Iowa is up next on 50 States Tour - Big Ten - ESPN

Iowa is up next on 50 States Tour - Big Ten - ESPN: "Iowa is up next on 50 States Tour
June 12, 2009 8:30 AM
Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg
After a brief layoff, College Football Live's 50 States Tour returns to Big Ten territory as Iowa will be featured on Friday's show (ESPN, 3:30 p.m. ET). As I've found out doing this job, Iowa fans are extremely passionate and vocal about their teams, and the state boasts a good deal of history for both college and high school football.

Expect coverage of Nile Kinnick, the Cy-Hawk rivalry and Hayden Fry's creative color schemes on the show. And be sure to weigh in on several Iowa-related questions over at SportsNation.

Here's one to whet your appetite.

Which is the best team in state history?
1958 Iowa (8-1-1)
1976 Iowa State (8-3)
1985 Iowa (10-2)
2002 Iowa (11-2)
2007 Northern Iowa (12-1)"

I am taping it and can't wait to watch!!! There is no doubt it is the 1958 team. Here is a little blurb about the 1958 team:

"Iowa finished 8-1-1 overall and 5-1 in the Big Ten Conference in 1958. The Hawkeyes won the 1958 Big Ten football championship and the 1959 Rose Bowl Game. The Football Writers Association of America named Iowa the 1958 college football national champion by awarding the team the 1958 Grantland Rice Award."

They had a 28-38 loss to OSU at home and a tie with Air Force yet was still ranked #2 going into the Rose Bowl against Cal. The beat the crap out of #16 Cal 38-12.