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Chad Leistikow's bold predictions include Iowa football beating at least one top-10 ranked team for the first time since 2021.

Leistikow also predicts that Hawkeyes quarterback Mark Gronowski will rush for more yards than any other quarterback under Kirk Ferentz.

Koen Entringer, with only one career start, will achieve first-team All-Big Ten honors, according to Leistikow's bold predictions.

The preseason in any sport is typically a time to think optimistically. It’s easier when the records are 0-0 to envision fun and good things happening for your favorite team — even if history tells us those things are unlikely to occur.

That’s how I feel most years when it comes to my Chicago Bears, who annually get my hopes up … and then inevitably (often quickly) remind me wh

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