The sad part is that the Huskers have fallen so far that this is a thing we actually respond to now. Ugggg!
It reminders me of the Colorado games. Like Colorado then, Iowa is after blood with Nebraska, but Nebraska does not seem to be interested. Ultimately, the feeling in Lincoln around Colorado week changed, in that the intensity of Nebraska for that game increased. I feel like that is what we are seeing with Iowa. Call it a rivalry or not. Iowa wants blood, so Nebraska needs to ratchet up the intensity to fire back.
Well then, if we really want Iowa-Nebraska to heat up, what we need is for a popular (and good-not likely) Iowa player to get Ferentz's daughter pregnant and then come down with a life threatening disease and keep reminding the Iowa fans about the coaches daughter.
I agree the Nebraska team needs to ratchet up the intensity but I'm not sure we could ever recreate the 90's NU-CU atmosphere. It might help if either of the coaches had daughters younger than 40+.