Iowa Football: 'Oregon loses Saturday' in Kirk Herbstreit's upset pick

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It is one of the main topics of conversation in college football. The eyes of the college football world are going to descend upon Kinnick Stadium for the monstrous matchup between the No. 20 Iowa Hawkeyes and the No. 9 Oregon Ducks.

Some believe that Iowa can play this thing close and have a shot; others think this is going to see some offense and surprise people with offensive success, and now, one of college football's most well-known voices, Kirk Herbstreit, is calling for the upset.

"Hey, hey, shh…Oregon loses Saturday," Herbstreit said on the Pat McAfee show.

"I'm telling you, we all love Dan Lanning, we all love the Ducks and their potential, but there's just something about certain teams at Iowa when you go into November. The only blessing they have is that it's not a night game. If it were a night game, it would be a given it would be a loss.

"At 3:30 (p.m. ET), it's going to get dark in the second half, and I'm telling you, Iowa's going to be typical Iowa. It's going to be ugly. It's going to be like 15-12. You're going to wonder, 'How the hell did we get to 15-12?' but that's part of the fun with Iowa, we don't know how we got to 15-12.

"They're going to be lined up to kick a game-winning field goal. Actually, it's 15-13, there's 40 seconds to go, the crowd is going crazy, 45-yard field goal right hash. Boom. Nail it. Game over. 16-15. Iowa wins," Herbstreit predicted.

The Hawkeyes are going to have their chance when things get cold, a little bit rainy, and are full-on Big Ten weather this Saturday. Kickoff for Iowa versus Oregon is set for 2:30 p.m. CT this Saturday, November 8, from Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa, and will air on CBS.

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