Why Iowa Should Not be a Rivalry

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MichiganDad3

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NU should not have a rivalry with any team that is not a perennial top 15 team. This reminds me of Colorado. Colorado thought we were their rival, but NU did not reciprocate. CU had a few good years, but nothing like the dominate streak of OK. And from 1970 to 2000, NU was 28-3 against CU. Iowa is worse than CU was until post Skippy, and if NU has a true rivalry with Iowa, it substantiates the descendance of the program into mediocrity. Great team do not have rivalries with mediocre teams.

 
MichiganDad3 said:
NU should not have a rivalry with any team that is not a perennial top 15 team. This reminds me of Colorado. Colorado thought we were their rival, but NU did not reciprocate. CU had a few good years, but nothing like the dominate streak of OK. And from 1970 to 2000, NU was 28-3 against CU. Iowa is worse than CU was until post Skippy, and if NU has a true rivalry with Iowa, it substantiates the descendance of the program into mediocrity. Great team do not have rivalries with mediocre teams.
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If this is the standard, then there would be no rivalry in the B1G period. Let alone Nebraska.

 
If we are to swap Iowa for Wisconsin down the road I offer a pettition for Wiscy to wear their red helmets against us so it doesnt look like our sspring game.

As it sits now I think Northwestern is developing into a better rivalry that Iowa.

 
This forced rivalry with Iowa State really feels forced. I have a strong hatred for Wisconsin brewin down below, it's starting to get nasty (like a sloshed State Street Sconnie slut), I say bring on Bucky. Next year is perfect with the division realignments. Winner of Nebraska/Wisconsin gets to wear red and white while the loser gets to dress like Iowa.

 
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Really wish the big ten paired us up w/ Penn State as a conference rival. Other conf. rivals:

UM - OSU (main), MSU (OSU more important)

MSU - ND (main) Michigan (ND more important)

Minnesota - UW (main), Iowa (trophy game)

Iowa - ISU (main) Minnesota and UW (trophy games), NU (trophy game)

OSU - UM (main), PSU (important)

UW - Minnesota (main), Iowa (trophy game)

Purdue, NW, Illinois, Indiana -
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PSU - OSU (not as important as UM, trophy game), Minnesota and MSU (1 game played the past 3 years?)

Nebraksa - Iowa (not as important as ISU, trophy game)

Every team is matched up with a main (game played annually) rival (um-osu, iowa-isu, uw-minn, nd-msu) except us and penn state. You could say iowa is our main rival, but Iowa's rivalry with ISU has a lot more meaning. I dont see why we weren't scheduled to play penn state every year as a thanksgiving game. Both programs have legit natl. championships and PSU is the next highest big ten team on the all-time win list (#4 us, #5 OSU, #12 PSU). Would make for a meaningful rivalry.

 
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Order of Rival preference:

1-Penn State

2-Wisconsin

3-Northwestern

4-Iowa

Also wouldnt have mided drawing up an annual Notre Dame game, could have been a good series but they feel the ACC is a better fit........

 
Haspula said:
Really wish the big ten paired us up w/ Penn State as a conference rival. Other conf. rivals:

UM - OSU (main), MSU (OSU more important)

MSU - ND (main) Michigan (ND more important)

Minnesota - UW (main), Iowa (trophy game)

Iowa - ISU (main) Minnesota and UW (trophy games), NU (trophy game)

OSU - UM (main), PSU (important)

UW - Minnesota (main), Iowa (trophy game)

Purdue, NW, Illinois, Indiana -
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PSU - OSU (not as important as UM, trophy game), Minnesota and MSU (1 game played the past 3 years?)

Nebraksa - Iowa (not as important as ISU, trophy game)

Every team is matched up with a main (game played annually) rival (um-osu, iowa-isu, uw-minn, nd-msu) except us and penn state. You could say iowa is our main rival, but Iowa's rivalry with ISU has a lot more meaning. I dont see why we weren't scheduled to play penn state every year as a thanksgiving game. Both programs have legit natl. championships and PSU is the next highest big ten team on the all-time win list (#4 us, #5 OSU, #12 PSU). Would make for a meaningful rivalry.
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I dont' know if you're referring to before or after the realignment next season, but if you're referencing before, you're mistaken. Penn State is currently our protected cross-division rival - if things were to continue as they are right now, we would play them every year.

 
Iowa is a forced rivalry, and IF they do get a W on Friday, I think this could be a something our fan base, and theirs will look at a little differently. Iowa will always be a border, hated rivalry game, but I don't think there will be that "passion" or "dedication" like there was with Oklahoma and Texas. I do think we will get that with Wisconsin.

 
I always considered Colorado a rival. I hated them and took pleasure in kicking the ever living sh#t outta them

 
Chimalli said:
This forced rivalry with Iowa State really feels forced. I have a strong hatred for Wisconsin brewin down below, it's starting to get nasty (like a sloshed State Street Sconnie slut), I say bring on Bucky. Next year is perfect with the division realignments. Winner of Nebraska/Wisconsin gets to wear red and white while the loser gets to dress like Iowa.
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But we're Wisconsin's Colorado. Not really a rivalry when they've destroyed us twice and we squeaked out a win once.

 
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MichiganDad3 said:
NU should not have a rivalry with any team that is not a perennial top 15 team. This reminds me of Colorado. Colorado thought we were their rival, but NU did not reciprocate. CU had a few good years, but nothing like the dominate streak of OK. And from 1970 to 2000, NU was 28-3 against CU. Iowa is worse than CU was until post Skippy, and if NU has a true rivalry with Iowa, it substantiates the descendance of the program into mediocrity. Great team do not have rivalries with mediocre teams.
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When was the last time Nebraska finished in the Top 15 let alone were a perennial top 15 team? 2001?

 
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