The Gophers' annual rivalry matchup against Iowa received the pick treatment on ESPN's weekly College GameDay show. Guest picker Nate Bargatze was the only person to pick Minnesota to pull of the upset. "I've got the Hawkeyes because they're going to play good defense and just enough offense," Nick Saban said.

The SportsLine projection model has revealed its Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers picks for Saturday on CBS and Paramount+

The Iowa Hawkeyes are hosting the Minnesota Golden Gophers in a Week 9 college football game. Follow for live updates.

Gophers commit Howie Johnson is having a dominant senior season at Forest Lake High School, and he just set the Minnesota high school record with 104 career sacks and tackles for loss on Friday.

Up next is a showdown with the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the battle for Floyd of Rosedale. The Hawkeyes emerged victorious in Minneapolis a season ago, but now look to avenge the loss in Iowa City two seasons ago. That loss, of course, came with controversy and gave the Gophers their first win in Kinnick since 1999.

That was a good old fashioned butt whuppin! Ain’t no two ways about that. I have always felt that a team will get it’s arse handed to it at least once a year. This felt like that game. I could see how folks would feel that it could happen again especially against the Lions.

Minnesota scored 28 points in the first six minutes of Friday’s playoff rematch in Los Angeles to build an 11-point advantage. History was set to repeat from April. Until it wasn’t.

Minnesota leads the NHL with 10 power play goals. Kaprizov leads the team with four power play goals and Boldly is second with three. Jared Spurgeon, Joel Eriksson Ek and Zeev Buium each have one power play goal each (per Wild PR). The Wild’s power play is fifth in the NHL and has scored on 31.3% of the team’s man-advantage opportunities.

Dozens of people, including NBA players and a coach, are embroiled in federal investigations involving an alleged sports betting scheme and organized crime ring—the latest to put a spotlight on sports gambling.

INJURY REPORT: Gophers CB John Nestor is ACTIVE for today's game against his former team after missing last week against Nebraska Mike Gerald, Jeff Roberson and Garrison Monroe remain out, while Logan Loya lands on the injury report for the first time this season.… pic.twitter.com/cPl1AOP5Kk