and another article:
Middle Tennessee State: Coming to Iowa in 29 months
excerpt:
...Iowa football’s tradition of not scheduling nonconference spine-tinglers continues with Tuesday’s news the Hawkeyes will host Middle Tennessee State on Sept. 28, 2019
MTSU says it’s getting $1,550,000 for the game. That’s only $450,000 less than Sergio Garcia earned at the Masters Sunday, and Garcia won that tournament.
I can’t tell if Middle Tennessee State is now calling itself Middle Tennessee, or what. I think it’s “Middle Tennessee” in larger words, “State University” in smaller words.
The logo is “MT.” I wonder if they realize when you say “MT” out loud it sounds like “Empty.”
It’s located in Murfreesboro no matter what, and that’s one of the more fun names of university towns. Say it with me. Murfreesboro.
I’m not knocking MTSU football because it’s actually respectable. But respectable doesn’t make the heart beat faster. No one ever circled a date in red because someone or something respectable was coming to town.
Here are the other nonconference teams scheduled for Kinnick Stadium visits in these next three seasons:
2017: Wyoming, North Texas
2018: Northern Illinois, Iowa State, Northern Iowa
2019: Miami (Ohio), Middle Tennessee State
Welcome to the tingle-free zone.....