Third ranked Northwestern hosts number seven Marian of Indiana Saturday afternoon in the quarterfinal round of the NAIA football playoffs. Northwestern coach Matt McCarty says Marian does not have any weaknesses.

Marian is only giving up 62 yards of rushing per game and only allowed two rushing touchdowns all season.

McCarty says the wildcard in the run game for the Raiders is quarterback Jalyn Gramstad.

Also in the NAIA playoffs this weekend top ranked Morningside hosts Keiser of Florida and second ranked Grand View is at home against Lindsey Wilson of Kentucky.

Iowa State closes the regular season on Saturday at fourth ranked TCU. The Horned Frog offense averages nearly 40 points per game.

That’s Iowa State coach Matt Campbell. TCU quarterback and Council Bluffs native Max Duggan is second in the Big 12 in total offense.

The Iowa Hawkeyes will win the west with a Black Friday victory over Nebraska. The Hawks have won seven straight in the series but the last four have gone to the wire. Iowa’s average margin of victory is five points.

That’s Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz who says the Huskers have battled through adversity. Interim coach Mickey Joseph took over after Scott Frost was fired following a week three loss to Georgia Southern.

Listen for the game this afternoon on KJAN. We’ll have the pre-game beginning at 1 o’clock and the kick-off at 3.

The ninth ranked Iowa Hawkeye women open the Phil Knight Invitational on Friday night against Oregon State. It is quickly becoming one of the most prestigious holiday tournaments in the country.

That is Iowa coach Lisa Bluder who does not feel her team will get caught looking ahead to a possible game against UConn.

The 25th ranked Iowa men take a 4-0 record to Florida for Friday night’s game in the Emerald Coast Classic against Clemson. The Tigers are 4-1 and their only loss was on the road at South Carolina.

That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. The Hawkeyes will play either Cal or TCU in their second game on Saturday.

Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bil Fennelly says his players wanted the challenge of taking part in the Phil Knight Invitational. The fifth ranked Cyclones take a 4-0 record to Portland and open on Thursday night against Michigan State.

The Cyclones will play either North Carolina or Oregon in their second game.

The Iowa State men take a 4-0 record to Portland for today’s start of the Phil Knight Invitational. The Cyclones play Villanova this afternoon. Under first year coach Kyle Neptune the Wildcats are 2-2 and coming off a loss to Michigan State.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger. The Cyclones will play either top ranked North Carolina or Portland in their second game.

It was a year ago in Brooklyn where the Cyclones burst onto the national scene with wins over Xavier and Memphis.

A day after finding out it would host the 2031 Women’s Final Four, the Big 12 Conference was awarded the 2030 Men’s Final Four by the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee. Games will be played on April 6 and 8 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The event was also held in North Texas in 2014.

“This is indeed a festive week for the Big 12,” said Commissioner Brett Yormark. “We are thrilled with the news that we will host the 2030 Men’s Final Four in Arlington in addition to the 2031 Women’s Final Four in Dallas. As home to the last two men’s basketball national champions, we look forward to staging this marquee event along with hosting men’s preliminary rounds three of the next four seasons and the 2023 Women’s Final Four.”

AT&T Stadium owns a clean sweep of Final Four attendance records, having drawn 79,444 fans to the 2014 national semifinals and 79,238 more to the championship game for a two-session total of 158,682.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa defensive coordinator Phil Parker is one of 15 coaches named as a semifinalist for the Broyles Award, which honors college football’s top assistant coaches. The announcement was made Monday by the Frank & Barbara Broyles Foundation. This marks the second straight season Parker has been named a semifinalist.

Parker is in his 24th season on the Iowa coaching staff, serving his 11th season as defensive coordinator. He also coaches the defensive secondary. He is the longest tenured defensive coordinator in the nation.

Iowa has posted a 7-4 record to date, winning its last four contests. The Hawkeyes are third nationally in defensive touchdowns (four), while also recording two safeties. Iowa’s 4.01 yards allowed per play ranks as the best in the nation since 2011 (Alabama).

In overall defense, the Hawkeyes are fourth in pass efficiency (103.10), fifth in scoring (13.5), sixth in total defense (273.3), sixth in passing yards allowed (164.4), 14th in first down defense (176), 15th in interceptions (13), 17th in rushing defense (108.9), and 20th in third-down defense (.322).

Iowa has held eight opponents to 10 points or less, the best for an Iowa defense since 1929. Five opponents have gained less than 200 yards total offense and seven have gained less than 100 rushing yards. Ten of 11 opponents have not reached their season scoring average and all 11 have failed to reach their total offense season average.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa senior linebacker Jack Campbell is one of five finalists for the Dick Butkus Award. The Butkus Foundation made the announcement Tuesday.

The 2022 Butkus Award winner will be announced the first week in December. Campbell was a semifinalist for the Butkus Award in 2021. He is joined as a finalist by Jamon Dumas-Johnson of Georgia, Davian Henley of Washington State, Ivan Pace, Jr. of Cincinnati and Drew Sanders of Arkansas.

Campbell (6-foot-5, 246-pounds) has led Iowa’s defense all season. He has totaled 110 tackles, leading the Big Ten and ranking 12th nationally. Campbell also has two interceptions, one recovered fumble and one caused fumble, along with 3.5 tackles for loss. He has 287 career tackles to rank 20th in program history.

Campbell, a Cedar Falls, Iowa native, led the defense in the final minutes of Iowa’s most recent win at Minnesota as the Hawkeyes won their eighth straight game with Floyd of Rosedale on the line. Campbell forced a Minnesota fumble inside the Iowa 10 with 5:07 left to play, which was recovered by teammate Deontae Craig.

On Minnesota’s next possession, Campbell intercepted a pass that was broken up by cornerback Riley Moss. Campbell returned his second interception of the season to the Minnesota 45 with 2:06 remaining. The Iowa offense turned the theft into a Drew Stevens game-winning field goal with 28 seconds to play. Campbell appeared to have a 75-yard return for a touchdown, but it was ruled that he stepped out of bounds at the 45.

For the game he recorded 10 tackles, including six solo stops, as the Hawkeye defense held the Gophers to 10 points.  Iowa’s defense has held eight opponents to 10 points or less in 11 games.

Campbell is also a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy. He was named a semifinalist for the Bednarik Award and Rotary Lombardi Award.

Iowa (7-4, 5-3) closes out the regular season Friday, hosting Nebraska (3-8, 2-6) in the battle for the Heroes Trophy (3:01 p.m. CT, BTN).