Bowl season's in full swing, and my beloved University of Iowa Hawkeyes are preparing to face the jejune and artless cow college, the University of Florida Gators in the 2004 Outhouse Bowl on January 1.
Here's an odd little factoid for Michael Moore and Oliver Stone to chew on: here are the presidential administrations since 1900, their party affiliations, and the corresponding Iowa football win-loss-tie record during each...
T Roosevelt R 42-25-0
Taft R 14-13-1
Wilson D 35-23-1
Harding R 14-0-0
Coolidge R 29-18-1
Hoover R 10-19-3
Roosevelt D 37-54-7
Truman D 25-43-4
Eisenhower R 50-20-4
Kennedy D 12-12-2
Johnson D 12-36-1
Nixon R 12-39-2
Ford R 11-22-0
Carter D 15-29-0
Reagan R 68-27-4
George Bush R 28-18-1
Clinton D 42-50-1
George W. Bush 27-10-0
Totals: GOP 305-211-16 (59.1%), Dem 178-247-16 (41.9%). Seven Democratic administrations, only one during which Iowa had a winning record. Eleven GOP administrations, only three where Iowa had a losing record. Iowa has won the Big 10 title ten times since 1900, and each time a Republican was in the White House.
More than a coincidence? My sources tell me that George Soros is donating new weight rooms for the rest of the conference.
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