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Former First Lady Laura Bush visits UNI ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor

A sold-out crowd greeted former U.S. First Lady Laura Bush at 7 p.m. on Wednesday night, as Bush delivered a speech and participated in a Q&A

session with UNI President Mark Nook. The event, held at Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, was part of the Joy Cole Corning Distinguished Lecture Series.

Before introducing Bush, President Nook highlighted

lecture series founder Joy Cole Corning, who graduated from UNI (then Iowa State Teacher’s College) with an education degree. “[She] spent her life and her career in service to others and to the state that she

loved,” Nook said.

Corning established the Distinguished Lecture Series in 2001 to “provide our students and community an opportunity to hear from distinguished leaders with a variety of backgrounds, ideas and experiences,” according to Nook.

Previous guests have included astronaut Sally Ride and the Dalai Lama. Wednesday’s lecture was the first in the series following Corning’s death in May of 2017.

Nook drew connections between Corning and Bush, two women passionate about political engagement and female leadership. Corning served as Iowa lieutenant governor and state senator and was the first female to seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Nook also emphasized the two women’s shared background in education.

“As a former teacher and school librarian, Mrs. Bush’s work in education and literacy fits well with the University of Northern Iowa’s proud history of being the largest teacher edu-

cation program in the state of Iowa,” Nook said.

The crowd greeted Bush’s entrance with a standing ovation.

Bush began her speech with an update on her family, addressing the May 2019 passing of her mother, Jenna Welch, as well as the deaths last year of her in-laws, President George H.W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush.

During both her 25-minute speech and the ensuing Q&A session, Bush discussed the impact of these parental figures in her life. She credited her mother with fostering her own love of literature and nature.

“I had a mother who read to me all the time, which I’m sure is the reason I love to read and that I became a librarian,” she said.

She cited “Little House on the Prairie” and “Little Women” as books that she and her mother shared and that shaped her own outlook on the world through their depictions of stable, secure American families.

rushing attack that we’re up him grow in front of us, and against this Saturday than he’s not playing a perfect what we’ve been up against. game by any means. He’s We’ve been up against a one a redshirt freshman. He’s back running game. This is playing a very good football a two back running game. game right now.”

This changes the structure The loss puts UNI at of a lot of things.”

The Panthers weren’t able to contain the Bison as they ran for 347 yards with three running backs rushing for over 80 yards.

For the Panthers offensive, walk-on Quarterback Will McElvain threw 15-29 for 233 yards and one touchdown in his fifth 200-yard passing performance of the season. The redshirt freshman quarterback has thrown for 1,308 yards this season with one interception.

“Will [McElvain] has progressed,” Farley said.

“You’ve seen him at the Iowa State game, and kind of saw him grow. We’re all seeing

3-3 this season, and 1-1 in Missouri Valley Conference play. Up next, the Panthers return to the UNI-Dome to face South Dakota on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. for Family Weekend.

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The No. 10 Panthers trekked out west to Fargo, N.D., for a top-ten matchup against the first-ranked and defending champion North Dakota State Bison on Saturday afternoon.

The Panthers kept it close until the Bison added to their 25-14 lead with 21 points in the fourth quarter to cap a 46-14 win over UNI. Coming into the heavyweight bout, head coach Mark Farley knew the challenge at hand.

“It’s a task,” Farley said.

“They’re a great football team, and they went to Delaware and did a number on Delaware. When they went on the road and did the things that they did that’s what caught my eye.”

After North Dakota got out to a 15-0 start, the Panthers responded with a 17-yard touchdown strike to sophomore receiver Isaiah Weston, who had a careerhigh 129 receiving yards.

UNI went into halftime at 18-14 after a six-yard TD run by running back Tyler Hoosman for his second TD as a Panther.

An early third quarter forced fumble set the Bison up for a 30-yard TD pass to go up 25-14. North Dakota pulled away with three rushing touchdowns in the fourth quarter to seal the win.

The Bison rushing attack added to the challenge that faced the Panthers.

“No question [that] it’ll be a tough test,” Farley said.

“We’ve played well at times and […] we have defended the run well, but I think this is a whole different style of

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Her mother was also an avid outdoorswoman and birdwatcher who served as Bush’s Girl Scout troop leader, kindling Bush’s devotion to the preservation of national parks.

