When the Big Ten split into two divisions and called them the leaders and the legends division, most people laughed. Let’s be honest, it was a ridiculous naming convention. Iowa football fans, specifically though, laughed at their protected rivalry being Purdue. After all, we don’t have a trophy game with Purdue, and it hasn’t been much of a series since Hayden Fry took over the Hawks.
In fact, since Hayden Fry took over the Iowa football program and then handed it to Kirk Ferentz, the Hawks have gone 22-11 against Purdue with three of those losses coming in the first four years of Fry’s tenure and two coming in the last two seasons.