This week, I’ve moved over 230 miles due west from Evanston to visit our next Big Ten team, the Iowa Hawkeyes. Considering the difference between the two towns, it could have been 230,000 miles.
Start by taking everything I said about Evanston and Northwestern, and just assume the opposite. Iowa City eats, breathes, and sleeps Iowa Hawkeyes. The painting below, which depicts the large number of bars in Iowa City, is not much of an exaggeration, to be honest.
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There is nowhere I went in the week I’ve been here in Iowa City where I did not see a constant barrage of Iowa Hawkeyes t-shirts, hats, bumper stickers, etc.