Bush described motherin-law Barbara as a role model both as First Lady and in her personal life, saying that Barbara encouraged her “to enjoy what you have now to the fullest.”

“From our parents, we’ve learned that all that we have is now,” she said.

After mentioning twin daughters Barbara and Jenna, Bush described her current life in Dallas, Texas, with husband George. “[We’re] living what I call ‘the afterlife’ in the state George calls ‘the Promised Land,’” she said, to audience laughter.

She highlighted the couple’s work at the Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, which seeks to further the public policy work begun during President George W. Bush’s time in office. She noted, however, that her legacy is not always so grandiose.

“It’s come to this,” Bush quipped, displaying a Laura Bush bobble-head doll given to her by a friend who found it “on the clearance shelf ” of the Constitutional Center in Philadelphia a few weeks after President Obama’s inauguration.

Although she chuckled along with the crowd, Bush said that life in the White House did occasionally make her feel like “a bobble-head inside a bubble,” and she struggled to find her identity during her husband’s presidency.

“Everyone seemed eager just to assign me the personality of a previous First Lady,” she said.

One of the causes which shaped her eventual identity and personality as First Lady was literacy.

“I believe that every child deserves a quality education and a safe and happy childhood,” she said, to a round of applause from the audience. “I know that books have the power not just to move people as individuals, but to shape our nation. I know that if every child is educated, our country and our world will be more stable and prosperous.”

Bush drew from her experience as a teacher in Houston, offering an anecdote of a boy who she had to leave behind upon arriving to pick him up for a field trip when he came to the door in his underwear.

His mother, though audibly present in the house, never came to the door to grant him permission to go.

“Helping children like this little boy is one of the greatest challenges of our time,” she said, noting that she often wonders what became of this former student.

She cited drugs, gangs, Internet predators and the rise of single-parent homes as problems faced by modern children, and concluded her speech by challenging the audience to seek out and help those struggling with these issues.

“Never forget that boy,” she said. “Never forget that one friendly smile, one reading lesson, one consoling touch, one check written or one busy hour given over to someone who needs you […] these are the things that can make all the difference.”

After another standing ovation, Nook joined Bush onstage for a 20-minute Q&A session. The former First Lady answered questions regarding her work as an educator, White House life and her three grandchildren. Nook’s questions also allowed Bush to address other issues which she promoted as First Lady, including women’s rights.

Bush mentioned her belief that the 9/11 terrorist attacks generated a wave of American support for women’s rights in Afghanistan.

“When the spotlight turned on Afghanistan and we saw a country where half of the population was left out […] many American women […] wanted to help Afghan women,” she said.

She described her work in creating educational and career opportunities for Afghan women legally confined to the home,

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VOLUME 116, ISSUE 13 and addressed her continued communication with Afghanistan First Lady Rula Saade Ghani.

“The Ghanis [hope] that we keep a military presence there, because they need the space and security that our military can give them to build a society,” she said.

Attendees from the education field appreciated Bush’s message. Adel Kessler of Cedar Falls, a UNI alumna and former special education teacher, said she connected to Bush’s story about the boy from the field trip.

“I really related to those kids like the boy she had to leave behind, because as teachers we all have those students that we wonder about—how are they doing now?” Kessler said. “Some of them you have contact with, but some of them you just don’t know.”

Senior elementary education major Alex Mens attended the lecture for a class, but said she was “genuinely interested” to hear Bush address literacy education. However, she said the lecture wasn’t what she’d expected.

“I felt like she more talked about her experience as First Lady and her personal life,” Mens said. “I was hoping to hear more about her experience in literacy education.”

However, she called it “really sweet” to hear Bush speak about her family and grandchildren.

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ond-year graduate student in leisure, youth and human services, also appreciated the lighthearted tone of Bush’s speech.

“It honestly went above and beyond my expectations,” Bergmann said. “I liked the humor she put in it and just being a powerful female figure to look up to.”

“It’s interesting to expose yourself to different people who have made great accomplishments. It just helps open up your world,” Kessler said. “It’s all about making the world a better place, and we all have a responsibility. I appreciate that [Mrs. Bush] has taken that seriously and continued to contribute.

“Teaching truly is a work of heart,” Kessler concluded, “and I think that came through in her message.”

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Are TV shows effective teachers?

