Northwestern (1-6, 1-3 B1G) is on the road again this weekend. Coming off a heartbreaking loss to Maryland, the Wildcats will head to Iowa City to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes at 2:30 P.M. CST on Saturday. In what’s expected to be his second start at QB, sophomore Brendan Sullivan will look to help NU to its second win of the season against another middling, beatable Big Ten team. With Ohio State looming next week, enjoy this one, ‘Cats fans. At the very least, it should be watchable. Here are three reasons why Northwestern will take down the Hawkeyes, and three reasons why they won’t:

Why Northwestern will beat Iowa:

Brendan Sullivan

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