BATON ROUGE, La. – After Iowa blasted Maryland, 51-14, on Friday night, the Hawkeyes hauled home halfway across the country and landed in the predawn darkness.
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz crawled into bed around 5:15 a.m., tired but at least hitting the pillow knowing the 5-0 Hawkeyes can still dream the biggest dreams in the sport.

Ferentz is in his 23rd season at Iowa, the longest run of any coach at a single school in the sport. And with No. 5 Iowa having won 11 straight games and hosting a top-five matchup against No.