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It seems like the perfect innovation: a device that provides entertaining, interactive education to your child 24/7 free of cost (with the exception of the monthly cable bill, of course), allowing you to safely plant them in front of the screen while you work or savor your free time. While early TV was often regarded as mindless entertainment, this would change as a new dimension of children’s media emerged in 1969 With the creation of the instant hit Sesame Street came a flood of innovative new shows for children that not only sought to entertain, but also to educate. While productive in theory, many parents debate whether or not this “handsfree” approach to learning is actually helping their children to grasp preschool concepts, or if it’s simply neglectful. Does educational television actually help children learn, or is it too good to be true?

The first benefit of educational television comes in the form of accessibility. A child coming from a financially-strained family may not be able to attend preschool, but can easily turn on the TV to have access to similar knowledge they’d be expected to learn in preschool. This is, of course, where educational programming has an advantage: it’s accessible and reliable, pro-

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Opinion Columnist Emerson Slomka explains the pros and cons of educational television and the role it plays in developing minds. He says that this programing is a good supplement, rather than a primary source of education.

viding an otherwise uneducated child with the information they’ll need in a fun and interactive way.

Another major benefit deals with how vast and widespread television is. Naturally, education on certain topics differs between locations; a preschooler from San Francisco is going to learn about different societal issues and norms than a preschooler from small-town Georgia. My own mother, for example, grew up in a small, predominantly-white village in rural Illinois. The first time she was exposed to non-white individuals was through the

media—specifically, Sesame Street, which was one of the first children’s shows to feature a racially-diverse cast. This was such a culture shock to some that the state of Mississippi actually attempted to ban Sesame Street from airing in the state, fearing that it would confuse children with its fully-integrated cast.

Racial diversity isn’t the only area where Sesame Street has proven to be a positive influence-- also featured is a segment about breastfeeding, a cast member with Down Syndrome, a Muppet whose father is incarcerated, a song

empowering natural hair, and even an episode that tackles the sensitive topic of death.

Introducing these topics gives parents a great opportunity to discuss them with their child, giving the topics a preface and reason to be discussed. Though reading, writing and math are integral parts of education, it’s imperative that children learn about the world around them and the people within it.

Though it’s clear that TV offers an accessible education with different perspectives than a preschool classroom, what are the shortcomings of educational TV? Unlike a teacher, who

can stop, repeat and answer questions, the TV can only go forward, at a pace which may not be ideal for all children.

The child cannot ask questions on puzzling topics, which can lead them to either not grasp— or worse—misunderstand a lesson. The child cannot learn from experiences from the TV like they can at a preschool, where many lessons and ideas are conveyed through the senses. Another major issue boils down to the unhealthy nature of watching TV; when a child learns in a school environment, play and physical activity are encouraged, while excessive TV watching can cause a child to become lethargic.

So, now that we know the pros and cons of educational TV, what can we take from this? Educational TV is most effective when used as a supplement, rather than the primary source, of education. These shows can spark a conversation between a parent and child and provide an opportunity to teach them with a handson approach. This approach is supported by the creators of Sesame Street, who decided to air their episode about death on Thanksgiving, when children would be surrounded by adults. In the end, it’s important that we realize the importance of discussing things with our children and guiding them through the world of education by hand, rather than by screen.

Companies need to distinguish between platform and publisher COLIN HORNING

Opinion Columnist

In the year 2019, it’s easier than ever to share your opinions and express oneself for the entire world to hear, thanks in large part to the Internet and social media companies who have provided the masses with services that allow a virtual freespeech platform. A little over a decade ago, it was basically impossible for the average person to become a celebrity or well-known personality because of the sheer lack of opportunity to do so. The concept of making a living off the Internet was unheard of, until YouTube skyrocketed in the mid-2000s, followed by Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. These products have seen average people quit their jobs and dedicate their lives full-time to making YouTube videos and promoting their businesses on other social media platforms. Silicon Valley companies like these were providing the average person with an outlet to express themselves, gain a following, and become relevant in whatever their craft may happen to be. Simply own-

ing a laptop or smartphone and having Internet access was enough to become well-known Internet star, until the so-called “Ad-pocalypse” of Youtube back in 2017.

After reports came out of advertisements playing on graphic and “non-advertiser friendly” content, YouTube was given a pathway to demonetize many channels that “violated the terms of service.” While some of these channels legitimately displayed explicit and graphic content, YouTube began to blur the lines of what following the “terms of service” meant.

