Iowa vs Washington - Friday night game
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Chad Leistikow
Des Moines Register
Updated May 8, 2026, 11:59 a.m. ET
Iowa football gets daunting Friday assignment at Washington | Leistikow
Chad LeistikowDes Moines Register
Updated May 8, 2026, 11:59 a.m. ET
I do find it ridiculous that Iowa plays 2 Friday games.
So will Kirk pull a Hayden at Tulsa circa 1980's and fly to Wash on Fri, skip the two hour time zone sleep crap, and play the same night. I would, I just do not like these Friday or thursday games and I am retired so it is not a work thing.
Hell, save on the overnight hotel stay, have your charter get you to Seattle and get to the stadium at your normal pre-game time, roll out of the tunnel and play, shower hop on the plane and be home
Why, 11 AM there time is 1 PM for our team and they should be even more awake. think about it
It's an 8 p.m. CT kick. It's going to be tough to win @ Washington regardless of what time the game is. I don't know how Ferentz will play it. Need to win 1 of those 3 games though. Do you put all your eggs in the basket for a home upset against OSU or do you prepare real hard for that first road game @ Michigan so you can be a bit more ready for @ Washington? I like the latter because I think chances are higher we can win 1 of those 2 road games, and a loss at home to OSU won't penalize us as much in the playoff committee's eyes.
We probably have to go 10-2 regardless so if our only home loss is vs. Ohio State, and we can win the rest of them outside of a road loss @ Michigan or @ Washington, I think we'd be in playoffs.
We probably have to go 10-2 regardless so if our only home loss is vs. Ohio State, and we can win the rest of them outside of a road loss @ Michigan or @ Washington, I think we'd be in playoffs.
That didn't work out very well.
This doesn’t make sense because it’s a stand alone game so going to get good amount of eyeballs no matter who is playing. But looking at conf slate I think it’s 2nd best game that week. only matchup better would be PSU-USC. 2 best after are Oregon ucla and IU Nebraska.
Anyone else going? I will be there with a bunch of U dub alum, ruining their good time.
Honestly, out of the three, Washington seemed the most winnable. But considering the stretch of games in a 14 day period, then coming off a game against OSU to play in 6 days at night on a Friday on the west coast, it just spells disaster.
So with a bye the following week we go from 10/3 to 10/24 without a Saturday FB game?
October is is the best month of fb weather.
The only good thing is our bye is after 6 games, splitting the season in half
Would rather have bye in early November or between mich and OSU.
Hawks fighting uphill.
You know 10-2 will not get us into playoffs.
This blows.
October is is the best month of fb weather.
The only good thing is our bye is after 6 games, splitting the season in half
Would rather have bye in early November or between mich and OSU.
Hawks fighting uphill.
You know 10-2 will not get us into playoffs.
This blows.
Everyone's different but travel can take a lot of out a person. Not sure this is a great Idea.
If you want that big TV revenue paycheck, you have to go along with the TV networks' wishes.
IOWA just got $72M from the B1G.
I know everyone is apparently out to screw IOWA, but notice when the BYE WEEK is.
Oct 3:................vs Ohio State (at Kinnick)
Oct 9:................at Washington
Oct 17:...........BYE WEEK
Oct 24:...........at Minnesota
Our Updated 2026 Football Schedule:
IOWA just got $72M from the B1G.
I know everyone is apparently out to screw IOWA, but notice when the BYE WEEK is.
Oct 3:................vs Ohio State (at Kinnick)
Oct 9:................at Washington
Oct 17:...........BYE WEEK
Oct 24:...........at Minnesota
Our Updated 2026 Football Schedule:
| Date | Opponent | Time/TV | ||
| Sat Sep 5 | NIU Huskies Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Time TBA TV TBA | ||
| Sat Sep 12 | Iowa State Cyclones Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Time TBA TV TBA | ||
| Sat Sep 19 | Northern Iowa Panthers Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Time TBA TV TBA | ||
| Sat Sep 26 | at Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI | Time TBA TV TBA | ||
| Sat Oct 3 | Ohio State Buckeyes Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Time TBA TV TBA | ||
| Fri Oct 9 | at Washington Huskies Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA | Time: 8:00 pm CT TV: FOX/FS1 | ||
| Sat Oct 24 | at Minnesota Golden Gophers Huntington Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN | Time TBA TV TBA | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | Wisconsin Badgers Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Time TBA TV TBA | ||
| Sat Nov 7 | at Northwestern Wildcats NW Medicine at Martin Stadium, Evanston, IL | Time TBA TV TBA | ||
| Sat Nov 14 | Purdue Boilermakers Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Time TBA TV TBA | ||
| Sat Nov 21 | at Illinois Fighting Illini Gies Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL | Time TBA TV TBA | ||
| Fri Nov 27 | Nebraska Cornhuskers Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Time TBA TV TBA |
Well, one of the IOWA Friday games is what Iowa & Nebraska want.
The other IOWA Friday game is what the TV execs want.
Do you WANT that big, annual TV revenue check?
The B1G and the TV execs have it out for IOWA! Haven't you heard?
These are 20 something year olds. I just went from DM to Cali starting at 5 am, played 18 holes, ate, drank, stayed up till 11 pm west coast and was just fine. They shouldn’t have any problem being ready to go at that age, while getting paid to do it.
With an 8 pm CT kick off, the game hopefully gets over around 11:30 pm CT. After post game interviews & showers, they could be on the plane by 2 am CT and back to Iowa City in the wee hours of Saturday morning....
It would be nice if someone at IOWA discovered a best practice for west coast games for football, MBB and WBB.
I am going to the game with destinations unlimited
Winning at Washington won't be easy for ANY team.
Washington is preseason #17.
They will be (and should be) favored in their home game vs IOWA.
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100%. No need to manufacture extraordinarily lame and embarrassing excuses ahead of this game.
Yep. Every B1G team has to deal with 2 to 3 hour time zone differences now. It is what is is, all because of expansion.
Everyone knows our pathetic record on West Coast...UCLA 2 years ago,USC last year, arizona, rose bowl..ect
So, what is it? Call it an excuse but travel is a common thread
Now playing on short rest from OSU and mich games added to travel? At nite, when our players body clocks will say it's 10 pm?
I call it just about the most challenging set up you could create for a Midwest FB team.
I don't consider these embarrassing excuses ,just factual reasons for poor performance.
Are mich and OSU playing 2 Friday games?
Just checking
Laughable. The performance of highly conditioned peak testosterone college athletes will not be materially affected by a 4 hour flight the day before.
You know what Ben McCollom said last season when faced with various daunting tasks: "I love it. Sure, it's hard. I wish they'd make it even harder."
And that's exactly the mentality KF and the Hawkeyes must have if they are to have any chance @ Washington. "Suck it up, boys. They wanna stick it to us. They wanna make it tough. Great, cuz that's what we love. Make it hard as hell. Winning will be that much sweeter." I mean, what's the alternative? Whine like the jack*ss UCLA basketball coach?
I checked on the whole BIG Friday nite schedule for 2026.
Actually NW, Wash,I'll and Iowa all play 2 Friday nite games.
NW,wash and illini all play back to back Friday nite games.
Fox had good ratings on Friday nite games last year so are expanding their schedule.
OSU and mich seem to miss that honor...
Whatever...it was a brutal stretch on schedule anyway so it will likely eliminate any hopes for playoff by Oct 6....but second half should get us to a bowl.
BIG schedule makers learned their lesson when they had OSU playing Iowa in 2nd half of season...woodshed.
That will not happen to OSU or mich again ..only early season dates.
Actually NW, Wash,I'll and Iowa all play 2 Friday nite games.
NW,wash and illini all play back to back Friday nite games.
Fox had good ratings on Friday nite games last year so are expanding their schedule.
OSU and mich seem to miss that honor...
Whatever...it was a brutal stretch on schedule anyway so it will likely eliminate any hopes for playoff by Oct 6....but second half should get us to a bowl.
BIG schedule makers learned their lesson when they had OSU playing Iowa in 2nd half of season...woodshed.
That will not happen to OSU or mich again ..only early season dates.
I love that mentality from Ben, but I don't think Kirk shares that sentiment. Basketball is also a lot different than football, which is why there are so few upsets in football compared to basketball. Certainly I think Kirk teaches toughness and no excuses. But this is a rough go for a young team with so many question marks on both sides of the ball. I definitely would prefer playing teams like Ohio State and Michigan though, as opposed to nobodies like Purdue, Northwestern, and Nebraska.
I know everyone was tracking the record of teams that were traveling two time zones 2-3 years ago and it wasn’t good for the travelers.
Does anyone know if the stat stayed similar the following year or two?
No it didnt but that is because Hayden had the players wearing tennis shoes because the artificial turf was so bad he later said it would be 7 knee injuries to play in spikes.