College football is experiencing an ever-changing landscape more than ever seen before. There is constant conference realignments, shuffling of teams within conferences, and an unfortunate byproduct of that is old rivalries being kicked off of schedules.
The Iowa Hawkeyes and the Iowa State Cyclones play for the Cy-Hawk Trophy each year in their in-state rivalry. They inked a new deal today that made sure that game and rivalry isn’t going anywhere. The Hawkeyes and Cyclones have signed an extension locking in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series through the 2027 season.
Iowa & Iowa State announced today that a contract extension was signed to continue the Cy-Hawk series through 2027.
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) November 17, 2022
The Cy-Hawk rivalry game has been played every season since 1977, aside from the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season. Iowa leads the all-time series by a tally of 46-23, exactly doubling up on the Cyclones.
The Cyclones won the trophy back this season in a 10-7 game. That was the Cyclones’ first win since 2014 as Iowa was riding a winning streak of six games.
There was some speculation as to what the additions of USC and UCLA to the Big Ten may do to this rivalry as the conference expanding could entice adding another conference game. The two programs seemed very keen on getting out in front of any risk of losing this rivalry to realignment.
With this contract through 2027, there are a guaranteed five more Cy-Hawk games coming up as the two teams battle for bragging rights in the state of Iowa.
[listicle id=13051]
[listicle id=13046]
[listicle id=13042]
Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes, and opinions.
Follow Riley on Twitter: @rileydonald7
Let us know your thoughts, comment on this story below. Join the conversation today.