Popular political, social commentary and even video gaming channels saw up to 99 percent of ad revenue disappear from their videos despite the fact there was nothing objectionable about the content. Demonetization was just the first step, however, as well-known Internet personalities such as Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer and Liberty Columnist were completely deprived of any ad revenue as well as kicked off Facebook, Twitter and Instagram altogether. The list is much longer than these, of course. Big Tech

and Silicon Valley companies have become the guardians of what can and can’t be said on the Internet, which is a very dangerous reality.

The common justification for censorship on social media is that since these companies are privately-owned, that they are allowed to choose who is able to speak and who cannot. While this is a valid argument in some cases, it should differ in the case of free speech.

From a legal standpoint, YouTube has the free-reign to kick people off its platform if the company deems it to be necessary. But YouTube and other Silicon Valley companies need to decide if they are platforms or publishers of content.

Up until recently, these services have been platforms for the average person to express themselves creatively and provided them with the opportunity to gain a following. In simpler terms, the platform allowed any and all kinds of content, similar to how the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights allows any and all kinds of speech. But in the last few years, companies like YouTube and Facebook

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have escalated the amount of content restriction to the point that they’re actively policing everything that goes on in their service, making them more like content publishers than actual free speech platforms. It’s not possible to be both; Silicon Valley giants need to decide how their business should be classified in order to be more visible about their motives.

Big Tech and social media companies are essentially the primary way in which freedom of expression is prevalent in

modern society. They have given an opportunity for countless people to express themselves to the world, and have allowed many people to make entire careers out of content creation and Internet entrepreneurship. Our society has advanced to the point to where we rely on social media companies for free speech. If we allow them to authoritatively control the speech that is allowed, then we have more to fear from Big Tech and Silicon Valley rather than big government.

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Celebrating ZYRUS WHITEHEAD Staff Writer

October is LGBTQ+ History Month, and as part of UNI’s effort to attain inclusion and diversity on campus, several events are hosted throughout the month to celebrate and inform. “[Events like these] give people more knowledge so when they enter an experience dealing with the community, it would definitely benefit them and you can connect to them from that knowledge that you’ve learned,” said Nixson Benitez, a freshman theatre major.

While some events have already taken place — including a history display in Rod Library, several speakers and panels, a photoshoot for National Coming Out Day and two TheatreUNI performances of “Pronoun”

by Evan Placey — there are still more events to come.

The Center for Multicultural Education (CME) hosts a weekly “Hot Wings, Hot Topics” at 12 p.m. for a chance to discuss the history and significance of unseen and marginalized people. On Wednesday, Oct. 23, the event will be focused on queer and trans people of color. The week after, on Oct. 30, the event will focus on Bi Erasure.

Safe Zone Ally Training will be held on Thursday, Oct. 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the CME, for which interested participants must pre-register at lgbt.uni.edu. Also coming up this month is Drag-AGanza in the Maucker Union Coffeehouse on Friday, Oct. 25 beginning at 9 p.m.

This year’s Iowa Safe Schools Queer College Conference is co-sponsored

by UNI Proud and will take place on UNI’s campus on Oct. 25 and 26. According

to iowasafeschools.org, this conference is “the only conference of its kind dedicated to addressing the barriers and adverse conditions facing LGBTQ college students and their faculty/staff advocates.” Registration is required at iowasafeschools. org/qcc2019.

Two events that occur weekly, both during and outside of LGBTQ+ History Month, are Queer Power Hour, held every Monday at 12 p.m. in the Gender and Sexuality Services Room above Maucker Union, and UNI Proud meetings on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the the Maucker Union Oak Room.

Rocio Castrejon, a freshman majoring in sociology, said that celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month is important because the representation is essential on campus.

“The CME has papers that show the different flags of the LGBT community,” Castrejon said, encouraging students to become more educated on the different identifications of individuals in the community.

Castrejon also touched on the discrimination toward LGBTQ+ individuals in the past, specifically on UNI’s campus.

“There has been some good change since then, but we still need more change and more progress [to

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History Month achieve full inclusion],” Castrejon said.

According to keynote speaker Tim Sullivan, UNI has a deep history rooted in the LGBTQ+ community, beginning in 1965 with the Gay Purge: a time in UNI’s history (then called Iowa State Teachers College) during which individuals who were gay or presumed to be gay faced hate crimes, expulsion, being fired from jobs and other acts of discrimination. There was even a push to not allow students who were suspected of being gay receive their teaching certificates.

