I don't understand the absolute hate for Iowa. Grew up watching their games on TV occasionally because ISU was NEVER on TV. Going to ISU for so many years and talking to enough of their fans makes me hardly ever want to root for them.
HOWEVER, if they go on to play the Ultra schmucks from tOSU, Notre Dame, or any nationally slobbered over SEC team (Bama, Florida, LSU, etc.) I will go ahead and root for Iowa. Chances like this don't come around very often for us in flyover territory. Plus, many of the people that consider this flyover territory can't even tell the difference so it may help us slightly.