corncraze

Aren't they crimson?

Blitz has it right, sorry but u can't force rivalries, that's what the big 12 did with cu on us and it was an absolute joke. Maybe ur farmagedon trophy can happen some time, but as of right now we just need our rivalries to form themselves

But what does Green think?

Dear lord not another forced "rivalry"...

Nebraska v osu - the big 12 title And here would b a fun award, nu v Mich - the Bo award, and we could make it into the shape of a bowtie er something.

Love the tenacious 12! What about the stronghold 16 or stronghold 16?

Dude this south park thing is hilarious!!!!!!!!!

OK so this is a bit of a contest. Since the big 10 now has 22 teams we absolutely need to change names. Now we don't no how big our conference will be, but the main thought is it'll get to 16 teams. So who on this board can come up with the most creative name for our new conference?

Finally its over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The pac10 is adding all of the big 12 south (which was mainly the reason the big 12 was so strong ) to USC Oregon and such. Are they gonna b better than the super conference the big 10 might make? Thoughts?

Does anyone think that if we do get Bubba, that that could jeopardize Turner's commitment? I really hope not cause I think itd be awesome to get both, but it does seem that we support a school that finds a way to lose a 4* qb every year.

I read somewhere that our emphasis on our secondary entirely changed after this game. That it couldn't be used as a last line of defense anymore and that it played a more active role. Also (don't hold me to this though ) but I think Charlie McBride moved out of a 5-2 base d into more of what Charlie called a 3-4 (although it didnt really match the 3-4s typical look) like d, but I don't know if it was directly after. I have a defensive strategies book and once I find it ill reread McBride's article 4 ya, cause I coulda sworn he talked about this game.

This board was asking who you prefer if we had to have a rival, I merely responded. I'm not saying it hits the ground running, I'm just saying that psu is really the only team that already has a starting foundation to foster in a top rivalry. We don't pick it cause its "convenient" we simply continue what was already there. Someone on this board did point out that the biggest happy valley attendance was back in 02 when they played us. We have also already talked about 82 and 94 and of course the the old Osborne v joepa games. There would already b an excitement for this gam. All I'm saying is that this is really the only game with true potential as of now o

A Totally agree. If Nebraska has a rival, it will be either Iowa (the likely one due to geography) or Wisconsin (the better one). We can just forget about a geographical rival. Ain't no team good enough for us in our geographical area to consider as our top rival. I don't want another cu rivalry rammed down our throats. The only team in the big 10 that shares a past history with us, a similar level of prestige, and doesn't not already have an ultimate rival (unlike Mich and osu ) is Penn St. The only problem is we wont play them every year if the big 10 goes into their predicted divisions, but that is no excuse to settle for a lower tier program. Were freaking Nebraska!!! Y settle for no champion Iowa, just because we "need" a rival? It's disgusting and absurd for uscto lower our standards to such If we have learned anything from cu, its that u can't force a rivalry, and then Penn St game is the only case where there was already somewhat of a rivalry to begin with. Don't tell me that no title Iowa, a team that has been repeatedly killed by us (remember our last meeting in 2000 were we won 42-13), is a good rival for us! Its ridiculous! Talk about the bad end of a settlement. And besides osu, Mich, and psu Iowa is the best program in in the big 10, so if they don't reach our qualifications y on earth r some people shouting for Minnesota and Wisconsin? Get real people, Wisconsin is like our little brother( because of Alvarez) who is a mere child in the presence of a warrior and minnesota? Common!!!

See now this would b a rivalry!!! So much history between our programs, top prestige, awesome fanbases, and both of us have held each other from going to a NC. Y are we even talking about Iowa, when we clearly already have something here psu? Idc if well be in different divisions, if we go b10 we need to schedule em every year.

Y isn't Jamal Turner going to our qb camp?

Cal I can understand. Now the person who votes Texas... That's me, I hate to say it but Texas gets everyone, he's a top premier athlete,he's visited there multiple times, and he's from Texas. I hope to god im wrong though. Hopefully Malcolm brown goes UT, if that's the case our chances increase incredibly

With Callahan, Watson and Cosgrove any good team could have beaten Nebraska and most of them did. Though just because they could have would not make them a rival. How many Husker fans would be clamoring to play Iowa in a OOC game every year if Nebraska stays in the Big 12? Just think every year Nebraska fans and Iowa fans could look forward to this big game every year for braggin rights. It would compare to Auburn vs Alabama, Notre Dame vs USC. Florida St vs Miami, Navy vs Army. Forgive me but... wat?! No way its a nd-usc! There's over 20 titles between these teams! Um-fsu has 7 titles split, Iowa has no national titles! Way I see it is there is no even history between us and Iowa on every level. From our Ncs to our total record over them. Y does everyone want to start something with them just because they are close? They aren't even that close, they are east Iowa, mizzou isis about the same length. With all do respect to Iowa, they have Hayden Frye and Niles kinnick and that's about it. They have always been overshadowed by Mich and osu and have achieved just about as many conference titles as Wisconsin. It makes no sense for one of the top dogs to reach down for their top rival. We can't make something up outta thin air, which I think everyone is trying to do, and we have absolutely no history with them! Lol thought my post was dripping with enough sarcasm that I didn't need to use this. . If you read any of my comments before, I think the idea of Iowa all of a sudden becoming Nebraska biggest rival is a joke. Haha my bad

