♪ ♪ >> THIS CBS SPORTS GAME OF THE WEEK HAS ALREADY BEEN PLAYED. THAT IS COLLEGE FOOTBALL 25. THAT IS HOW EAGER WE WERE TO SEE WHAT THE 2024 VERSION LOOK LIKE. TOMORROW, THE WAIT IS OVER AND WE GET THE REAL THING. WE'RE SO EXCITED TO WELCOME IN OUR SITE REPORTERS. LET'S START WITH A BIT OF AN INJURY REPORT. THERE IS A LENGTHY LIST FOR IOWA STATE. I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU. HOW DO THEY ADJUST PARTICULARLY ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BOAT? >> ESPECIALLY IN IOWA STATE. THE TOP PLAYMAKER. MAJORITY OF THE SEASON. NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY ON SATURDAY FOR THE CYCLONES. INCREASED ROLE FOR IOWA STATE ON SATURDAY. I WOULD ANTICIPATE. HE PLAYED ON ALL 13 GAMES A SEASON AGO AS A TRUE FRESHMAN. ANOTHER TRUE FRESHMAN YOU WILL SEE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER, HE COULD HAVE GONE LAST SATURDAY. I THINK HIS STAFF DECIDED TO KEEP THEM OUT. YOU WILL SEE A LARGER GROUP OF LINEBACKERS ROTATE. LAST WEEK, THEY HAD A WALK ON PLAY A GOOD GAME FOR THE DEFENSE AGAINST NORTH DAKOTA. IT WILL BE A YOUNGER GROUP THAT IS LESS EXPERIENCE. THAT IS HOW IT GOES WHEN YOU HAVE TWO OR THREE OF YOUR TOP SIX OUT AT A CERTAIN POSITION. >> IT COMES DOWN TO IOWA. I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO ISOLATE THOSE DIFFERENT LINEBACKERS. I'M GOING UP AGAINST ONE. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF IOWA STATE DOES BRING DOWN THEIR SAFETIES AND FORESTS I WENT TO GO DEEP. IN THE SECOND HALF, SCORING A TOUCHDOWN. THREE PASSING TOUCHDOWNS AS AN ANOMALY COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE OF SEASONS. HE DID A GREAT JOB OF PUSHING THE BALL VERTICALLY THROUGH THE AIR. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IOWA HASN'T DONE. IOWA STATE SECONDARY IS VERY GOOD. I'M CURIOUS IF IOWA IS GOING TO ATTACK HIM THROUGH THE AIR. IOWA IS GOING TO RUN THE FOOTBALL. AGAINST ILLINOIS STATE. IOWA STATE IS A DIFFERENT TEST. WE ARE GOING TO SEE A HEAVY DOSE OF CALEB JOHNSON WHO MISSED THE FIRST HALF DUE TO A SUSPENSION BECAME OUT IN THE SECOND HALF. 119 YARDS AND A PAIR OF TOUCHDOWNS. I HUNDRED% IOWA TRYING TO GET THOSE LINEBACKERS. >> THAT WAS A LITTLE TASTE. LET'S DIG RIGHT IN AND TALK ABOUT OUR FAVORITE TOPIC WHICH IS THE IOWA OFFENSE. HOW ABOUT THAT WIDE RECEIVER PRODUCTION? SUCCESSFUL FOR BOTH TEAMS. I WANT TO K KNOW HOW THEY CONTIE ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL. >> FIRST OF ALL THROUGH THE FIRST HALF, GETTING THERE FLASHBACKS. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE SAME THING. THE FIRST DRIVE OF THE GAME WAS RUN UP THE MIDDLE THEN OVERTHROW ON A THREE AND OUT. I WASN'T SURE HOW THE OFFENSE WAS GOING TO BE CHANGING. IOWA FOUND A WAY TO FIGURE THINGS OUT. IT STARTED WITH THE WIDE RECEIVER POSITION. THEY HAD THREE IN WEEK ONE. INCLUDING TWO BY FRESHMAN WHO LOOKS LIKE HE IS GOING TO BE A REALLY BIG PART OF IOWA'S OFFENSE. A PERFECT FIT FOR THAT POSITION. ANOTHER GUY I WILL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON GOT HIS FIRST START LAST WEEK. IT'S NOT OUT OF THE GATES. 