Minnesota replacing Iowa as Nebraska's Thanksgiving Game

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

 
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.  

 
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.

 
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!

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

 
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.

 
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. 

 
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Just had a thought pop into my head...

Nebraska football effectively "died" on Friday, November 23rd 2001.  Maybe moving off a Thanksgiving Friday game is what is needed to get the football gods back on our side.

 
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I'm more ticked that Nebraska is stuck playing Ohio State for the next few years.  I'd be nice to catch someone else that isn't you know..a total juggernaut.  Heck, give us Michigan.  After Harbaugh leaves to take the Colts job and fire up the Andrew Luck connection UM will be in flux again.

 
I just can't help but feel that the entire move to the big 10 has just been a disappointment from a fan perspective.  The piles of cash and the stability made it the right choice, but as a dude sitting on my couch who occasionally goes to games it just doesn't feel as fun as it used to.   

 
Xmas32 said:
I'm more ticked that Nebraska is stuck playing Ohio State for the next few years.  I'd be nice to catch someone else that isn't you know..a total juggernaut.  Heck, give us Michigan.  After Harbaugh leaves to take the Colts job and fire up the Andrew Luck connection UM will be in flux again.
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I don't get it?

Why don't you want to play tOSU?

I am so happy with how tough our schedule is the next handful of years. I want to see us against the best.

My complaints - uneven HOME/AWAY schedule each year. EX: HOME: Iowa, tOSU, Wisconsin this year, 1 should be away so that next year isn't so light at home.

-Moving the game off of Black Friday. It's tradition. One that I love.

 
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