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On a chilly, cloudy morning in early March, a parade of minivans creeps along the road leading to the recreation building on the University of Iowa campus. The local elementary schools are closed today because of a teachers conference, so students will exercise their bodies instead of their minds. They have come here for the Jump Rope for Heart competition that benefits the American Heart Association. And judging by the number of passengers disembarking from the vehicles, every third, fourth, fifth and sixth grader in Iowa City is participating.
Just a hop, skip and jump from the back of the recreation building is the Iowa football facility. There, in the weight ...