The Iowa High School prep football playoffs are broken down in this installment of the 3 Up, 3 Down Podcasts. Hosts Troy Banning of the Daily Freeman-Journal in Webster City, IA and Ross Thede of the Times Republican in Marshalltown, IA offer up insight on the playoff qualifiers in their areas and then move on to the statewide picture. Towards the end of the segment they even give their predictions. In the second segment, Webster City head coach Bob Howard and senior linebacker Victor Jergens join Banning for a interview leading up to the Lynx playoff opener. And in the final segment, Banning and Thede preview the state cross country meet, which will take place on Halloween day.