The Day After Iowa

by JLew on Nov 27, 2011 3:22 PM CST in Corn Flakes

So it's been a few days, but well I've been busy...

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So have the cats...

So that was the rivalry game. So yeah what'd you all think?

I'm thinking this is going to go the way of the Colorado/Nebraska "rivalry". Iowa fan wanting it, while Nebraska fan refuses to acknowledge them or the rivalry. See if you agree: Nebraska fan sees themselves as belonging to the Bluebloods of college football. How many National Championships do we have? Who one the Game of the Century? Who has the most sell-outs, ect. and I don't see Nebraska fan wanting to be associated with Iowa, I can't see them thinking of them as an equal, much like how Nebraska fan felt about K-State, and Colorado.

I see Nebraska looking longingly at Michigan for a rival. Now there's a rival, Big Blue, lots of wins, The Big House, and we play in the same division! Course there's the whole tOSU relationship... kinda like how Oklahoma was/is Texas.

But we'll see, maybe I've read Nebraska fan wrong, maybe Iowa starts knocking Nebraska around and the sports hate develops and this starts to evolve like Missouri-Nebraska did. I can say this, I enjoyed beating Iowa, and looking at the fan reactions they didn't like losing to us at all. So it's a start.

Enough of my ramblings. On to the Hero's Links!

Up Next The Bowl Game!

Life in the Red's Blog | The day after: Husker bowl speculation

Looks like the Capitol One Bowl, or the Gator Bowl, both on Jan 2 against an SEC team.

Post Week 13 - 2011 Bowl Projections - Off Tackle Empire

Capital One Bowl- Nebraska vs South Carolina You could see Sparty, Arkansas, or Georgia here, but I'm betting that the CapOne picks two teams who have never been to the bowl before.

Big Ten Friday mailblog - Big Ten Blog - ESPN

there's a strong desire from the Florida bowls to invite Nebraska, which has played only one bowl game in the state (2009 Gator) since facing Tennessee in the 1998 Orange Bowl. Michigan State might slip to Outback or Gator if it loses the Big Ten title game because, as you say, the Spartans have made many bowl trips to Orlando in recent years.

I'm ok with Florida and an SEC team. Of course Nebraska will be too slow, and the SEC team will be the greatest thing ever.

How close with Bo to being on the hottest seat ever? The OWH seems to think pretty darn close.

Shatel: Changing barometer for NU? - Omaha.com

When we point out that Pelini's staff doesn't look qualified for winning a national championship, and that he's got a starter offensive coordinator, it's OK to remember that Pelini never got to figure all this out, experiment with philosophies and find the right supporting staff, at the MAC level. He's doing it on the go at the big-boy level. So is his staff.

Shatel thinks that the Iowa game was a must win for Bo. I will say I have been hearing some rumors about staff changes. You hearing anything?

Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers - Recap - November 25, 2011 - ESPN

Burkhead went over 100 yards for the seventh time this season, and his 38 carries were one more than Cory Ross had in the 2003 Alamo Bowl against Michigan State. Nebraska's coaching staff got Burkhead the record on the second-to-last play of the game when the Huskers were in victory formation. Burkhead took a knee for a 3-yard loss. "I didn't want to do it in that fashion," Burkhead said. "The rest of the line said they wanted me to do it for them, so they could be a part of it. I said, 'All right, I'll do it for you guys.'"

Oh how Sexy is Rexy? I'm looking at you ladies.

Final: Nebraska 20, Iowa 7 - Big Ten Blog - ESPN

The junior cemented his case for All-Big Ten honors by lugging it a whopping 38 times for 160 yards. The 38 carries set a Nebraska school record; he scored a game-clinching touchdown on his 37th attempt early in the fourth quarter, and in a nice gesture by the coaching staff, Burkhead came back in for the record-breaking carry in the final seconds.

We have him again next year right?

Barfknecht: Play-calling no help to Hawkeyes - Omaha.com

But Ferentz’s offensive plan was so conservative you expected to see him in a long dress, bloomers and high-button boots.

PAY THAT MAN MORE MONEY!

Life in the Red's Blog | Rankings checkup

Ranked 22nd in both polls coming into that game, Nebraska is now 20th in the AP poll and 19th in the USA Today Coaches' poll.

Well we're still rated, and look to finish the season about 15ish with a win?

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I Live In Des Moines..

