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18 hours ago, Toe said:

Browsing some Iowa boards, they actually don't seem too surprised by it.

I know I am not surprised.  We have so many of our pass defenders hurt it is ridiculous.  Also our receivers can't catch balls that hit them right in the hands and kill drives.  The only good thing is that our O-line seems to have finally started to get their heads out of their asses on at least half of our offensive plays.

I find it interesting that OSU, Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, and Wisky are all in a line out in front of most of the rest of the country (Georgia excepted).  Given that, Wisky and Nebraska are definitely on the wrong side of the W/L column for where you would expect them to be.  Wisky and Iowa are getting it done with defense, OSU with offense, and Michigan and Nebraska are both pretty balanced it looks like.

14 hours ago, TGHusker said:

Why in the world can't we get Rutgers or Maryland 5 years in a row.  So we finally get rid of OSU and then we get Mich for 5 years.   Yes, I know - it is all about TV sets and big name match ups and the "To be the best you got to beat the best".  We probably get PSU the following 5 years.  I wonder if Iowa, Wisc, Minn get the same type of scheduling?

 

Ok, I'm grumbling.  It is harder to face a hard schedule when we've been down the past number of years.  I do recognize that in the Big 8 we always had OU on our schedule - that made us a better team and forced Tom to be a better coach.  So just bring it on and we'll hopefully raise our game accordingly. 

We (Iowa) have had PSU for our crossover partner but starting next year we have Rutgers for the next one.  We do have both MeatChicken and OSU next year and MSU and PSU in 2023 so it isn't like we are getting off easy (until 2024).

Stone Cold - never left.  I mostly just read so I can chat with my friends about what the pulse is on the Nebraska boards.  A couple of them are on the Nebraska premium board and a few don't do the online board stuff.  Even though I am not a Nebraska fan, I figure if I live in Lincoln I should be able to converse about the Huskers with my friends to be nice.

Undone - thanks!

Hilltop - That was a hell of a game.  Loudest sustained crowd I have been at in my 29 years of going to all the games.  It was insane.

Man I hope they did because that was funny and it was ridiculous.  The couple of times that they had players go down with actual injuries we were silent and clapped when they started to move off the field.  It was only the constant flops that got booed.  I have seen plenty of complaints on this board about certain teams players flopping as well so I know you are all smart enough to know it happens.

17 minutes ago, Nebraska55fan said:

Iowa- what great fans. BOOING injured PSU defensive players- James Franklin reminded the hillbillys that IOWA does NOT run a Tempo offense.

Clueless. 

 

https://nittanylionswire.usatoday.com/2021/10/11/james-franklin-on-iowa-fans-booing-injuries-you-dont-run-a-tempo-offense/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=NFLdraftmaverickSpooner&fbclid=IwAR1BrW8O00eW_I49cZkPggfKkZi0KFgbfk6HDe8IIPM6JGh9Ntmhwj3n9Nc

Just curious - did the tv broadcast also show said players taunting the fans on the sidelines as they came off the field and then laughing about it on the sidelines and coming back in the following play?

already listed as -3.5 on ESPN.

Iowa's permanent crossover has been Penn State so it isn't like we got a nobody - but yeah you got the short stick with OSU.  Now for the next rotation we got a nobody with Rutgers

The band does a show over by the Lied Center/Music Building about 75? minutes before the game.  Nice pre-game pep rally kind of thing that is fun to go to. 

I think that was the worst half of football I have seen us play in years.  Thankfully the defense came out out mad after halftime and shut them down hard.

On 9/13/2021 at 12:46 PM, hskrfan4life said:

It's because they play that Juggernaut in Ames. 

