[Eric in the Ozarks]

When I was at Iowa, they couldn't whip Sisters of Mercy. The Hawkeyes hired one loser (including a high school coach from Ohio) after another until Hayden Fry came up from Texas and taught the Hawks how to play football again.
For several years, eastern Iowa was literally part of Texas. Western hats, neckerchiefs, and cowboy slang dominated the sports news. Fry took the team to three Rose Bowls (lost all of em) and several other owl games. His assistants went on to head coaching slots at Wisconsin, Kansas State and Iowa. The stadium is named for Nile C. Kinnick, name hero from WW II. The football field is named Fry Field.

[castlegreyskull]

amazing. Minn hasn’t been to the rose bowl in decades. I think their program improved since they got Jerry Kill, and their new stadium.