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Early starts continue to provide value for Iowa as Rose Bowl approaches

LOS ANGELES -- Back in October, before the Iowa football season mushroomed from a sideshow in the Big Ten West to a tale of widespread curiosity, Tevaun Smith just wanted to sleep.

“Thank God, it’s my senior year,” said Smith, the big-play wideout, when asked midseason about Iowa’s still newly-altered practice schedule.

By now, Smith and the Hawkeyes don’t care about rest. They’re wide awake amid final days of a dream season, touring Disneyland and other southern California landmarks on a historic journey that ends Friday in the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual, (ESPN, 5 p.