>>THIS IS IOWA'S NEWS NOW SPORTS WITH OWEN SEBRING. >>DATELINE NOVEMBER 25TH, 1978 IOWA LOSES TO MICHIGAN STATE 42 TO 7, A GAME NOTEWORTHY FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN IT WAS THE LAST HAWKEYE FOOTBALL GAME COACHED BY SOMEBODY OTHER THAN KIRK FERENTZ OR HAYDEN FRY. BUT THAT STREAK ENDS ON SATURDAY, WITH KIRK SERVING HIS ONE GAME SUSPENSION FOR IMPERMISSIBLE CONTACT WITH A TRANSFER BEFORE THE OFFICIAL PORTAL WINDOW OPENED. SETH WALLACE WILL SERVE AS ACTING HEAD COACH FOR THE SATURDAY'S GAME, AND SPEAKING WITH THE PLAYERS TODAY, YOU GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY'VE BEEN TOLD NOT TO MAKE TOO BIG OF A PRODUCTION OUT OF IT NO FREE KIRK SHIRTS, JUST TRYING TO CARRY ON BUSINESS AS USUAL. YOU CAN TELL THAT THIS SITUATION HAS IN NO WAY TARNISHED THE ESTEEM IN WHICH THESE PLAYERS HOLD THEIR HEAD COACH. THIS TEAM LOVES COACH FERENTZ, AND YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO RALLY FOR HIM. I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON ANY, YOU KNOW, NCAA REVIEW OR ANYTHING, BUT YOU KNOW, WE THIS TEAM REALLY LOVES COACH FERENTZ. >>AND WE'RE GOING TO RALLY BEHIND HIM >>HE DID MAKE IT A POINT LIKE DON'T FOCUS TOO MUCH ON HIM. AND, I MEAN, HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE OUT THERE BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST DO THE JOB AND JUST DO IT WITH OUR BROTHERS. >>YOU KNOW, I MADE A MISTAKE. SO I'VE OWNED IT, STEPPED ON A LINE. I THINK THE LINE WAS A LITTLE BIT CLOUDY, A LITTLE BIT BLURRY. BUT NONETHELESS, I STEPPED ON IT SO I WON'T BE HERE. THERE'S NOTHING TO RALLY ABOUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE THE IDEA RIGHT NOW IS TO EVERYBODY DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. AND I'M CONFIDENT THEY WILL. WE'VE GOT A GOOD GROUP OF GUYS AND THE STAFF WILL DO A GREAT JOB >>COACH FERENTZ IS FOUR WINS AWAY FROM HIS 200TH WIN AS IOWA'S HEAD COACH. TEN WINS FROM PASSING WOODY HAYES FOR THE SECOND MOST WINS AS A BIG TEN COACH. THE UNIVERSITY HAS YET TO CLARIFY WHETHER SATURDAY'S GAME, ASSUMIN