Last Thursday’s keynote speaker, Tim Sullivan, spoke on his experience being asked to leave UNI during this purge for being gay.

Sullivan and other speakers also spoke about other topics like the AIDS epidemic, sodomy laws and current successes despite decades of discrimination.

Rachel Blue, a freshman double-majoring in psychol-

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ogy and social work, said that this month is important to her. “[It gives the opportunity to] shed some light on these topics in general because some people will say that they accept the whole LGBTQ+ community, but they don’t really know what it is,” she said. “They don’t understand the whole range of the community.”

Castrejon and Blue encourage students to stay open-minded this month and every month as well as attend events to educate themselves on such topics.

LGBTQ+ History Month at UNI is sponsored by the Vice President for Student Affairs, the CME, Gender & Sexuality Services, Rod Library, TheatreUNI and UNI Proud.

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Several events have taken place and will take place on UNI’s campus in observation of LGBTQ+ history month, including performances of Evan Placey’s “Pronoun” last weekend and UNI Proud’s annual “Drag-A-Ganza” on Friday, Oct. 25.

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ORANGE PARTY SOFIA LEGASPI

Campus Life Editor

UNI Dance Marathon hosted an “Orange Party” from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10 on the Wellness and Recreation Center basketball courts.

The evening’s activities

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included pie-a-Panther, a bags tournament, jazzercise and stories shared from “miracle families.”

Thursday’s event came at the end of Push Day, during which Dance Marathon members raised as much funds as they could in 24 hours. By the end of the

time period, the organization had raised $72,556.44.

UNI Dance Marathon supports the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Miracle Network. The student-run organization is now in its seventh year, according to its website.

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Showcase SOFIA LEGASPI

Campus Life Editor

Latinx students shared their talents and culture on Friday evening, Oct. 11 at the Latinx Showcase host-

ed by UNIdos in Lang Hall Auditorium.

The event was one of many celebrating Latinx Heritage Month, observed each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

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Panthers go 1-1, now 12-9 overall BRIELLE KIEWIET Sports Writer

The Panther volleyball team sits at 6-1 in Missouri Valley Conference play and 12-9 overall after a split

weekend at home, defeating Bradley 3-1, and losing to Illinois State 3-2.

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in this race and we let one slip away tonight [Saturday against Illinois State],” head coach Bobbi Petersen said.

One of the leaders of the team, senior Karlie Taylor, echoed Petersen’s statement.

“I think we’ll all go home and reflect on stuff each individual can do better for the team, and then I think we’re going to take it into practice,” Taylor said.

The win of the weekend came on Friday when the Panthers took down Bradley with set scores of 25-18, 22-15 and 25-18. UNI out hit the Braves 60 to 46, and put up nine blocks to Bradley’s six. Petersen called conference play, “a crazy confer-

ence race so far.”

Taylor led the Panthers in kills and digs with 14 and 19, respectively. Taylor’s first hit of the match moved her to fifth all-time in career kills with 1,440. Abbi Staack followed close behind with 17 digs during the match, and Rachel Koop had 47 assists for her ninth 40+ assist performance of the season.

Saturday night saw a close match between the Panthers and Illinois State with the Redbirds taking the win 3-2.

Reflecting on their first conference loss this season, Coach Petersen said, “The biggest part is being able to understand the things that

were in our control and the things that aren’t, because unfortunately, volleyball is a game of mistakes.”

Kaylissa Arndorfer and Taylor led the Panther attack. Arndorfer finished the match as the most efficient hitter for the Panthers with a .395 hitting percentage and 18 kills. Taylor also continued her strong play with 23 kills and three blocks. Koop recorded another 40+ assist performance with 53 assists and Staack added 31 assists as well.

Up next, the Panthers will host the Drake Bulldogs for another MVC match in the McLeod Center on Oct. 18.

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Panthers finish ninth at Zach Johnson Invitational COLIN HORNING

Sports Writer

Competing in the Zach Johnson Invitational in Des Moines, the Panther men’s golf team took a ninthplace finish with a score of 911 overall and 59 over par for the tournament.

“There’s no question, we have to be more consistent,” head coach John Bermel said.

