It is said that revenge is a dish best served cold. If that’s true, the Iowa Hawkeye football program is hoping to gift the USC Trojans a platter full of ice when they face off against them in Holiday Bowl on Friday night.
Most of Iowa’s players likely have no memory of the last time the Hawkeye and Trojans met in a bowl game, but Iowa’s coaching staff has not forgotten. Kirk Ferentz, his son Brian, and assistant coaches Phil Parker, Ken O’Keefe, and Chris Doyle were all with the program when one of the best Hawkeye teams in recent memory suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Trojans during the 2003 Orange Bowl.