19 CARRIES. 20 POUNDS IN THIS PAST OFF-SEASON. IOWA IS GOING TO BE VERY CALCULATED. I DON'T THINK THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE TOO MANY DELAFIELD RISKS. IF THOSE SAFETIES PLAY UP, YOU HAVE TO TRUST THIS NEW OFFENSE. ULTIMATELY, YOU GOT TO THROW THE BOOK AT HIM. >> FOR IOWA STATE, IS PROBABLY MORE WHEN YOU HAVE REALLY TALENTED WIDE RECEIVERS. 2 GUYS WHO HAVE POTENTIALLY ALL THE BIG 12 POTENTIAL COMING INTO THIS SEASON. A FORMER PRESEASON ALL BIG 12 PLAYER. THERE ARE TWO OF THEM LAST YEAR COMBINED FOR 1700 YARDS. CURRENTLY I FINISH EFFICIENT AT GETTING THEM THE BALL. LAST WEEK THEY HAD TO PLACE TO STORE. CATCHING PLACE TO START THIS SEASON. HE HAD 135 RECEIVING YARDS LAST WEEKEND. I WOULD EXPECT HIM TO PLAY A BIG ROLE ON SATURDAY. DON'T OVERLOOK THE TIGHT END WHO WAS BANGED UP IN WEEK ONE TREND. FOR THIS OFFENSE. IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO RUN AGAINST THIS I WENT TO EVENTS. IF IOWA STATE IS GOING TO HAVE SUCCESS ON THE GROUND, LOOK FOR THEM TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT FOR THE CYCLONES. >> WE WERE EAGER TO SEE WHAT THIS ONE LOOKED LIKE. WE SIMULATED AT 20 TIMES. IOWA STATE WON THE FAKE NAME 13 TIMES. WHAT IS THE KEY TO VICTORY FOR EACH TEAM? DAVID, START US OFF. >> AND SEEMS LIKE WHEN THESE GAMES COME DOWN TO THE WIRE, IOWA DOESN'T BEAT THEMSELVES. IOWA STATE FINDS A WAY TO MAKE A COUPLE MORE MISTAKES. NOT TURNING THE BALL OVER AND ULTIMATELY, FORCING HIM TO MAKE PLAYS ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE A JUICED UP ATMOSPHERE. AFTER MISSING HIS FIRST GAME SINCE I WAS THREE YEARS OLD. HE HAS BEEN THERE SO LONG. I AM THE IOWA WAY. >> IT COMES DOWN TO THE THREE THINGS. PROTECT THE FOOTBALL. NOBODY TAKES ADVANTAGE OF MISTAKES BETTER THAN IOWA DOES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WINNING THE FIELD POSITION BATTLE WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT. IT IS EASY TO HAVE YOUR ATTENTION GRABBED AFTER WHAT IOWA DID. AS THE OFFENSE CLOSER TO WHAT THEY DID IN THE FIRST HALF? 90 YARDS TO SCORE IS MORE CHALLENGING FOR THEM THEN MAKING THEM GO 50 YARDS. THAT VERY THING FOR ME IS FINDING WAYS TO DEFEND THE RUN A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THEY DID A WEEK AGO. 4.1 YARDS PER CARRY. A RUSH FOR 175 YARDS. IOWA STATE'S DEFENSIVE FRONT WAS EVERY MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR FROM LAST SEASON FOR THAT TO BE THE CASE ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE. I EXPECT THEM TO PLAY BETTER IN WEEK 2. >> I FEEL VERY PREPARED TO WATCH THIS GAME. IF YOU WANT MORE OF THEIR CONTENT, YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT HERE. HAWKEYES INSIDE HER FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IOWA. GO TO THE 24 SEVENTHS BOARDS YOUTUBE PAGE FROM OUR NETWORK OF INSIDERS. WE HAVE DAILY SHOWS ANOTHER UNIQUE CONTENT. JOIN THE NEARLY HALF A MILLION SUBSCRIBERS AND CHECK OUT THE "247 SPORTS" YOUTUBE PAGE. THANKS SO MUCH BY WATCHING. ENJOY THE GAMES.