Neither Iowa nor its upcoming opponent the Minnesota Gophers are sitting where fans expected they would be three games into the 2020 season. Iowa’s Friday night road game against the Gophers was circled as a marquee matchup as soon as it was announced and was expected to involve two teams in contention for the Big Ten West. Now, with Iowa and Minnesota each sitting at 1-2 on the season, this game will provide the winner with an opportunity to build off of their respective blowout victories last week while putting the loser’s season in serious jeopardy.
Iowa is riding a five game winning streak against the Gophers and has posted an even more lopsided record against Minnesota head coach P.