The Nittany Lions allowed Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski to run for 130 yards, the most for a PSU opponent in 10 years.

The Nittany Lions meet the Hawkeyes for a 7 p.m. ET kickoff at Beaver Stadium that no one could have predicted. James Franklin no longer is the Penn State coach, having been fired following a 22-21 loss to Northwestern that dropped the team to 0-3 in the Big Ten.

As the team headed to Iowa to take on the Hawkeyes, Penn State players and coaches wore t-shirt with the word "IF" in bold letters on the front. Since the team's coach literally just got fired, do these shirts have anything to do with Franklin?

On ESPN's "College GameDay," former Alabama football coach Nick Saban was asked indirectly about the open Penn State coaching job, one recently vacated by James Franklin.

Penn State and Iowa meet on Saturday for the 33rd time and first since the Nittany Lions’ 31-0 shutout victory in the 2023 White Out game at Beaver Stadium. It’s also Penn State’s first game without head coach James Franklin since 2014, so it’s difficult to know what to expect.

Kickoff from the Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa, is at 7 p.m. ET. The Hawkeyes are 3-point favorites in the latest Penn State vs. Iowa odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 40.5 via SportsLine consensus. Before making any Iowa vs. Penn State picks, check out the college football predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model .