“We’ve got seven or eight kids that all can travel, so it’s going to be really exciting to qualify just to trav-

el. The consistency has to be there, because if you’re going to travel, you have to consistently be up there.”

Named after two-time major tournament champion and Iowa native Zach Johnson, the 54-hole event was hosted by Johnson’s alma mater, Drake University, at the Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines.

Senior Sam Sacquitne led in individual score for Northern Iowa, carding a 222 for the four rounds.

Coach Bermel has a lot of

confidence in his upperclassmen to be leaders.

“Sam [Sacquitne] is a senior, so he’s obviously going to be huge for this team because he knows exactly what we expect and what we’re trying to get to,” Bermel said.

Teammate Griffin Parker tied Sacquitne for ninth place, followed by Tommy Doyle, who scored a 231 to tie for 34th place.

Loyola-Chicago took home the first-place finish with a score of 888, and Valparaiso golfer Garrett Wills won the individual

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carding with a score of 215.

Up next for the Panther men is a trip to Jonesboro, Arkansas for the Bubba

Bar nett Intercollegiate Tournament hosted by Arkansas State University from Oct. 13-15.

COMMENTARY

Early college football playoffs prediction PATRICK HANSEN

Sports Writer

The college football season is just under halfway through another memorable year of upsets and chaos with more to come in the race to the college football playoffs. With that being said, it’s time to look at the likely playoff contenders and who will run away with the Heisman trophy.

The playoff race is looking to be one for the ages this season compared to years’ past. In just the top ten of the AP rankings, there are four SEC schools and three Big Ten schools. The SEC schools in order of ranking are Alabama, LSU, Florida and Georgia. These four powerhouses make for an exciting finish to the season, seeing that all four teams will play each other before the SEC Championship.

In the Big Ten, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Penn State will all have a chance to play for the Big Ten Championship with a likely matchup between No. 4 Ohio State and No. 6 Wisconsin.

So, who will be in the playoffs? It seems that Clemson is a lock as the highest competition they have left to face is Wake Forest. Assuming the Tigers stay undefeated, they should remain the first seed.

Facing off with Dabo Swinney’s Tigers at the fourth seed will likely be the Wisconsin Badgers. The Badgers will have to take down the Iowa Hawkeyes and Ohio State, possibly twice, to get there, but their run game led by Heisman candidate Jonathan Taylor mixed with their stellar defense will cause havoc for the rest of the season.

Coming in at the sec-

ond seed appears to be Joe Burrow and the LSU Tigers, causing Alabama to miss their first bout in the playoffs. Ed Orgeron and the Tigers face a ton of competition in the final stretch of the season, but their passing game will push them into a playoff spot.

Facing off against LSU will be the Oklahoma Sooners. The Sooners led by former Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts need to get past the Texas Longhorns before they should have smooth sailing to a seed in the playoffs.

No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 4 Wisconsin In a matchup between the defending national champion Clemson Tigers and the Wisconsin Badgers, Trevor Lawrence and company will falter at the hands of the Badgers after a weak sched-

ule and losses on the defensive line. The Tigers’ defense being inexperienced presents a great opportunity for the Badgers to run all over the Clemson defense.

No. 2 LSU vs. No. 4 Oklahoma In the Sooners-Tigers matchup, it seems as if Oklahoma will get the best of the Tigers. LSU will more than likely keep a close onescore game, but ultimately the Sooners have more experience with Hurts at the helm, who will be looking to hurt the Tigers’ defense.

The Sooners will move on to face off with the Badgers.

National Championship: Oklahoma vs. Wisconsin In the National Championship held in New Orleans this year, expect the Sooners’ defense to have a gameplan to stop the Badgers’

rushing attack led by Taylor.

Unless Wisconsin can get their passing game going, it seems that the Sooners are the favorites to win the title this season.

In the Heisman race, we know the two front runners are Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa. However, a big underdog is Taylor out of Wisconsin. Tagovailoa will face tough competition as Alabama still has to square off against three top 25 teams. Hurts doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon as he faces a relatively easy schedule at the end of Oklahoma’s season.

Nonetheless, if anyone will end the streak of Heisman quarterbacks, it will be Taylor. Taylor has put up high caliber numbers, rushing for 745 yards and 12 touchdowns through six games. Look for Taylor to be an upset in the Heisman race.

SIERRA STEEN Managing Editor

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