COLUMBUS — Ohio State has answered some questions over the past two weeks. Now the Buckeyes are headed somewhere that has a way of creating a few more.
No. 5 Ohio State travels to No. 14 Iowa on Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff at Kinnick Stadium, where the Buckeyes have not played since their 55-24 loss in 2017. The matchup will be Ohio State’s first Big Ten road game of the season and the first meeting between the two programs in Iowa City in nine years.
The Buckeyes enter at 3-1 after beating Illinois 42-19 last weekend, while Iowa is 4-0. Saturday will also mark the first time since 2006 that Ohio State and Iowa meet with both teams ranked in the top 15.
The environment should be every bit as difficult as the matchup. The game is sold out, Iowa is holding its annual Black and Gold Spirit Game, and College GameDay will be in Iowa City for the first time in 20 years.
On Thursday, Ohio State released its latest official game trailer ahead of the trip to Kinnick. The video leans into the challenge of going on the road, the atmosphere waiting in Iowa City, and the need for the Buckeyes to bring their own energy to 'Sabotage' one of the toughest environments in the Big Ten:
