Obligatory "Is Iowa a Rival" Thread

Is Iowa a Rivalry for Nebraska?

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There's really not enough history between us to call it a rivalry - after all, we only played them six times from 1947 through 2010 - a double home and home from 1979 through 1982 and a home and home in 1999 and 2000 - for most of my life, Iowa was really a non-factor.  At best I would say they are basically what Colorado used to be to us (but with less history) - Colorado wasn't really a rival to us, they were just the team in the Big 8 we most disliked - that's probably what Iowa is to us right now.

 
If Iowa wins they will just think of us as their little brother (or b!^@h) just like Wisconsin does.  We can claim them as a rival all we want, but until we start winning games, that is exactly what we will be.

 
Is JD playing Friday? He hasn't played against Iowa yet and makes me think he is conspirng with our rival...also heard talks of him being a grad transfer but those have died down more as the season has gone along 

 
Emphatically NO!!!!! And they never will be .....When Iowa wins at least 1 Natty, let alone our 5 Natty's, and approaches anywhere near our 900 +wins or anywhere close to our 53 Conference titles,  then we can maybe have a discussion. Same thing goes for Wisconsin for that matter. 

I know I'm the arrogant Husker fan .... it's cool I'll gladly wear that hat. Someone in the fanbase has to be it.

 
Sat next to some Iowa fans today. Asked them if they felt it was a rivalry. First thing they said - you guys haven't beaten us in four or five years, right?  So not really. 

Then one of them said that it seems like it's more a rivalry on social media, with fans going back and forth a lot. But at home, they don't see it that way.

And I think that's a really good take on it.  I think people get a skewed impression of how hot the dislike is between the fan bases online, but in daily life, they're more interested in their traditional Big Ten rivalries.

I think for Nebraska fans, with them having kept us from going to a bowl game, there are going to be a lot more people on board with #IowaHateWeek

 
OGNebraska said:
I know I'm the arrogant Husker fan .... it's cool I'll gladly wear that hat. Someone in the fanbase has to be it.
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