I'm not sure how this game will go tonight, but looking forward to whatever outcome happens. Just a reminder that Mormons at one point trekked across Iowa and it did not work out well.
No part of the long trek surpasses the tragedy and triumph of this hegira across the rolling, open prairie of Iowa Territory, which then consisted of little more than bluestem prairie grass and stands of oak and hickory forests along the numerous rivers and streams and dangerous swamps and bogs. Often, when roads did exist, they were most primitive. Some Mormons may have reflected often on the frontier sarcasm that it was a middling good road when the mud did not quite reach one's boot tops.
Given Iowa State's record in Ames, I suspect this could end up being another one of those occasions in history where a Mormon trek to Iowa ends up being a somewhat miserable experience. We'll all know more in a few hours.