COLUMBIA, Mo. — Get ready for some old-school, run-first football.
When Missouri (9-3, 5-3 Southeastern Conference) faces the Big Ten’s Iowa Hawkeyes (8-4, 6-3) in Monday’s Music City Bowl, it’ll be going up against a team centered around playing stout defense and emphasizing the run.
And what else would a matchup with a Big Ten program be good for?
Iowa is led by longtime coach Kirk Ferentz, as it has been for each of the last 26 seasons. He has amassed a 204-123 record with the Hawkeyes, repeatedly building solid rosters.
MU coach Eli Drinkwitz called Ferentz the “model of consistency and development.