Warm water for this time of year. Plan on a decent weekend as well with highs well into the 40s onaturday. More clouds on sunday will probably lead to cooler temperatures, but well stiti remain in the 40s. The exteteed forecast screams el nino, aving us mainly dry and mild. Have a great day today gradual clearing high 3844 winds sw 515 alo 40 dbq 40 iow 42tonight patchy fog low 2127 winds sw 510 alo 24 dbq 25 iow 25tomorrow mostly sunny high 4349 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 44 iow 46tomorrow night increasing clouds low 2531 winds s 515 alo 30 dbq 28 iow 29 thanks kaj. New this morning we have the names of the suspects who died after shooting and killing 14 people in San Bernardino, california. The two suspects died in a gun battle with Police Yesterday eveningngit came hours after Authorities Say the suspects burst into a Holiday Party at a center for ople with developmental disabilities. 14 people were killed and 17 others were injured. Two suspects as 28yearold syed farook and 27year old tashfeen malik. They were in a relationship, or husband and wife. The police chief says Public Health department. He was at the party, he did leave the party early under some circumstances that were described as nature, that is the information we were following up on when we encountered him back near this residence in redlands the suspects left their baby with family wednesday morning and never returned. Police in three cities in eastern iowa are investigating gunshots that happpped all within a fee hours of each other. Within a six hour time span, Police Responded to reports of gunfire in cedar rapids, dubuque, and waterloo late tuesday night. Some only caused Property Damage, and there was at least one person hurt. About eight oclock tuesday night there was a shooting in the 16 hundred block of b they didnt find any victims there, but they did find a vehicle with bullet holes. A 19 year old man showed up at st. Lukes hospital with hes expected to be okay. Dubuque police found shell casings and some Property Damage at a house at 611 people were inside, but no one was hurt. And around 1 45 yesterday morning, waterloo Police Responded to two reports of gunfire. Officers found shell casings in both the 11 hundred block of west mullen and the 500 block of elm street. No one was hurt. Police havent arrested anyone and ask you to call them with any information. One person has died after a two car crash on an icy road in black hawk county. It happened around 5 30 yesterday morning on east dunkerton road near North Raymond road. Authorities say one vehicle crossedhe center line and hit the other vehicle head on. One driver died at the released the name of the person who died nor the condition of the other driver. When you see news, call newsline nine at 3193659999. You can also send pictures and newstips to newsroom at kcrg dot com. The hawkeye Football Team is two days away from its big game against miigan state. The hawks will beben indiaiapolis to compete for the big ten championship and a chance to go to 13and0 on saturday. Kcrg tv nines mark carlson reports on how hawkeye hype is hitting a high note in johnson coconty. Business is booming at sheels at the Coral Ridge Mall at 12and0 everyone seems to be a hawkeye fan. Iowa is our pro team here, everyone like the hawks, andd when they win people like to buy things. And buy things they have. The challenge for employees and retailers across the area keeping things in stock. Like these new undefeated 12and0 shirts the new big ten chahaionship me shirts that just hit the selves. Weve been ordering pretty much every day to get new stuff in, refill the stuff that weve been selling out of, prebooking when they win the bowl game. Meanwhile signs like this one outside herkys locker room on the coralville strip are common all over town. Hotels, restaurants and pretty much everyone is showing supuprt for the hawks. It goes back to being part of the community and really supporting the team and what they have accomplished this year. Perhaps the biggest show of support pops up every sunday night at the Coralville Marriott where ememoyees light the building to proudly display the Football Teams record. Theyve been able to diagram the outside of the building kind of map out which lights need to go on and off, sunday is a slower night so weve been able to put it up every sunday, sometimes weve needed some customers cooperation to either keep their blackouts closed or open up their blinds. Now the question on seemingly everyones mind will there be a big 13 and 0 come this sunday night. In johnson county, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. For people not traveling to the it this saturday on fox. Kickoff from indianapolis is at 7 17 pm. The university of Northern Iowa needs a new Athletic Director this morning. Troy dannen will be the ad at Tulane University in new orleans. Last year, the National Association of collegiate directors of athletics named dannen as the under armour ad of the year. Uni will name an interim ad while it searches s r a new one. Dannens last day at uni will be december 31st. Undergrad students at the university of iowa will pay more for tuition next fall. Yesterday, the board of regents approved a three percent increase. In september, the regents raised undergraduat e tuition for the upcoming spring semester. But that three percent increas only applied t iowa stste and Northern Iowa. For full time undergrads. Students at the university of iowa were exempt from that increase. Students at iowa are somewhat used to asnt raised one student who has benefited from those freezes says he doesnt see future increases as that big of a deal. I think three percent or 100 dollars added to tuition here is really negligible compared to the price, so i dont think it will affect people too much, so i dont see it being a big problem. There could be additional increases depending on the amount of funding the legislature gives the universities. One woman from linn county is extra thankful for a big gift this morning. Crying with applause Lucinda Alexander learned several Area Companies chose e r as the winner of a new van last night. Marion tire, deery brothers and hyvee joined the Salvation Army to give away the vehicle as part of a program called miles of smiles. The program narrows down nominations it receives from community members. Then, a selection i am excited, i am thankful, and grateful for someone to select my family. This is the fourth year for the miles of smiles giveaway. Alexander s ss she looking forward to driving it around with her family. Were partnering with the Heritage Area Agency on aging again this ye for the fill the plate telethon. It raises funds provide healthy memes to senior citizenenhere in eastern iowa. The telethon is this sunday night, starting at 5 30. You can watch it live on kcrg 9point2. Cedar Rapids Police d ds now hhe an official placee to permanently rest if they die in the line of duty. One Police Officer says its becoming more common to honor fourlegged coworkers. Pollllion has been high in the populated cities in n ina but after a recent spike in smog, some fear it will if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Isnt it time to let the. Real you shshe. Through . Introducing otezla, apremilast. Otezla is not an injection, or a cream. Its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. Some people who took otezla saw w clearer skin afterer months. And otezlas prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. Otezla may increase. The risk of depression. 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The extended forecast screams el nino, leaving us mainly dry and mild. Have a great day today gradual clearing high 3844 winds sw 515 alo 40 dbq 40 iow 42tonight patchy fog low 2127 winds sw 510 alo 24 dbq 25 iow w 5tomorrow mostly sunny high 4349 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 44 night increasing clouds low 2531 winds s 515 alo 30 dbq 28 iow 29 thanks kaj. Plan on a quiet thursday, with very quiet conditions expected over the next 7 days. Today, clouds will dissipate from west to east, leaving the entire area sunny by this afternoon, if not s sner. Plan on highs t tbe in the 3844 range north to south. There may be some patchy fog overnight, with the River Valleys most favored given arm water for this t te of year. Plan on a decent weekend as well with highs well into the 40s on saturday. More clouds on sunday will probably lead to cooler tempererures, but 40s. The extended forecast screams el nino, leaving us mainly dry and mild. H ve a great day cedd Rapids Police depararent police dogs now have their own memorial at a park that honors fallen officers. Yesterday, Police Dedication event at sumner park. Police say other departments are also starting to honor the service of police dogs, who are trained to detect drugs or bomb making materials. This is becoming more a more common. The state of iowa is actually going to starara police k9 memerial in des moines donations have helped provide all policdogs for the Department Since 1975. The Environmental Protection agency might take away approval for a herbicide thats been in use for a year. In todays agribusiness report, the company that developed it is confident nothing is wrong. But righthtow, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good morning its. Good morning this is the says it will revoke approvaof the nlist duo herbicide by dow agroscieiees. The epa says its received new information on the herbicide and thinks its more harmful. The product was only approved a year ago. And has a cooination of glyphosate and 2, 4d. And iowa was one of the states it was appoved to use in. However. In a statement. The Dow Chemical Company says it is confident the herbicide will be reappoved for next year. They believe the questions raised can be resolved in a few months. Dow says it is still preparing for commercial sales in 2016. The epa is also standing by its final renewable fuel mandate. In a statement it says despite arguments from the oil and ethanol lobby. Advertising had little to no impactn the final decision. They say Administrator Gina Mccarthy made the decision based on the law, the science and Public Comments. Lawmakers are using the highway bill to get rid of cuts to crop insurance. Nearly three billion set to be removed from a twoyear budget agreement passed a month ago. House ag chair mike conaway commended House Speaker paul ryan and Majority Leader Kevin Mccarthy for fixing the cuts. Those three billion dollars will be replaced by a Federal Reserve dividend cut for the banking industry. Conaway maintains cuts would not come from ag ograms. If the highghy funding bill is passed it would be the first in a decade to last longer than two years. It provides three hundred billion dollars of funding for highways, bridges, and transit. The cattle markets are still looking volatile. In the grain markets. Bearish news from last week. Turned out to be. Not so bad. At least for beans. Theyve seen a big rally this week. The main ory is the soybeans. Were actually up 40 cents off the lows. The argentinian election turned out to not be bearish. Because. Essentially the sales that were coming out of the reduction of the tariff were already built into the market. Throw on top of that the epa announcement on the biofuel mandates and its biodeisel use. Youve seen a bi of a pick up in s s oil. So put those two together and we have a nice little rally going on in the beans. Triple digit moves up and down every day. The big problem today is were still several dolllls above the cash market from last week. That is, the december board is. The december cattle actions expire on friday, then we go into deliveries the market needs to start reflecting the cash market. The markets trying to get a little closer to cash. Till cash proves that it wants to go up. Weveot a pretty bottoming action there. The slaughter runs typically top out the week after thanksgiving. You have a dip during thanksgiving and usually one more week of bigger numbers and then they start to slow down. Ihink thats what the markets been waiting on. Some evidence that were reducing the supply. The Enrollment Period for the federal Conservation Reserve Program is open. Thihiis its 30th anniversrsy and point two million acres are enrolled in the program. Usda says crp is also protecting another one hundred 70 tusand stream miles with forest and buffers. More than one and a half million acres of crp are set to expire next year. The Enrollment Period ends in february. And thats all we have for the agrgrusiness report. I hope you join us again tomorrow. Well post a video every day in the agribusiness section of kcrg. Com. Youll find it under the news tab. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt 3. 40 oc webtease the league of conservation voters is hosting a town hall in iowa city. It will lead a discussion on the nutrient reduction strategy. The group saysowas legislative leaders should do more to protect iowas watershed. That will be at the Environmental Education center in iowa city at 7 oclock tonight. People in beijing can breath a little easier after suffering through increased pollution this week. But this heavy smog g y not really go away without drastic change. More on that plan on a quiet thursday, with quiet conditions expected over the next 7 days. Today, clouds will dissipate e om west to east, leaving the entire area sunny by this afternoon, if not sooner. Plan on highs to be in the 3844 range north to south. There may be some patchy fog overnight, with the River Valleys most favored given warm water for this timef year. Lan on a decent weekend as well with highs well into the 40s on saturday. More clouds on sunday will probably lead to cooler temperatures, but well still remain in the 40s. T extended forecast screams el nino, leaving g s mainlylydry and mild. Have a day today gradual clearing high 3844 win sw 515 alo 40 dbdb 40 iow 42tonight patchy fog low 2127 winds sw 510 alo 24 dbq 25 iow 25tomorrow mostly sunny high 4349 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 44 iow 46tomorrow night increasing clouds low 2531 winds s 515 alo 30 dbq 28 ii 29 people in beijing who suffered through historically high levels of air pollution this week are now breathing a little easier. But as cnns matt rivers reports, blue skies wont be the norm without big changes. Breathing painful. It stings your eyes, it fills your nose. You can taste it. This is beijing. Wher e air pollution this week reached dangerous levels. Beijing pollution raw underneath these apocalypticlooking skies, the pollution exacts a human cost. Schoolchildre n were forced to stay inside during the day, but state media still reported a spike in respiratory infections. I brought my son to the doctors because hes been coughing very badly. The air is so bad you can barely see other people on the street. The longterm effects on the population here including children are staggering. A recent study from the university of california said there are about 4000 premature deaths each day in china from air pollution. Breathing in these toxic particles can contribute to everything from cardiac disease to lung cancer. Many families keep piles like homes in the winter. Its a major pollutant but it is cheap and it is efficient, and because of that, it accounts for between 60 and 70 percent of chinas energy supply. Coal helps power cities across the country, like here in baoding. As bad as beijings air is, baodings is worse. The day cnn was there, air quality was nearly 40 times worse than un guidelines. The Chinese Government says its emissions will peak in 2030, and companies here invested over 80 billion dollars in Renewable Energy last year. For many, its not enough. I dont think anything will change or that the government has made any progress. So for now at least, the reality of life in northern china involves coping with a toxic haze. Matt rivers, cnn, beijing. Trt oc Dubuque School leaders have to put a new pool project on hold. The state might not give them enough money to complete construction. Many iowans using medicaid are still confused about what privatizing the system means for them. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Its. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, source, this is kcrgtv9 news Early Morning news. New details. We have new information this morning about the suspects involved in the mass shooting in San Bernadino, california. Devastating loss. The family that lost thousands of pigs in a fire near wellman have to figure out whats next for the business. An historic election. The winner of waterloos mayoral race sits down with tv9 to talk about his youre looking live at on the citycam this morning. A quiet and warmer day ahead. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a quiet thursday, with very quiet conditions expected over the next 7 days. Today, clouds will dissipate from west to east, leaving the entire area sunny by this afternoon, if not sooner. Plan on highs to be in the 3844 range north to south. There may be some patchy fog overnight, with the River Valleys most favored given warm water for this time of year. Plan on a decent weekend as well with highs well into the 40s on saturday. More clouds on sunday will probably lead to cooler temperatures, but well still remain in the 40s. The extended forecast screams el nino, leaving us mainly dry and mild. Have a great day today gradual clearing high 3844 winds sw 515 alo 40 dbq 40 iow 42tonight patchy fog low 2127 winds sw 510 alo 24 dbq 25 iow 25tomorrow mostly sunny high 4349 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 44 iow 46tomorrow night increasing clouds low 2531 winds s 515 alo 30 dbq 28 iow 29 we have new information this morning out of california after a shooting rampage killed 14 people. Two suspected shooters are dead and authorities have now identified them. Abcs Lauren Lyster is in San Bernadino this morning with the latest. . Police sirens . It ended much as it began with a barrage of gunfire . Captured on this cell phone video. Nats theyre shooting at my house right now. Four hours of terror in san an Office Building killing 14 people. The final confrontatio n on a neighborhood street lined with houses. A dark suv riddled with shot down just feet away. Another dead inside. Sot chief jarrod Police Department we are reasonably confident at this point that we have two shooters, and we have two dead suspects. Both suspects were armed with what was a 223 Assault Rifle the brotherinlaw of one of them speaking out. Sot farhan khan suspects brotherin law why would he do Something Like this . I have absolutely no idea. I am in shock myself. Law enforcement tracked down the suspects just two miles from the initial attack . At the inland regional center. Nats . Ambulance sirens . Nats multiple shots that were fired, were getting a suspect last seen wearing a black ski mask, all black clothing, carrying a shotgun. Sot Juan Hernandez witness kinda sounded like a shooting range . Those working there including the wounded, phoned their families. Sot kathy hotetz denise perazas sister she was shot and she was scared and she said, i just want to tell you that i love you. Sot sister she called us from inside the hospital. But she is doing better. Shes okay. She is alive. Investigators say the shooters targeted a workshop and training event inside the center. Last night the building was still an active crime scene after a bomb squad devices. Lauren lyster close the Group Holding that meeting was the San Bernardino county Public Health department. Farook was an environmental specialist for the county and had worked there five years. Lauren lyster, abc news, San Bernardino, california. This morning, a south African Appeals Court convicted Oscar Pistorius of murder. It overturned a lower courts conviction for the double amputee olympian. He was previously convicted on a lesser charge of manslaughter for shooting his girlfriend in 2013. West Liberty Police are searching for a man who may have tried to abduct an 11 year old. A boy told police he was walking near 4th and columbus streets around 515 last night. Thats when a white van pulled up to the curb and a man told the boy to get in. But the boy ran to a friends home nearby. Police say the suspect is a white man in his late 30s and is balding with a dark short beard. If you have any information, call west Liberty Police at 3196272223. A family that owns a hog confinement building is trying to figure out what to do after a fire firefighters arrived at Brenneman Pork near wellman around 9 45 tuesday night. The fire had already burned much of the building, and there wasnt much they could do. Firefighters couldnt salvage anything from the building. They were back there yesterday morning when the fire rekindled. The family says its a devastating loss. Raising pigs and farming is something that were passionate about, and raising our family on the farm, but lm certainly hoping that we will be able to rebuild eventually, and have a place where our kids can learn to raise pigs too. It something we love. Brenneman says she doesnt know how the family plans to move forward. Fire investigators havent determined a cause. Waterloos first black mayor in the citys history will be sworn in next month. Quentin hart is also a relatively young leader, something the city hasnt had in a while. Hart beat former waterloo mayor tim hury in tuesdays runoff election. Unofficial results show hart thousand votes. Hart will replace buck clark who did not run for a fourth term. The mayorelect has experience working with the city as a councilman for the 4th ward. He says he wants to bring people from both sides of the river together for better years in waterloo. Since his Campaign Announcement in july, hart told tv9 that he knocked on thousands of doors in hopes citizens would support him. One element he wants to bring right away is to celebrate waterloos success. 