Bowl season is officially in full swing and we fans will finally have some compelling matchups to tide us over until 12:00 on the 2nd. You also have to love how the timing works out for this game—I for one could always use a one-day grace period post-NYE before jacking my blood pressure up for the last dose of Hawkeye football for nine months.
And it doesn’t seem likely that this year’s rendition of the Outback Bowl will take it easy on the ticker.
At first glance, the similarities between the Gators and Hawkeyes stand out: both teams have been plagued on offense in 2016, but managed to field top-10 defenses to match it.