Carpenter and Anthony Schlegel all on display. The two teams are even in several ways from the linebackers to the questionable running games to the solid receivers to the great coaching, and the close game will reflect that. Iowa pounded Ohio State 33-7 last year, and now Jim Tressel's boys will get their revenge. The Ohio State offensive line will do just enough against the still jelling Iowa D line to help squeak out the win.
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