Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow.

T-minus 22 hours to tomorrow's kick off.

Perhaps the most exciting thing about Saturday's showdown between the Hawkeyes and the Panthers will be the two quarterbacks and their respective receiving corps on display. And by on display I mean front and center.

For Hawk fans it will be interesting to see if Ricky Stanzi and Derrell Johnson-Koulianous can continue in the groove they found at the end of last season.

DJK pulled in 44 catches for 639 yards and three touchdowns a year ago to lead Iowa in receiving, including a 181-yard performance in Iowa's 55-0 romp of Minnesota in the final regular season game of 2008. DJK cemented himself as Stanzi's favorite target after making a pair of clutch receptions during Iowa's miraculous final drive in the 24-23 upset of then-undefeated, No. 3 Penn State.

It will be interesting to see how Stanzi deals with the loss of Brandon Myers at tight end. Myers was virtually a sure-thing last year on third-and-whatever for Iowa's offense. It seemed like Stanzi and Myers hooked up on almost all of Iowa's 65 third down conversions in 2008.

The next man in is Allen Reisner who had 11 grabs for 200 yards and a touchdown in 2008 backing up Myers.

If Tony Moeaki can avoid any run-ins with the injury bug, he should have a phenomenal senior season as well.

On a personal level, I am excited to see how Iowa uses Keenan Davis. Davis is the biggest recruit at wide-out the Hawks have had since Dominique Douglas in 2005.

I'm hoping Keenan sticks around a little longer than Douglas did.

Watch out for UNI's Pat Grace and the Panthers' speedy receiving corps.

Without running backs Derrick Law and Taylor Brookins in the lineup expect UNI to take to the air early and often in order to build momentum and try to take the crowd out of the game.

Grace is a savvy veteran who knows all too well how to dissect a defense so expect another heavy dose of "Tampa 2" from the Iowa defense.

Here's to a bright and early morning tomorrow.