Detroit – Iowa is a quaint, deceptively odd place. It’s relentlessly flat and friendly and proud of it. It hosts major-league baseball games in cornfields. Among its cherished landmarks is the World’s Largest Truckstop, which is an actual thing.
Yes, Iowa has lots of ears, but no airs. Same thing with the ground-based football team, which plows ahead, year after year, same coaches, same immobile scarecrow quarterbacks, same beefy tight ends, same super-simple game plans. Kinnick Stadium is a happy little place, and the Hawkeyes welcome folks with a firm handshake and a harmless offense. The field is so meticulously manicured, the players avoid stepping on the end-zone sod, and politely…
