Week 5: Northwestern

The Hawkeyes begin Conference play this Saturday as Northwestern is the 2008 Iowa Homecoming opponent. Kickoff is 11:02 on ESPN Classic with Dave Lamont and Shaun King calling the action. Of course the game can be found on the Hawkeye Radio Network with Gary Dolphin and Ed Podolak on the call

Northwestern enters the game 4-0 with their victories coming over Syracuse, Duke, Southern Illinois and Ohio. The Hawks are 3-1 including their recent loss at Pittsburgh.

This will be Iowa's first Live appearance on ESPN Classic. Ironically this is yet another network local cable company Mediacom does not carry on its basic package. Hawk fans recently witnessed the battle between Mediacom and the Big Ten Network resulting in a years abscence on the primary cable outlet in the state of Iowa.