7 35 taking a look at some shortterm successes by letting people know whats happening. There are a lot of great things happening, a lot of initatives taking place but i think that, sometimes, we keep some of those secrets to ourselves. Hart also says he wants to focus on the budget with city council in his first 30 days of office. Many medicaid patients in iowa are still struggling to understand the change to a privately controlled system coming on january first. Despite the confusion, only a handful of on the change yesterday in cedar rapids. One person from the department of Human Services said the small number of participants might have misunderstoo d the purpose. Unlike previous hearings on the idea of privatizing medicaid, yesterdays meeting was only to discuss a few amendments to the governors plan. There wasnt much warning, and it was at a terrible time you know. ,wednesday morning at 9 00. That rules out a large number of people local dhs staffers were prohibited from answering questions about the plan. And only one person made a Public Comment about the amendments. Medicaid participants are receiving notices about their assigned managed care company in the mail. The university of iowa Childrens Hospital will soon have a new name. The regents approved naming the hospital the stead Family University of iowa Childrens Hospital, after businessman jerre stead and his wife, mary joy. The steads have donated more than 50 Million Dollars to the name goes into effect next november. The Dubuque SchoolDistrict Needs a new swimming pool, but that project is now on hold. Thats because of a change in the collection of the state sales tax from iowas manufacturer s. The change takes effect on july first next year. Itll erase the state sales tax that iowa manufacturer s have paid on consumable supplies. Those are items they use in the manufacturin g process. The Iowa Department of revenue estimates that will cut overall state sales tax revenue by 40 Million Dollars between 2017 and 2020. It could also reduce local option sales tax revenue by up to six Million Dollars annually. That would affect cities that have Large Manufacturing bases. This law change affects the pool project because Dubuque Schools were planning to use about 7 Million Dollars from the local option sales tax. The School District was talking about renovating the pool at Hempstead High School and possibly to build an aquatic center. Under the proposal, the city would pay for part of the pool project and Dubuque Schools would make up the rest. We want people to know we may not be as attractive of a partner as we were a few months ago. We dont know if we are going to have that seven million. We might only have two Million Dollars. Superintendent Stan Rheingans worries about the larger funding issue he says could come from the proposed tax breaks. He says it may mean a major loss in tax revenue for the entire state. Health care spending is making records this morning. Its now a multitrillion dollar industry and the highest it has been in eight there is severe flooding in parts of north carolina. Banks are overflowing and water quickly rose in this yesterday. Crews had to rescue a man and his dog from a trailerr because the water rose so fast. Plan on a quiet thursday, with very quiet conditions expected over the next 7 days. Today, clouds will dissipa from west to east, leaving ththentire area sunny byby this afternoon, if not sooner. Plan on highs to be in the 3844 range rth to south. There may be some patchy fog overnight, with the River Valleys most favored given warm water for this time of year. Plan on a decent into the 40s on saturday. More clouds on sunday will probably lead to cooler temperatures, but well still remain in the 40s. The extended forecast screams el nino, leaving us mainly dry and mild. Have a great day today gradual clearing high 3844 winds sw 515 alo 40 dbq 40 iow 42tonight patchy fog low 2127 mostly sunny high 4349 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 44 iow 46tomomrow night incasing clouds low 2531 winds s 515 alo 30 dbq 28 ow 29 thanks kaj. The ceo of one internet giant decision. Investors are pressuring her to move the company away from what made it famous in the first place. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg tvnine. Its. Investors on wall street are a better day than yesterday. A drop in the price of oil dragged down energy compavies and caused stocks to fall. Crude c csed below 40 dollars a barrel for the First Time Since august. The dow dropped nearly 160 points. The s and p lost more than 20. The nasdaq 33. Investors are still weighing the possibility y at the fed will raise rates for the first time in nine years at its meeting in middecember. Yahoo is feeling pressure from an activist investor who is pushing for the tech giant to get out of the internet business. The wall street journal says a new york based hedge fund is pressuring the companys ceo to sell the Internet Services company to help it avoid a ten billion dollar tax bill. Last year, Health Care Spending in the us grew at the fastest pace since