Iowa’s secondary faces a big challenge heading into Saturday’s game at 16th ranked Iowa State. through two games Cyclone junior quarterback Rocco Becht is completing 69 percent of his throws and has five touchdown passes. Iowa junior corner Deshaun Lee.

Iowa State’s heavy use of tight ends could complicate things.

Lee on the atmosphere in Jack Trice Stadium two years ago.

Last year Becht passed for 272 yards and torched the Hawkeye defense with big plays in a 20-19 ISU win. Iowa sophomore safety Zach Lutmer.

While the Iowa State passing game has been explosive, Lutmer says the Hawkeyes can’t afford to forget about the ground game.