Hawkeye fans routinely celebrate June 4th, 6-4, as a holiday in remembrance of the remarkable 2004 win at Penn State that involved perhaps the most bizarre final score in memory, as well as one of the most remarkable ways to get there you could ask for. It was a date which will live on in Hawkeye fandom infamy.
But if we are talking about Kirk Ferentz Day, August 4th seems much more fitting. Through his first 24 seasons with the Hawkeyes, Captain Kirk has amassed 186 wins - 7.75 per season. While it’s become cliché for Hawkeye fans to predict an 8-4 outcome for every season as long as KF is at the helm, it’s gotten that way for a reason.