Black Heart Gold Pants · Apr 19, 2022
Iowa Hawkeyes Baseball: Rodents Swept Back North
A win, and a win, and a win Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORKHawkeyes Take Care of Business vs. Minnesota
Expecting a 3 game sweep and actually getting a 3 game sweep are two separate animals. In this case, the animal was a pesky gopher. Let’s face it, other than in Caddyshack, the gopher gets zero love. Nor should it. Goofy looking thing that serves no purpose. Iowa handled the Gophers by scores of 9-3, 2-1, and 9-3. It was the Hawkeyes’ second-straight sweep of Minnesota. The Gophers sat atop-ish the Big Ten for many years. With Rick Heller as Iowa’s skipper, the worm has turned. On the year Iowa improved to 20-12 (6-3 B1G). A few highlights from the series: