THE IOWA HAWKEYE COACH DROPS A SHOCKING MESSAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA........

A battle of 1-2 Big Ten West teams typically isn’t considered the most interesting of matchups, especially when one of those teams takes a 35-0 lead during the game.

Iowa and Minnesota still found a way to entertain in the final minutes.

With Iowa up by five touchdowns later in Friday’s game at Minnesota, Gophers head coach P.J. Fleck kept his starters in to at least avoid the ignominy of a shutout. The decision appeared to be on the verge of paying off when Minnesota reached Iowa’s four-yard line with 20 seconds left in the game.

At the point, Fleck opted to take a timeout, extending a game that was already over.

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz wasn’t too happy about that. How do we know this? Well, consider that Ferentz countered Fleck’s timeout with his own timeout. Then another. Then another. In the near-freezing cold of Minneapolis.

Minnesota ended up scoring touchdown to retain some of its dignity in a 35-7 loss, but the shots kept coming from Iowa after the game.