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Iowa Football Player Presser Notes

by:Tom Kakert•09/17/24•

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The Iowa football players met with the media on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the upcoming game against Minnesota. It’s a trophy game on Saturday night in Minneapolis and that means Iowa will be trying to bring Floyd of Rosedale back to Iowa City.

As you might expect, the rivalry was the hot topic of the day and it was also time to bring up the controversial game winning punt return that wasn’t last season. We also spoke with Cade McNamara about the offense, Quinn Schulte regarding the secondary mistakes, Jay Higgins on blocking on punt returns, and a whole lot more.

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