Here's an equation that any football fan in Iowa can solve without a calculator: Sweet corn + meaningful baseball games (excluding the Chicago teams) + pro football training camps + sunlight disappearing by 8:30pm = Iowa Hawkeye football VERY soon!

We're just over three weeks away from the first Iowa football game of the season and the excitement is building! A relatively easy schedule combined with a wide-open West Division (yes, the Legends and Leaders have gone away...Thankfully!) has Hawkeye fans optimistic about this team's chances of contending for the Big Ten Championship game.

If you're not going to the game, I invite you to join me at THE best bar to watch Iowa Hawkeye games: Lot One! As we've done for years, we'll have plenty of prizes to give away, but we've got a few new wrinkles we're going to add this season. More on that in the coming weeks!

For now, enjoy the sweet corn (I know I am!), cheer for/against the Cardinals and Brewers, continue hoping your favorite NFL team doesn't lose any key players in the pre-season and know that Iowa's football team will be playing soon.

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