IOWA CITY — Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz does not pretend to be a doctor. By his own admission, the scientific world is not his area of expertise.

“Anytime I talk about medical stuff, I always qualify it that I'm not a doctor,” Ferentz said on Oct. 7. “Look at my résumé or transcript, I guess. I stayed the hell away from chemistry, physics, all those things."

But despite his lack of doctoral status, the Hawkeyes coach plays a role in relaying medical updates to the media. And there was plenty of that during his regularly scheduled press conference leading up to Iowa ’s matchup with Wisconsin.

Though the Hawkeyes are coming off a bye week, they are dealing with a variety of moving pieces ahead of their trip to Madison. Here is what we know.

Mark Gronowski and Iowa’s quarterb

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