K WWL Sports in college football the 25th ranked Iowa hawkey open the season in less than 4 days and just like the kickoff of the 2023 season Mark Woodley says all eyes will be on Iowa quarterback Cade magnam it's been 332 days since Cade mcamera last played for Iowa getting injured in just the fifth game of his Hawkeye career now on Saturday he feels he has some lost time to make up for it wasn't the way his season was supposed to end and now nearly a year later comes a day that Cade mcnamer has looked forward to for a very long time really ever since surgery I've been working for you know this week and just putting my body and my mind and everything in the best position to help out the team and that means blocking out some of the noise now Kirk fence has been suspended for Saturday's game for contacting a potential recruit before they entered the transfer portal reports have identified mcnea as has that recruit but the quarterback says his focus is forward on Saturday you know I appreciate the question I'm not going to comment on any uh you know NCA review or anything but you know we this team really loves coach fence and we're going to Rally behind them and for mamea hopefully that means some major Improvement on an offense that last year was one of the worst in the country and teammate Luke Lee says with the senior quarterback returning Improvement will happen he's been throwing the ball really well and um you know just just super excited and the thing is you just got to learn the you know everyone's got to come together and it's all about reps so as the more reps you get the better you're going to be the first game reps come on Saturday and mnea says he's ready you know I still remember my first swarm and you know for me to be able to experience that again and a full kinnick Stadium you know not just me but the entire team's going to be very excited for that and it is now just 5 days away and by the way assistant head coach Seth Wallace who's known for being a pretty fiery guy well he's guy in charge on Saturday and several players that I talked to said that's a pregame speech they're very much looking forward to in Iowa City Mark Woodley news7 kww