Nebraska's Most Important Rivalries
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Herd Husker
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it was tough to choose between missouri and texas for current rival :dunno
Fuzzy
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#1 Oklahoma.
#2 Missouri.
#3 Michigan.
It was kind of hard to pick a Big 10 rival. I guess to me, when i hear College football rivalry. I think of the two schools game history. I feel that if we had a rivalry with Iowa, it would only be territorial, not tradition. Looking at the rest of the Big 10, we have a lot of history with Notre Dame and Michigan. Michigan already has hot heads against us for sharing the National Championship. So that is why i picked Michigan.
#2 Missouri.
#3 Michigan.
It was kind of hard to pick a Big 10 rival. I guess to me, when i hear College football rivalry. I think of the two schools game history. I feel that if we had a rivalry with Iowa, it would only be territorial, not tradition. Looking at the rest of the Big 10, we have a lot of history with Notre Dame and Michigan. Michigan already has hot heads against us for sharing the National Championship. So that is why i picked Michigan.
Manhattan
Special Teams Player
Don't you think that the best rivalries of all time start off as territorial rivalries? Michigan and Ohio State, Auburn and Alabama, USC and UCLA, Texas and Oklahoma, etc...
I think that a decade after the year that Nebraska joins the Big Ten, if that happens at all, the rivalry with Iowa would be very passionate and fierce.
TheCheshireCat
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I chose Ohio State for number 3 simply because I think if we joined we'd be at the top of the conference with Ohio State and because of Pelini's OSU roots. Michigan is in shambles right now and I feel like the Iowa game would be pretty one sided in NU's favor.
With the history that Alvarez has with Wisconsin along with his current role as AD, does anyone think that he would try to drum up a rivalry with the Badgers? It could be another "Will the Real Big Red Please Stand Up" kind of game. Moot point though...no way the Big 10 let's Nebraska in.
mmmtodd
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Quit sugar coating it guys...the Hawkeyes would be #1 on that list, no doubt. The years of pent up "ah, we dont really care about them...it doesnt matter, we hardly play them..." from both sides,the constant put downs, the fact that we're neighbors and a lot of people are back and forth across the border each day...C'MON, MAN!
redblooded
Special Teams Player
Iowa would become the biggest rival no matter what simply because the first time they'd play in Lincoln every Omaha husker fan would be pissed off from having a car with Iowa plates speed up and pass them only to slow down the rest of the way to Lincoln.
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knapplc
International Man of Mystery
I voted:
Oklahoma - no explanation needed
Other - we don't have a rival right now with the death of the Oklahoma rivalry
Iowa - We have more interaction with their fans, so it's natural there'd be a rivalry
I find it interesting that the choices were listed the way they were. Alphabetical order would have been the most logical choice. It felt steered toward certain choices.
Oklahoma - no explanation needed
Other - we don't have a rival right now with the death of the Oklahoma rivalry
Iowa - We have more interaction with their fans, so it's natural there'd be a rivalry
I find it interesting that the choices were listed the way they were. Alphabetical order would have been the most logical choice. It felt steered toward certain choices.
irieboy8
Banned
oklahoma
missouri
iowa
interesting that we all said missour... leads you to believe that while we bash missouri a lot we have a lot of apprihension about where their football program is at right now... and we acknoledge that indeed the road to the big 12 title might feature texas but for nebraska to get there the first road they must travel though features missouri.....
Manhattan
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ESPY
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:zoom :rollin :LOLtartar
I've been convinced for years that Iowa drivers are by far the worst in the Midwest. They're moody, unpredictable, and generally have no regard for human life outside their vehicles. :ahhhhhhhh
In spite of all that, I did not vote Iowa as our most important (possible Big Ten) rival. They would be a rival no doubt, but the season wouldn't hinge on that game by any means. Instead, I think Notre Dame would be the make-or-break game every season. We already have history with them & I think what's happened in past games would only fuel the fire between NU & ND to the point that the winner would be on the fast-track to not only the conference title, but the national title.
corncraze
All-Conference
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (yes ik ou has Texas, but who do we have? No equal competitor that sees us as their top rival: ou-ut, mu-ku, I guess that leaves ksu and cu
And shoulda had the option of Oklahoma but I picked Iowa
Who was dumb enough to choose Colorado as our biggest historical rival?!
Oklahoma (yes ik ou has Texas, but who do we have? No equal competitor that sees us as their top rival: ou-ut, mu-ku, I guess that leaves ksu and cu
And shoulda had the option of Oklahoma but I picked Iowa
Who was dumb enough to choose Colorado as our biggest historical rival?!