Hawkeye fans have, for decades, known the depths of the agony of defeat. There have certainly been good times and in the case of Iowa wrestling, there have been great times. But by and large, fans of Iowa athletics have had to settle to an extent.
For football, that’s meant the occasional upswing with 10 or more wins and a trip to a New Year’s Day now game, but mostly season after season in the comfort zone of 7-5 to 9-3. Most often it means moments of excitement followed by moments of disappointment and a ho-hum 8-4 record.