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Wednesday Scrambler: Comparisons and Clichés

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We’ve all heard our share of those good old sports clichés teams use in attempt to keep things in perspective following adversity. At 5-3 and scheduled to come out of the bye Saturday evening at Penn State, some Iowa fans, players, and coaches may use the “four-game season” adage in regards to final third of the 2016 campaign — one geared at earning a trip to a halfway respectable bowl game. That phrase is reminiscent of the “Big Ten Playoffs” Carl Davis and company spoke of during the home stretch of the 2014 season, Iowa’s most recent disappointing campaign.