With a monster weekend on tap for major Iowa athletics comes a super-sized edition of the Hawk Central Hour.

In a podcast-only edition, the Register's Chad Leistikow, along with Tyler Tachman and Dargan Southard, go long in previewing Saturday's big Iowa vs. Oregon football showdown at Kinnick Stadium. With Iowa entering the first College Football Playoff rankings at No. 20, what added elements does that add to this top-20 showdown?

Chad and Tyler preview the Iowa-Oregon game with our usual Five Big Questions segment, which dives into topics about Kaden Wetjen, Mark Gronowski and the Phil Parker defense.

Later, we review the Hawkeye men's opening win against Robert Morris to kick off the Ben McCollum era. What kind of lineup combinations and mind games will McCollum play as he looks t

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