Minnesota replacing Iowa as Nebraska's Thanksgiving Game

[deedsker]

You don't even have to pigeon hole anyone in. Just know on a rotating basis that if you play Nebraska the last week, it is a Friday game. 

 

It it is the one tradition we seem to have left beside the sellout streak.

[HuskerNBigD]

So SE isn't doing himself any favors in my book. We're slipping below mediocrity. 

[NoLongerN]

6 hours ago, MattyIce said:

Let's just toss OU on our schedule for good and finish the season with that game.

 

Even if we had one loss every year ... I'd take this addition to the Husker schedule.  Playing that game on Thanksgiving would be ideal. +1 Matty.

[Moiraine]

2 hours ago, Red Five said:

 

I'm not a "hate the AD" guy as most on here, but damn, he doesn't seem to get it. 

 

 

Agree, and neither am I. I'm mostly supportive of him because most of the attacks are ridiculous.

 

But this is just plain stupid by both SE and Riley. I'm fine with rotating opponents but it should still be on Friday. They've been here all of 3 and 5 years and they're making a decision on something we've been doing for ages.

[CheeseHusker]

Nov 25, 2021 is Thanksgiving, and Nebraska plays Oklahoma in Norman that year. Why why why did we not lobby to have this game played that day instead of in September

 

 

 

 

[Moiraine]

1 hour ago, deedsker said:

You don't even have to pigeon hole anyone in. Just know on a rotating basis that if you play Nebraska the last week, it is a Friday game. 

 

It it is the one tradition we seem to have left beside the sellout streak.

 

 

Exactly! It doesn't have to be Iowa. That was the part no one cared about.

[ScottyIce]

Don't care who, only care that it's Friday.

[Nebhawk]

College Football was about rivalries and tradition.  Since so many schools have abandoned conferences for more money that logical theory is all but gone, except of OSU and Michigan.  Texas and OU, UCLA and USC and all of the old SEC rivalry games.  Basically Big 10 and Big 12 schools have shredded classic games.  Wait......wasn't this a reason why we left the Big 12?  No natural rivalry since OU was a rotating sched and Colorado , well, was Colorado.

 

I dare say that the Big 10 is doing what I really thought they would and thats kill this tradition of winning in favor of OSU and Michigan winning.  Its their conference, Nebraska will always be the red headed step child.  

[ScottyIce]

Shouldn't we just convince one of our rivals that we should play every year? Colorado or Oklahoma? Then we'd still have 2 other non-con games to do whatever we'd like.

[Nebhawk]

I dare say that we would have been better off staying in the Big 12,  but no one will ever know that now.  Big 10 is about Michigan and Ohio St.  Thats the pecking order.  1A and 1B.  The other remaining schools don't matter as much.  In all reality, the best Black Friday game would be against Wisky.  Just schedule it every year.  I truly believe that once we find a coach bring back some luster to the program that the Wisky game would be for the West crown most years.  Michigan and OSU would have there annual showdown to decide the east.  But wait.............thats no going to happen every year because of the Horseshoe-Big House rivalry now is it!

[mnhusker]

I miss football with friends in the snow, Valentinos Pizza and Nebraska vs Oklahoma.  This change is fine by me.

 

 

[LumberJackSker]

2 hours ago, Moiraine said:

 

 

Agree, and neither am I. I'm mostly supportive of him because most of the attacks are ridiculous.

 

But this is just plain stupid by both SE and Riley. I'm fine with rotating opponents but it should still be on Friday. They've been here all of 3 and 5 years and they're making a decision on something we've been doing for ages.

Its a brick by brick rebuild remember. We have to change everything

[Enhance]

Honestly, I'm pretty apathetic about this whole thing. I don't care much. The team has played Black Friday games most of my whole life so it'll be a little weird getting used to something different but, otherwise, it doesn't matter much to me.

[Pedro Guerrero]

The last REAL black Friday game was played on November 24, 1995. Anything after that was a sham.

 

In 2020 I'll have 2 kids in college and 1 in high school, plus Trump will be getting ready for a second term.  Nebraska playing Minnesota on a Saturday instead of a Friday is pretty far down my list of things I'll be worrying about. 

[QMany]

Trying to tie this to student-athlete health, safety, and welfare seems ridiculous.