IOWA CITY — As his college career nears an end, Nathan Bazata continues to embrace the grind.
Always has. Always will.
That’s a part of who Bazata is, an undersized, blue-collar defensive tackle from a small farm town in eastern Nebraska where he learned the value of hard work that has allowed him to thrive as a defensive tackle on the Iowa football team.
He is expected to make the 36th start of his Hawkeye career today when Iowa concludes the regular season with a 3 p.m. game against Nebraska, a return to familiar territory for Bazata even though the Cornhuskers didn’t give him a look during the recruiting process.