 

Since Nebraska joined in 2011:

Tennessee Tech

Pitt x3

Louisiana-Monroe

Iowa State x10

Northern Illinois x3

Northern Iowa x3

Central Michigan

Missouri State

Western Michigan

Ball State

Illinois State

North Texas x2

Miami (OH) x2

North Dakota State 

Wyoming

Middle Tennessee State

Kent State

Colorado State

 

Of course, 3 non-cons don't give them a chance to schedule tougher games, but even before that they haven't

When we had 4 OOC games, Iowa always scheduled an additional P5 opposite ISU.  In the last 4 years before the change we had a home and home with Pitt and Arizona.  No they weren't top tier, but they were middle of the pack P5 teams.  We have been wanting to drop ISU from being every 4 years to 2 out of every 4 so that we could at least get some variety to our P5 teams.

2 minutes ago, cornhuskers4ever said:

I'm confused, how do you fair catch the ball inside the 5 yard line, and get to start at the 25?

 

Been a rule for a few years.  Any fair catch on a kickoff inside the 25 starts at the 25.

Why would you go for a 55 yard FG instead of punting there given how the game has gone so far?  I don't get that call.

2 hours ago, DrinkinwitTerrellFarley said:

I would think the worry would be, much like Kim Reynolds at Iowa, Gov. Ricketts would use it for political theater.  He's pretty good at that.  The amplified bullhorn would generate a crapstorm that no one wants.

Iowa City went against Reynolds and re-instituted a mask mandate and signs went up on all of the dorms letting students know (this was during move in week).  The next morning, all of the signs were gone and the University released a statement that as a State institution they were bound by state law to ignore all attempted mask mandates so it ended up going nowhere.  Someone at the governor's office obviously made a quick call to the University reminding them of where a lot of their money comes from

On 8/25/2021 at 11:36 AM, Mavric said:

 

I'm not saying we don't need to be better with penalties.  We do.

 

But I also think it's a bit over-blown and magnified because we've lost a lot of close games.  

 

We were #91 in the country in penalties per game last year.  Not good.  But one fewer penalty per game would have moved us up to #56.  Still not great but pretty middle-of-the-pack.  Two fewer penalties per game would have moved us up to #19 in the country.  But would two fewer penalties per game really seemed like that much of a difference?  I'm not sure.

 

We were #93 in the country in penalty yards per game last year.  Not good.  But 10 fewer yards per game would have moved us up to #59.  Still not great but pretty middle-of-the-pack.  20 fewer penalty yards per game would have moved us up to #19 in the country.  Depending on when and what those yards are the probably makes a difference but really only on a couple possessions during the game.  So maybe that makes a lot of difference and maybe not.

 

Basically, I think the rankings make it seem worse than it really is because there isn't a lot of difference between teams that are ranked significantly differently.

The ranking for penalties is pretty pointless imo.  What matters is WHEN are you making those penalties.  If you only make one penalty per game, but it is a dumb penalty that always extends the scoring drive for the opponent, that is way worse than 5 penalties per game that never make a difference because your offense still gets the next first down or your defense still stops the opponent.  Nebraska's problem the last few years is that the penalties are at times that mattered.  Drive killing or drive extending penalties that made it harder to recover.

7 minutes ago, hskrfan4life said:

How much does it frustrate you with the way your offense is handled?

I actually think that having Brian has started to make it better as he isn't scared to get in dad's face at family dinner.  Kirk still pushes things a little too conservative sometimes though which is very frustrating.

21 hours ago, Fru said:

 

My favorite line from that link was "Iowa has had its way with Nebraska over the past three seasons. But the three wins have been by a total of just 12 points." Like... what? They've had their way with us in 3 down to the wire losses?

Don't underestimate our loss of Duncan!  Makes me nervous when we have a new kicker given how much we tend to suck at actually scoring touchdowns.

https://www.btaa.org/home

This is why Nebraska will never go back to the Big 12.  I know some professors at Nebraska that love the academic collaboration benefits of being in the Big 10.  Yes football brings in a lot of money, but it is still peanuts compared to the overall budget at the University.