president obama took office. The department of health and Human Services says its s more than five percent in 20 14 to three trillion roughly 95 hundred dollars for every person in the country. Its heres a live look at . . On our city cam. Plan on a quiet thursday, with very quiet conditions expececd over days. Today, clouds will dissipate from west to east, leaving the entire area sunny by this afternoon, if not sooner. Plan on highs to be in the 3844 range north to south. There may be some patchy fog overnight, with the River Valleys most favored given warm water for this time of year. Plan on a decent weekend as well with highs well into the 40s on saturday. More clouds on sunday will probably lead to cooler temperatures, but well still remain in the 40s. The extended forecast screams el nino, leaving us mainly dry anan mild. Have a a eat day today gradual clearing high 3844 winds sw 515 alo 40 dbq 40 iow 42tonight patchy fog low 2127 winds sw 510 alo 24 dbq 25 iow 25tomororw mostly sunny high 4349 winds s 515 alo 45 dbq 44 iow 46tomorrow night increasing clouds low 2531 winds s 515 alo 30 dbq 28 iow 29 heres a look at todays top stories. 14 people are dead this morning d 17 others injured in a mass shooting in San Bernadino, california. Police say the two suspects in the shooting are dead. They opened fire at a meeting for the citys departmenenof Public Health. Onon of the suspects,s, syed farook worked for the department. Waterloo voters have elected the first black mayor in the citys history. Quentin hart won tuesdays bring the city together for a Brighter Future and celebrate the citys successes. The university of iowa Childrens Hospital will soon have a new name. The board of regents appppved naming the hospital the stead Family University of iowa Childrens Hospital at its meeting yesterday. The board also approved a three percent tuition increase for undergrad students at the university of iowownext fall. To become the new a. D at tulane. Dannen has been at uni since 2008. He was named the national Athletic Director of the year in 2014. During his time as a. D. , hes had 15 coachesof theyear and 15 conferenenplayersof theyear. Hell be introduced at a press conference on friday at 11 a. M. His last to hoops and the hawkeyes hosted florida sate tonight in the big 10acc challenge. And after falling behind 82. Dom uhl with the nice drive down the lane for the kiss. And then jared uthoff started heat up with the triple to tie the game at 21. And here thth come off the break peter jok three ball Corner Pocket and iowa trailed 3231 at the break. And what a talent utoff is with that length the swat on d and then the flush on the other end to pupuiowa up 4441. And jared can do it all the nice dish to woody who goes back door. At virginia winning 8573. Alex kastanek led the hawks in scoring with 22. And ally disterhoft chipped in with 18 points and 7 boards. Uni hosted iowa state tonight in cedar falls. Seanna johnson comes up with the steal and takes it coastto coast for the layup. Iowa state leads 2920. Uni keeps fighting, iowa city west grad Mikaela Morgan gets the r rl on that layup. Panthers trail by 7. But then morgans pass is stolen by johnson, she had five steals and also added 28 points, tying a careerhigh. Thahalayup puts the cyclones up by 12. Uni ends the first half on a 92 run as Benton Community grad madison weekly banks in a three in the closing seconds. But iowa state goes on to win 8475 and finally the hawkeyes are 3 point underdogs against Michigan State in the big 10 title game. Heres more with coach ferentz. Michigan state connor cook Quick Release he has great weapons how do you defend that . It is going to be a big challenge for quarterback experienced he has won a lot of games for them he is a leader and they have excellent receivers. Part of the key is their offensive line they were not healthy early in the season they are all back now and have played well the last couple of weeks it is going to be a big g challenge for ususother they have a couple of first round draft picks on the defensive line how do you attack that . It is interesting first round draft picks the qb and you flip it over on the sididthey look like an nfl line. Exexemely big and talented, they play hard it is going to be a real challenge but it does start up front we have to nuetralize those guys. It is like a mirror game if you look at the stats they are almost identical plus 14 turnover margin. That is one thing both teams do a great job of taking care of the ball they deem that really important and we have done the same of all the stats that is an important one. Might be the biggest game in iowa football history that is debatable this magnitude . I am not going down that road at all because these other 12 games have been big to that is what has allowed us to play 13. It is really important reward for our guys an opportunity. To me it is like any big game we have played this year. The bowl game or playoffs and i think the message to our team is it gets down to playing good football that is what gets you where you want to go that is what determines big games. Ben niemann was knocked out in that last game is he arlight to go and how healthy are you going in . He is working back in the progression they set and everything has been very positive. We anticipate him being ready to go but that could change at anytime if he cant go bo bower can stetein and do a a eat job