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STIFF+ARM: CY-HAWK, ANATOMY OF AN UNEVEN YET HARDLY ONE-SIDED RIVALRY

“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.” u2015 Benjamin Franklin (All posts are a co-production of StoopsMyAss & Bellanca.)

It’s a trophy week. Did you know that?

We’re not being snarky, but the news this week has been dominated by a fixation on Kirk Ferentz’s buyout clause. Now, we appreciate as much as the next person a healthy discussion of good and bad contract buyout language, but we’d like to turn our attention to something a bit more pressing, Saturday’s rivalry football game with the minor school of Iowa.

Kirk Ferentz has been at this in-state rivalry business for quite a while, for a quarter century in fact.