Are we or aren’t we Rivals
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Landlord
Banned
It's easy to blame the Big XII, but Oklahoma was glad to forsake our rivalry and keep theirs with Texas, so you might be over-romanticizing that relationship just a tad.
I'm also of the opinion that people are trying to force Iowa not to be a rival moreso than the other way around. Sure there's the stupid trophy nonsense, but we have one of those with Wisconsin as well and a lot of people seem to think Wisconsin is now our main rival, so the trophy can't be the reason for the alleged 'forced' nature of the thing.
I couldn't care any less if individual joe schmo does or doesn't think it's a rivalry. But what's so goofy is Nebraska fan's collective insistence that it isn't and it can't be. Are we so obsessed with being the nicest fanbase that we're afraid to embrace petty hate? :lol: Whether or not it's a rivalry depends on your definition of the word. Some people think rivalries are built on equal competitiveness. Some think they're built on long history. Some think they're built on pure unadulterated hate. None of those answers are any more right or wrong than the others. For every NU/OU rivalry there's a Clemson/SCAR rivalry, and for every Bama/Auburn there's an Oklahoma/Oklahoma State.
It's clear that our fanbases have a unique sort of disdain for each other, and it's clear that they've kicked our a$$ over the last handful of years and we're especially pissed about it because we think we're better than them. Seems like if you took the same scenario, applied it to teams playing for another extra decade or two and change the names, everyone would of course consider it a rivalry. So it is a rivalry right now? I don't know, I don't care, I just want to f#&%ing beat Iowa.
runningblind
All-American
It doesn't sound like you experienced CU fans in Boulder back in the day. Tire stabbing, car keying, even gold paint being poured on cars.
I don't see Iowa fans doing that sort of thing. I had corn cobs thrown at me in Columbia also.
I'm going to Boulder in a few weeks but am driving my Colorado license plated car with all of my traveling Nebraska friends in it just in case.
BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
I lived in Iowa for 15 years. Iowa fans are no where close to CU fans.
Reference @runningblind 's post.
RedSavage
All-Conference
BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
I was in Denver one year when Nebraska was playing CU. We found the local Husker watch site. It was in a large packed bar of nothing but CU fans. Clear in the back was a room full of Huskers.
We absolutely kicked their a$$ that day. Frazier went off and had a great game. When I left and started driving down the street, they had done something to my car that made smoke roll out from around the wheels. Still don't know exactly what. I had to pull into a garage and have them check over everything.
I have personally seen cars of friends who had been vandalized.
theknife
Starter
I don't feel like assault and property damage are the only criteria for a rival. For example, insufferable douchebags at the office you constantly talk crap with back and forth meet that same definition in my mind.
Huskers93-97
All-American
Who would everyone rather beat this year. Colorado or Iowa?
I am not old enough to know or appreciate the Oklahoma rivalry of the 70s. But is it possible that with Oklahoma we were the "Colorado" to them? They cherished the Texas rivalry over ours. They typically always beat us for a good stretch. Texas joined our conference in the mid 90s. Were we desperate to expand? Because if we were not desperate why did we allow Texas to change all the rules and why did Oklahoma and Nebraska allow the conference to kill that "rivalry"? To me if Oklahoma and Nebraska valued the rivalry equally and both of them were stomping their feet. I see no reason why the conference would not accomodate those schools. We were the premier inter conference game and it got killed. Do you think the big 10 would ever take away michigan ohio state?
I am not old enough to know or appreciate the Oklahoma rivalry of the 70s. But is it possible that with Oklahoma we were the "Colorado" to them? They cherished the Texas rivalry over ours. They typically always beat us for a good stretch. Texas joined our conference in the mid 90s. Were we desperate to expand? Because if we were not desperate why did we allow Texas to change all the rules and why did Oklahoma and Nebraska allow the conference to kill that "rivalry"? To me if Oklahoma and Nebraska valued the rivalry equally and both of them were stomping their feet. I see no reason why the conference would not accomodate those schools. We were the premier inter conference game and it got killed. Do you think the big 10 would ever take away michigan ohio state?
BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
Oh, I agree....I feel like both schools are somewhat of a rival.
However, there is a big difference between these two groups. When you have an insufferable douchebag, you can still have fun giving each other crap back and forth. When that douchebag vandalizes your car or assaults you.......funs over.
Calvin
Five-Star Recruit
I am a new resident in Colorado. In my line of work, we had the local fire department send all of their fire fighters to our facility for walk-throughs. We were proudly wearing our Husker gear during a few of these, and had some fun conversations, especially with some of the Buffalo fans. They openly admitted that there is a fair share of very bad fans in their fanbase. They told me if I wanted to go to the game this year in Boulder, they would accompany me, and to not attempt to go by myself, or with just other Husker fans. They basically guaranteed that something bad would happen if I did.
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Ziebol
All-Conference
Mizzou fans and Iowa fans are one in the same. If there is a team I hate above all, it is Mizzou.