Iowa football’s next step on its quest to win the Big Ten West will force the Hawkeyes to defeat one of its oldest and most storied rivals. While Iowa has lost more games against Minnesota (62) than it has won (52), the Hawkeyes have gone a long way towards evening the score over the past few decades. The Hawkeyes have won eight straight games against Minnesota, have not lost to the Gophers at Kinnick since 1999, and have surrendered the Floyd of Rosedale Trophy only four times this millennium. This streak of dominance also extends to the program’s leaders, as PJ Fleck has made a career out of losing to Kirk Ferentz as a player and coach; Fleck’s only career win against Iowa came in 2006 as a grad assistant at Ohio State, which probably had more to do with Troy Smith and James Laurinaitis than it did the brilliant coaching of Minnesota’s resident boat-rower.
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