UCLA returns to Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena on Friday for the primary time in nearly a month driving the momentum of its first profitable streak in 2024 with Iowa visiting for a Giant Ten Convention matchup.
The Bruins (3-5, 2-4 Giant Ten) bookended their Oct. 26 bye with highway wins over Rutgers (35-32) and Nebraska (27-20). Quarterback Ethan Garbers’ stepped forward passing used to be a commonplace denominator.
He threw six touchdowns with out an interception, bouncing again from a get started by which he threw choices in every of the primary 5 video games and more than one interceptions in 3 of the 5.
“He is thrown the ball neatly, successfully getting the ball to a large number of other people, together with the [running] backs,” Iowa trainer Kirk Ferentz mentioned of Garbers on Tuesday.
5 UCLA pass-catchers have no less than 15 receptions, with working again T.J. Harden’s 27 main the best way. 3 of Logan Loya’s 20 catches went for touchdowns, and 8 Bruins have stuck for ratings in general.
“We are nonetheless running with the run sport,” Bruins trainer DeShaun Foster mentioned all over his Tuesday media availability. “We are ready to hit runs in positive scenarios that we’d like them.”
However UCLA ranks remaining within the country in dashing offense at 73.9 yards in line with sport. The Bruins face a historically strong protection ranked 18th within the country permitting 106.3 dashing yards in line with sport.
Linebacker Jay Higgins, whose 94 tackles rank fourth amongst all FBS gamers, leads the stout Hawkeyes.
Iowa (6-3, 4-2) enters the Rose Bowl for the primary time since dealing with Stanford within the 2016 Rose Bowl Recreation. The Hawkeyes are on their very own two-game profitable streak, bouncing again from a 32-20 loss at Michigan State on Oct. 19 with 40-14 and 42-10 blowouts of Northwestern and Wisconsin.
With the romps the remaining two weeks, Iowa stepped forward to 5-1 at Carver-Hawkeye Stadium with a mean margin of victory of 27.8 issues in line with sport. Highway video games had been any other tale for the Hawkeyes.
Since routing Minnesota in Minneapolis on Sept. 21, 31-14, Iowa is 0-2 in highway video games with a couple of double-digit-point losses. Sooner than the 12-point setback at Michigan State, the Hawkeyes dropped a 35-7 resolution at Ohio State.
This week is a particularly distinctive highway travel for Iowa, going to the West Coast on a brief turnaround. Ferentz famous in his time at Maine within the early Nineteen Nineties, the Black Bears made a 10-hour bus travel to play Rutgers.
In comparison to that, he mentioned, the flight to Los Angeles is a breeze. “The elements it will likely be a bit higher, too,” he quipped.
–Box Degree Media
