Forget all the hype...it's crunch time at Arizona Stadium

Forget all the hype. Forget all the talk about Iowa being bigger and better. Forget the fact that the gamblers are pickin' the Hawkeyes (slightly, by 1 1/2). If you believe all the talk you'd think the bus carrying the larger, bigger than life Hawkeyes to Arizona Stadium on Saturday will spring a flat tire or two due to the added pressure forced upon it by those over-sized linemen from the Hawkeye state.

The big fellas on both sides of the ball will not be thinking about newspaper clippings when they reach down in their three-point stance, wait for their quarterback's signal and collide with their competitor from the other side of the scrimmage line. Saturday night's Arizona-Iowa game may very well be won in the trenches. The 58,000-plus fans will see the results on the scoreboard, but they will not hear or feel the impact of those behemoths after every snap. By the time the first quarter ends the players in the trenches will know the real story and they won't need a Sunday morning paper to get the real scoop of what happened at Arizona Stadium on September 18th.

Go Arizona! My prediction: Arizona 24, Iowa 21.