#TBT: The 1982 Peach Bowl

We have another Albany situation here folks.

Iowa’s week 3 opponent is the University of Massachusetts, a team they’ll be facing for the first time in history.

I wanted to avoid the “other schools from the same state” trick from week 1; surely there would be something else related to UMass to dig into. I thought about looking at other teams with similar mascot names, but that’s an awfully small pool. Teams with red and white color schemes? That’s an awfully big pool. Teams from New England? Iowa plays Rutgers on September 19 so we’ll have that base covered eventually.

So let’s get creative and look at teams from states with multiple double letters in their names. There were a few candidates to…