Hayseed Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Wisconsin is our rival in this league. I'm not sure why anybody thinks Iowa would be other than location. 3 Quote Link to comment
runningblind Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, Hayseed said: Wisconsin is our rival in this league. 3 2 Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 I hate Iowa 6 Quote Link to comment
Hayseed Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 1 minute ago, runningblind said: Wisconsin is our Texas. Quote Link to comment
cheekygeek Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Nobody is going to agree with me, but I think that, for Nebraska, the "rival" is the team that stands between you and the league championship (like Oklahoma was under Devaney and Osborne. Now, leagues are big (and split into halves) and have a league championship - so if you want to stretch and apply my definition today, it would be the team we expect to battle us for the top of our side of the Big 10 - which is Wisconsin. However, I think that the whole concept of "rivals" is now kind of dumb. Particularly when you don't get to play some teams again for years, thanks to the large leagues and resulting scheduling issues. There will still be natural rivals if they split a state or a region, like Alabama vs Auburn or Michigan vs Ohio St. but for Nebraska every game is important and we don't NEED a special "enemy". Except maybe Colorado. 3 1 Quote Link to comment
Bigred_inSD Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Driving on the interstate yesterday i saw a hitchhiker wearing an Iowa hoodie. That has to make him a psychopath right? 1 Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 I loathe Iowa.... 1 Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 4 minutes ago, Bigred_inSD said: Driving on the interstate yesterday i saw a hitchhiker wearing an Iowa hoodie. That has to make him a psychopath right? It does. You did right. Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 10 minutes ago, Hayseed said: Wisconsin is our Texas. And Texas wasn't our rival. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 19 minutes ago, Hayseed said: Wisconsin is our rival in this league. I'm not sure why anybody thinks Iowa would be other than location. How do you figure? They've beaten us 6 times in a row and 8 of the last 9. They're our new Texas (for now). Iowa is closer to being a rival now that they've won some but time will tell. I think 5 years from now they'll be our doormat. The teams that seem most like rivals as far as the series have gone are Northwestern and Minnesota. Iowa gets mentioned more often because of proximity - I'll agree with you there. 1 Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 31 minutes ago, cheekygeek said: Nobody is going to agree with me, but I think that, for Nebraska, the "rival" is the team that stands between you and the league championship (like Oklahoma was under Devaney and Osborne. Now, leagues are big (and split into halves) and have a league championship - so if you want to stretch and apply my definition today, it would be the team we expect to battle us for the top of our side of the Big 10 - which is Wisconsin. However, I think that the whole concept of "rivals" is now kind of dumb. Particularly when you don't get to play some teams again for years, thanks to the large leagues and resulting scheduling issues. There will still be natural rivals if they split a state or a region, like Alabama vs Auburn or Michigan vs Ohio St. but for Nebraska every game is important and we don't NEED a special "enemy". Except maybe Colorado. If it's the team that stands between us and a league championship, so far, everyone's been our rival. But, we're on our way to narrowing it down. Iowa is our Colorado. Hate 'em and really want to beat 'em but Wiscy is where it's at....when we start holding up our end of the deal. 1 Quote Link to comment
Scarlet Overkill Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Bigred_inSD said: Driving on the interstate yesterday i saw a hitchhiker wearing an Iowa hoodie. That has to make him a psychopath right? And you didn't bump him off?!!! Quote Link to comment
4skers89 Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, Dilly Dilly said: And you didn't bump him off?!!! You don't want to do that. A friend hit one once and it left a yellow stain on his truck. 3 Quote Link to comment
Scarlet Overkill Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 7 minutes ago, 4skers89 said: You don't want to do that. A friend hit one once and it left a yellow stain on his truck. Good point - why ruin an otherwise good vehicle? 1 Quote Link to comment
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