I know this news is a few weeks old - but I am curious if this might have been a strong contributing factor.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/31613939/us-department-justice-accuses-nebraska-misapplying-title-ix-laws

I don't see it being anything but 12. You need the 6 conference champion spots to get the lower tier P5 and non P5 to sign on to it - Pac,  Big 12 and non P5 want better access than they currently have - but with only 8 the SEC can't get 3 teams in as there aren't enough at large spots so they won't like that.  12 is the compromise to get everyone on board.  My only gripe is I wish the first two rounds would be played on campus instead of just the first round.  The first time an SEC team has to come up and play in the Midwest in December is going to be hilarious.

On 2/12/2021 at 4:52 PM, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

I originally thought the conference forced the rivalry on us, but maybe it's real after all. 

 

The football fan in me prefers that Nebraska knock off the highest rated team possible. 

 

And rivalry or no, I think I'd rather get the Wisconsin monkey off my back than the Iowa monkey. 

I would prefer you to get the Wisconsin monkey off your back than the Iowa one as well   

12 hours ago, skersfan said:

BRI,

 

Does Iowa consider Nebraska a rival.  I think they want to beat us everytime they line up, but is the calendar circled for this game?  Do they seem to hate us.  I haven't been in the area for many years.  Just wondering if this a one sided hate fest that we have lost time and time again.  To me the real question is does Iowa consider Nebraska a rival.  The past is the past, means absolutely nothing going forward.  My guess is they think of us as more of an ahole neighbor.  I don't think we have proven in the last 20 years we are a rival to anyone.  Win some games, get out of the basement of the BIG and we might deserve a rival status.  

We most definitely consider you a rival.  Hell - most the of the games have been close and come down to the very end so even with one side winning a lot, it's not like they have been blowout games.  The fact that many in the Nebraska fanbase continue to look down on Iowa even with Iowa owning a 5 year win streak just adds fuel to the fire.  For many it is friendly, but there is some hate there for sure with some people.

Let's Go Hawks!    Sorry - but had to do it.  Haven't been around the boards much this year but wanted to stop by and say good luck and I hope it is a good and exciting game again!  It feels weird sitting at home in Lincoln.  This will be the first time I have ever had to watch this game on TV.

Coming off a weekend where Nebraska played one of their best games of the season and Iowa played one of their worst games of the season, this Friday could be very interesting.  I am not sure how much of Nebraska's game is due to Maryland - but you also looked much better against Wisky the week before.  Iowa seems to have forgotten how to tackle rushers in the past few weeks, but our pass defense has remained pretty solid and we are doing REALLY well at closing things down once teams get in scoring range.  We also have an issue scoring TDs and keep settling for FGs. 

With freezing rain in the forecast, ball security could be an issue and this should be a big advantage for us.  I think that both teams will move the ball through the center of the field at will and the game will be decided by who gets TDs, who gets FGs, and who walks away with nothing once they are in the red zone.  This is where Nebraska's newfound ability to actually make field goals will help a lot as I don't think Nebraska will have any better luck getting into the end zone than the other teams we have faced this year.  We have held teams under 40% TDs in the red zone vs. 70% for Nebraska.  I think that will be the difference in the game as Iowa is near the top in red zone defense and Nebraska is near the bottom in both red zone offense and red zone defense.

I hope that we spoil your guaranteed bowl game, but that you still manage to grab an invite at 5-7 so that you all get to go bowling and get the extra practices.  With what Frost is trying accomplish that would be huge to get a jump start on next year!  I also hope the forecast changes as sitting through a game in freezing rain isn't fun, but I will be there with at least some of you regardless of the weather!  Go Hawks

5 hours ago, Nebfanatic said:

This. I don't care if you as a fan want college football to stay the same. These kids have a right to their own name and likeness. If this were any other industry people would be up in arms. Let them sign autographs for a little money.

Hey - if you come here, Bob is willing to pay you $100,000 for your autograph.  Oh, Bama has a booster willing to pay $200,000 for your autograph?  Let me go find some more boosters that want autographs then.  Don't commit to anything yet!

That will end well...