IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - If Iowa wants to win their seventh straight game in Ames, they’ll need a better performance from starting quarterback Mark Gronowski, who managed just 44 passing yards in week one against Albany.

Gronowski says first-game jitters were a factor in his poor performance, and his coaches are encouraging him.

“They kind of keep telling me be the player that you are. You’ve made the throws a million times, you’ve played in a lot of big games, you’ve won the Walter Payton award,” said Gronowski. “Just go dominate where you’re at, don’t worry about everything else, just be confident with who you are.”

“My takeaway was (Gronowski) was a little bit anxious and pressing too hard,” said head coach Kirk Ferentz. “I said something to him yesterday morning: The first ball he t

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