We don't need a rival. Rivalries are organic things that just happen. It has to be mutual, and it has to occur because of games that matter. We can't plan on a rival, or designate a team to be our rival out of the blue. We'll get along just fine without a rival. We'll be good or bad, successful or unsuccessful without a rival. Rivalries are just icing on the cake. I don't think corncraze was saying we need a rival, since that was only the first half of the sentence. He was saying, if we are to have a rival, it needs to have certain qualities. So you both agree. As do I. Yep haha

With Callahan, Watson and Cosgrove any good team could have beaten Nebraska and most of them did. Though just because they could have would not make them a rival. How many Husker fans would be clamoring to play Iowa in a OOC game every year if Nebraska stays in the Big 12? Just think every year Nebraska fans and Iowa fans could look forward to this big game every year for braggin rights. It would compare to Auburn vs Alabama, Notre Dame vs USC. Florida St vs Miami, Navy vs Army. Forgive me but... wat?! No way its a nd-usc! There's over 20 titles between these teams! Um-fsu has 7 titles split, Iowa has no national titles! Way I see it is there is no even history between us and Iowa on every level. From our Ncs to our total record over them. Y does everyone want to start something with them just because they are close? They aren't even that close, they are east Iowa, mizzou isis about the same length. With all do respect to Iowa, they have Hayden Frye and Niles kinnick and that's about it. They have always been overshadowed by Mich and osu and have achieved just about as many conference titles as Wisconsin. It makes no sense for one of the top dogs to reach down for their top rival. We can't make something up outta thin air, which I think everyone is trying to do, and we have absolutely no history with them!

When wwas Iowa named the Cornhuskers? We were called the Bugeaters for a year or two, not a big deal. Also we were first called the hawkeyes before they were. This link should explain things http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=2802 The name thing is kinda irrelevant, both teams in the early 1900's didn't like their original names so they dropped them and after such they picked each other's ditched names as their own. Nebraska needs a rival that has tradition, rivals are extensions of each others success (hence why cu tried so hard to b ours... it made them look better in the national eye), so if we get a rival we must find one that most closely matches our prestige and Iowa is definitely not it. We don't want to lower our standards to accepting a no title team as our main rival just because they are close geographically. Why lower our image in the national eye for a team that hasn't had really any success with us? I am getting sick of this force fed rivalry crap No actually they were called the Cornhuskers. I've never heard anything about us being called Hawkeyes. It says on Wikipedia and I coulda sworn I read it somewhere else too

When wwas Iowa named the Cornhuskers? We were called the Bugeaters for a year or two, not a big deal. Also we were first called the hawkeyes before they were. This link should explain things http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=2802 The name thing is kinda irrelevant, both teams in the early 1900's didn't like their original names so they dropped them and after such they picked each other's ditched names as their own. Nebraska needs a rival that has tradition, rivals are extensions of each others success (hence why cu tried so hard to b ours... it made them look better in the national eye), so if we get a rival we must find one that most closely matches our prestige and Iowa is definitely not it. We don't want to lower our standards to accepting a no title team as our main rival just because they are close geographically. Why lower our image in the national eye for a team that hasn't had really any success with us? I am getting sick of this force fed rivalry crap

We join the big 10 but only because UT, a&m, and nd are coming too (thus we still have Texas recruiting game) We win the NC ( don't care how) We land Aaron green and a crap load of high Florida guys ( a top wr ) in recruiting Suh wins rookie of the year Yanks win ws Chiefs actually make the playoffs. Avs go playoffs and go at least to western conference championship Nugs win NBA title Favre finally retires (not winning a super bowl ) We sign Bo to a huge long term deal Joba and Gordon have stand up seasons

EXACTLY!!! Do we really wanna just settle for them as our top rival when they haven't even proved themselves? I really think Penn St is the only team we should allow as our top rival (it wouldn't b hard to have an agreement to play them every year, that's what Miami and fsu did with the acc ) or we continue the "We don't have a real rival" talk. Regardless it would b an absolute tragedy if Iowa became our #1 rival

They have Ohio state. Truthfully I don't know y everyone wants Iowa. We have no history with them at all! Besides the fact that they're close and hate us (much like Missouri ) we have owned them when playing em. Really this is a team with no national titles, one Heisman winner, and who has little respect for us. Sounds just like both the cu and Missouri arguments on how they aren't successful enough against us or in their history to b our main r.ival. If anyone in the b10 fits our prestige and has past history with us its Penn St. Besides them being far location wise they would b an awesome rival. They definitely have the history with us (we played the opening kickoffs every year, 1982- which ultimately kept us from a national title and lead to them winning it, 1983- our revenge, 1994- we go NC and they don't... and the list keeps going. They also have the prestige: 2 Ncs, 2nd best bowl winning percentage post ww2, joepa, and the white outs at beaver stadium. It b great renewing the old to v joepa battles, the red outs v white outs, and unlike osu or Mich, there is no major existing rival to stop it from happening. (Msu sees Mich as their top game and Minnesota...come on haha. Sadly though I think the Iowa rivalry would b stuffed down our throats if we join, u already here the talks, which would b just like how the b12 shoved the cu "rivalry " down our throats, but my opinion is we should designate no one as our top rival unless its Penn St (or osu or Mich, but neither would leave each other for us)