FAN HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE BIG SHOWDOWNET BWEEN THE IOWA HAWKEYES AND THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES INHE T BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. KCCI SPORTS DIRECTOR. SCTOT REISTER IS LIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS. HE’S GONNA BEIT WH US ALL DAY ALL DAY TODAY FOR THE EXCITEMENT SCOTT. LIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS LIKE RIGHT NOW ’T'S GOT IT IS ONE GNTIA PARTY HAWKEYE NATION HAS ARRIVED IN FULL RFO TAKE LUCAS OIL STADMIU BY STORM. YOU SEE BEHIND ME HERE HOME WITH INDIANAPOLIS COL, BTSUT IT IS ALL ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL THIS WEEKEND. IN FACT LTAS NIGHT THE BIG TEN ANNOUNCED THAT THIS IS POISED TO BE THE SECDON LARGEST ATTENDED GAME IN LUCAS OIL STADIUM HISTORY ONLY BEHIND ONE OF THE SUPER BOWLS THAT THIS FAC. HAS HOSTED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HAPPENED TO BE THE 2015 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH THE IOWA HAWKEYES PLAYING MICHIGAN STATE IN THAT ONE, BUT LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY. WE WERE THERE AT THE TEAM HOTEL THE DOWNTOWN MRIAROTT WHEN THE TEAM ARRIVED THERE WERE ALREADY FANS HERE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 5 O’CLOCK A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS FANS THERE AS COACH KIRK FERENCE AND THE TENANTS WHO, IOWA GUYS GOTFF O OF THE BUS TO LOUD APPLAUSE. ISTH IS A TEAM THAT HAS REALLY SHOWN THEIR GRIT DETERMINATION BY WINNING THOSE LAST FOUR GAMES OF THE REGULAR SEASON TO MAKE THEIR WAYER HE TO INDY AND NOW IF THEY CAN DEFTEA THE NUMBER TWO, MICHIGAN WOLVERINES IOWA IS AN 11.9. BUT IF THE HAWKEYESAN C KEEP THEIR WINNING WAYS, THEY WILL BE HEADED TO THE ROSE BOWL. THE QUESTION IS IS CAN THEY BLOCK OUT ALL THE NOISE AND CAN THEY DO IT IT TAKES TO BEAT, MICHIGAN. IT STARTS WITH PREPARATION. YEAH, WE GOT TO PLAY CLEAN. ALL WE’RE AT THE MASON PLAYS MAYBE THAT WE DIDN’T THINK WE CO ULD MAKE THAT TYPE OF DEAL AND YOU KNOW, JUST TRY TO HOLD THEIR OFFENSE AND CHECK, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE REALLY EXPLOSIVE. THEY RUN THE BALL EXTREMELY WELL, SO WE’RE GOINGO T YOU KNOW, TRY TO DIFFUSE OUT. BIT FIND A WAY TO CARVE OUT SOME POINTS AND HOPEFLYUL SPECIAL TEAMS KICK OFF AT 7 O’CLOCK ON FOX HERE FROM LUCAS OIL STADIUM. THAT IS 7 O’CLOCK CENTRAL TIME. IOWA TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE ROSEVILLE, MICHIGAN NUMBER TWO IN THE NATION RIGHT NOW, THEY’LL BE IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF IF TYHE CAN GET IT DONE AND DEFTEA THE IOWA HAWKEYES AND SCOTT BACOUK TSIDE HERE. I TELL YOU THERE’S JUST AS MANY MICHIGAN FANS IT SEEMS LIKE AS THERERE A HAWKEYE FANS AND MICHIGAN IS GONNA BE ONE HARD TEAM TO BE AS AS THEY PROVE TO GET YOUR OHIO STATE. GUYS, YEAH, YOU HAD TO MENTION IT YOU HAD TO MENTION IT. SO THERE’S GONNA BE A LOT OF YELLOW THERE SCOTT YOU DIDOU Y MAKE YOU MENTIONED IT THERE, TOO. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE IOWA BEING BIG UNDERDOGS YOUET G THE SENSE THIS TEAM LIKES BEING THE UNDERDOG S.THEY CERTAINLY SOUND LIKE IT. I MEAN THEY WERE EVEN UNDERDOGS THAT GETS NEBRASKA. OH LAST BLACK FRIDAY. THEY WERE A BIG UNDERDOGS THERE AND THEN THEY CAME BACK AND THEY HAD THAT BIG R. 22 POINTS UNANSWERED WITHOUT THAT RALLY AND WITHOUT THAT KIND OF UNDERDOG MENTALITY ON THE ROAD AGAINSTEB NRASKA. THEY DON’T WIN THAT GAME AND THEY’RE NOT PLAYING RIGHT NOW SO THEY DON’T MIND IT WHEN WE WERE INTERVIEWING THEM EARLIER IN THE WEEK. THEY EVEN TALKED ABOUT HOW IT MOTIVATES THEM AND THEY’VE GOT TO PROVE IT AND THIS IS NOTHING NEW FOR THIS HAWKEYE TEAM YOU TALK ABOUT WHEN THEY PLAYED USC IN 2019 ANDRE PTTY MUCH THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. I MEAN AGAINST PENN STETA THEY HAVE BEENIS RING TO THE OCCASION. OH, MISSISSIPPI STATE I EARLIER A COUPLE YEARS AGO AS WELL. THEY CAN GET THIS DONE. THEY’RE COMFORTABLE HERE. AND THERE’S NO REASON THEY CAN’T HANG WITH MICHIGAN. I’M WITH YOUR REISTER AND IT SEEMS LIKE FAIRNESS IS UP TO A LITTLE SOMETHING YOU MIGHT SEE SOME TRIERCKY TODAY. ALL RIGHT REISTER. WE WILL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU. HE’S LIVE IN INDIANA