Saturday marks the 68th meeting between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Iowa State Cyclones and the first where both teams are ranked inside the top-10 nationally. As Hawkeye fans are no doubt aware, this marks the second consecutive meeting in Ames and the second consecutive meeting that will feature ESPN’s College Game Day in the hours leading up to the event.
Given the short travel distance and the excitement around the game, Hawkeye fans may have an increased interest in making the trip to Ames for Saturday’s game. While The Pants would normally be succinct in any sort of travel guide to Ames and simply say “don’t”, that’s less helpful for those of you legitimately interested in seeing Iowa in person again.