When it was the leaders in Legends when we first got here Penn State was a crossover rivalPenn state was given 0 rivalry games with the changes made last year. Iowa has 3. We should have zero
When it was the leaders in Legends when we first got here Penn State was a crossover rivalPenn state was given 0 rivalry games with the changes made last year. Iowa has 3. We should have zero
I know. I had said that earlier and it seems people have forgotten that. I wish it had stayed that way. Geography means nothing anymore give us the nittany lions on Black Friday!!!When it was the leaders in Legends when we first got here Penn State was a crossover rival
We can’t live in the past… but you want to? Yeah, I ****ing hate Iowa and want to beat their ass. It feels exactly the same as OU used to.
No way. Back then Nebraska or OU were playing for Natty’s or Conference Championships. The Nebraska vs Iowa game is no where near that level.
Says who? Penn St and Maryland still have played over 40 some games against one another, Nebraska and herky’s have played 54 times.Iowa has 3 rivalry games. They could drop us we don’t need one.
Says who? Penn St and Maryland still have played over 40 some games against one another, Nebraska and herky’s have played 54 times.
They may someday not have them play Wisconsin every year but as long as Wisconsin and Minnesota play at the end of the season we will continue to play them on Black Friday.
You and another want something that is never going to happen..
I can meet you halfway for sure, I disagree about them not thinking we’re not a rivalry.. When AD says he has to assess our program by barely beating them in OVT and there FG kicker blowing a kiss to the Husker sideline in 2019 there has been bad blood built up between the coaching staffs and players from both teams.I don't think we're having the same discussion here.
Probably never going to happen? Sure, I agree with you there.
It's a game that's based on geography that we've been told to call a rivalry? Yeah, you're right there too.
There are a few other teams in the B1G that have geography based games at the end of the year that either are a real rivalry or they have been told to call it a rivalry? Yep.
Doesn't change the fact that there is a lot more to a real rivalry than geography and pretending it is one.
Iowa is a perennial middle of the pack team. It's like we're validating them to even call it a rivalry and diminishing us in the process, despite the recent outcomes. Playing down to your competition type of thing. I mean, just look at their other middle of the pack rivals. Talk about which of these teams is not like the other. Plus a large portion of Iowa fans don't even consider us their main rival. Kind of embarrassing if you ask me.
As far as Penn State, I just think that would have had a better chance at developing into a real rivalry. Much more similar football programs. We're a blue blood, they're a fringe blue blood. Both late adds to the B1G and they don't have a real rival either (trust me, it's not Maryland, despite them having close geography and playing at the end of the year). Throw in the Rhule factor now and I think it would be a blast. All the top tier programs in the B1G's real rivalries are already taken, except us and Penn State. Wish that would have happened, that's all.
I can meet you halfway for sure, I disagree about them not thinking we’re not a rivalry.. When AD says he has to assess our program by barely beating them in OVT and there FG kicker blowing a kiss to the Husker sideline in 2019 there has been bad blood built up between the coaching staffs and players from both teams.
I know for a fact that Minnesota and the Clarkeyes hate one another too.
I get the blue blood and and both programs feel they were cheated out of winning national title..
PSU has no protected rival for whatever reason. The Nits wish it was Ohio State but the Bucks are the hot girl who never calls back. Rutgers and Maryland want to be PSUs rival but aren't on the same level most of the time and aren't real rivals.
I'm biased living in PA with Penn State fans but I'd absolutely love a yearly Nebraska-PSU grudge match. Two traditional blue bloods with a bit of history having an annual Black Friday smackdown sounds like a lot of fun to me. And we could always argue about 1982 and 1994 as well, lol
But I always respected Switzer and OU. Iowa? Not so much. Need to beat these guys.We can’t live in the past… but you want to? Yeah, I ****ing hate Iowa and want to beat their ass. It feels exactly the same as OU used to.
really if you consider all NU football has done with what resources are available, we have no rival..Iowa has 3 rivalry games. They could drop us we don’t need one.
Well, we better start winning to make it a rivalry. You guys with this I don't want them to be our rival crap. They're right next to Nebraska they're the last game of the year every year. They're are rivals.Sorry. Geography doesn’t make a rivalry.
Poor man's rivalry. No real hate but we dislike each other. Nothing usually on the line. I guess semi-close geographically.Feels to me like a lot of Husker fans think we're above Iowa so they are reluctant to call them a rivalry. 25 years ago i'd have agreed with that train of thought...but now? Not so much.
We can’t live in the past… but you want to? Yeah, I ****ing hate Iowa and want to beat their ass. It feels exactly the same as OU used to.
Feels to me like a lot of Husker fans think we're above Iowa so they are reluctant to call them a rivalry. 25 years ago i'd have agreed with that train of thought...but now? Not so much.
Nebraska could stop playing Iowa after tomorrow and many in the fan base couldn't care less. When we lost the Oklahoma game it hurt.
...and a lot more people would care than not.
Yeah right...and a lot more people would care than not.
We are above the Neanderthal knuckle dragging meth heads. Results be damned, what I say is true.Feels to me like a lot of Husker fans think we're above Iowa so they are reluctant to call them a rivalry. 25 years ago i'd have agreed with that train of thought...but now? Not so much.
IMO it has nothing to do with either team’s national or even conference standingWhen a rival fan base accuses us of living in the past...I present this thread as proof they're right.
Either them, Penn St. or Washington would have been my vote. Nebraska has more history with them than with Iowa.UCLA is my preferred Black Friday opponent
This entire thread is the living embodiment of “wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which hand has something in it.” We all agree Iowa is shit, but it’s what we have and it ain’t changing.
Feels to me like a lot of Husker fans think we're above Iowa so they are reluctant to call them a rivalry. 25 years ago i'd have agreed with that train of thought...but now? Not so much.
What a defeatist, loser, cuckold mentality. Have a little more pride. Jeezus
Why do you Iowa fans care about Nebraska volleyball?We are in VB right now!
Absolutely not. I think Iowa fans should have more pride than that. And besides, UNL isn't close to a middle of the pack team. They've been a bottom feeder for many years now.So you think we should be relegated to being the third tier contrived "rival" of a perennial middle of the pack team? That's how far you think we've fallen? Good lord, man! I'm about as realistic as they come with regard to how much we've sucked lately, but I'm not willing to just roll over and take that. What a defeatist, loser, cuckold mentality. Have a little more pride. Jeezus