Iowa Quarterback Cade McNamara (head injury) sidelined against Wisconsin
Iowa's starting quarterback, Cade McNamara, will be absent from Saturday's game against Wisconsin due to a concussion.
McNamara suffered the head injury during last week's 40-14 victory over Northwestern at home. He left the game in the second quarter.
According to Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferentz, McNamara took a hard hit on the play and "hit the turf pretty hard."
Ferentz stated that McNamara is being closely monitored.
"As far as the severity and all that, my experience, and I'm certainly not qualified medically other than I listen to a lot of things and watch, seems like each and every one is a different discussion, so with some luck hopefully he'll start turning the corner," Ferentz said.
McNamara has completed 60.5% of his passes for 1,017 yards, six touchdowns, and five interceptions.
Brendan Sullivan, who took over for McNamara against Northwestern, will be the starting quarterback against Wisconsin.
Sullivan completed 9 of 14 passes for 79 yards and rushed eight times for 41 yards and a touchdown against his former school, Northwestern.
Sullivan has scored three rushing touchdowns this season and Ferentz hopes he will be less aggressive as the starter against Wisconsin.
"I'd be fine if he slides," Ferentz said. "If he's going to run the ball, slide. I'm fine with that. If we had 10 quarterbacks I'd still ask him to do that. ...
"But you can't play scared, either. You've got to go out and play, and play the way you play."