Hawks Batter Tech, Iowa State Edges No. Iowa

Football is back. Iowa and Iowa State each won home openers on Saturday, while Northern Iowa fell to the Cyclones. 

In Iowa City, officials stopped the game due to lightning toward the end of the third quarter for nearly an hour and a half, but the soaked Hawkeyes already had the contest well in hand. Iowa outscored the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 34-7 in the game at Kinnick Stadium.  

Here is a photo gallery of the game from the Iowa City Press-Citizen and Des Moines Register. Click for more analysis of the game on ESPN.com.

In Ames, the Cyclones prevailed in a come-from-behind win on a late touchdown. Steele Jantz scored on a one-yard run with 40 seconds left to give Iowa State a 20-19 victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday night.

Ames Patch has a of the game. The Des Moines Register has a full story and a photo gallery.

Next Saturday, Iowa and Iowa State face off in Ames.

Just in time, fans can begin submitting ideas for what the new Cy-Hawk Trophy should look like to the Iowa Corn Growers Association. Here is a link to the submission form.

Entries must be submitted through the website and will be taken through the end of September.

If you recall, at Iowa Corn's first attempt at a new trophy, a farm family surrounding a bushel of corn. They scrapped it and vowed to let fans decide. One fan suggested a and a trophy honoring legends Nile Kinnick and Jack Trice has emerged as the front runner in a .