…and How ’bout them Huskers?!?!?!?!?!?!? HAHAHAHAHA. Loved it. Lost my voice at the game, drank for 21 hours and my phone, Twitter and Facebook were pretty quiet. I changed all that.

Iowa got worked. Go Big Red. Can’t wait for work tomorrow.

by SUH93 on Nov 27, 2011 3:54 PM CST via mobile reply actions

I think Husker Mike nailed it on his blog

I’m not so sure that Nebraska fans really need the bragging rights; Husker fans just want to avoid listening to Squawkeye fans lording this over them for a year.

If Iowa elevates their play and starts winning 10+ games a year and starts competing for division titles, I can easily see it becoming a pretty hotly contested rivalry. But based on where the two programs are now (not to mention their general trajectories) Iowa likely won’t take more than 2 or 3 a decade from us.

"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne

by jdhusker on Nov 27, 2011 4:19 PM CST reply actions

If you try to treat Michigan as a primary rival, you’ll end up being Colorado to their Nebraska. Michigan already has rivalries with OSU, MSU, and Notre Dame, as well as a trophy game with Minnesota. Don’t get me wrong, I expect the Nebraska-Michigan game to be a big game year in and year out, but Michigan already has 3 major rivals.

by WolverHusker1013 on Nov 27, 2011 7:09 PM CST reply actions

Agree

You can’t force a rivalry. It happens with time.

However, the forced rivalry with Iowa makes sense and should grow with time.

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by Billgrip on Nov 27, 2011 8:42 PM CST up reply actions

Yup

Michigan has too many rivals to be able to add another one. Maybe we have one brewing with NW? Other than that it seems Penn St and Michigan St. are the only programs with rivalry potential due to scheduling and competitiveness and lack of numerous other rivals. And Iowa with our vicinities. Hopefully one will bud from those sometime in the near future.

…but I don’t want to have to beg for Michigan.

by brutus1382 on Nov 27, 2011 10:58 PM CST up reply actions

I haven't heard anything about staff changes

Unless a position coach is planning on leaving to take a better job somewhere else…or maybe Carl wants a shot at head coaching. Who knows. If there were any staff changes, where would they be?

Btw, I for one think that all this talk of Bo being on the hot seat after a 9-3 season is ridiculous. It was that same talk that got us into the mess of the past decade to begin with. Be careful what you wish for. Appreciate what you have, and right now we have a coach who’s had our program in the top 25 for over two seasons and hasn’t won fewer than 9 games in any of his seasons as head coach. A lot of programs are striving for exactly that kind of consistency.

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by Billgrip on Nov 27, 2011 8:46 PM CST reply actions

I think it's the OWH alone calling for handwarmers to be put in Pelini's seat.

Play for the love of the game. A Cornhusker through feast or famine. That's the Nebraska way.

by Salt Creek and Stadium on Nov 27, 2011 9:05 PM CST up reply actions

They must be bitter that he called out their little friend Dirk.

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by Billgrip on Nov 27, 2011 9:49 PM CST up reply actions

I don't understand

what Dirk Chatelain’s problem is. He seems to love stirring the pot when there’s no meat in it. But, judging by the incredibly stupid remarks by, and low intelligence quotient of, his readers, maybe the WH bosses will start having some chats with him. His articles seem to drag the worst of Husker fans out of the sewer and onto the WH site.

They're 18 to 22...how perfect were you at that age?
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by redvalley on Nov 27, 2011 10:16 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

OWH's subscriptions going down?

Anything to get page reads, I guess.

Shatel and McKweon also get their barbs in, though for the most part they stay on the proper side of rationality.

I just find it humorous how anti-Martinez Dirk really is. I mean, he thinks Robinson (can’t throw) and Miller (can’t throw) are going to be the best QBs in the Big Ten next season?

Grant it, it’s not exactly a strong field for 2012. But come on, those two are no better than Martinez on a good day. They’re all mobile QBs who are at their best when they’re running with the ball and have miles to go on their game manager skill sets.

Play for the love of the game. A Cornhusker through feast or famine. That's the Nebraska way.

by Salt Creek and Stadium on Nov 28, 2011 12:00 AM CST up reply actions

Mckeown.

When the WH snagged him from the Nebraska State paper site, I thought “what a great hire”. And I still enjoy reading his stuff, but it almost seems the WH editors have either hand-cuffed him, or forced him to dumb down his articles.

And yes, Dirk, for some reason, has a huge burr up his behind about Martinez. It was a good day when he was forced to apologize for that out-of-line article about TM.

Oh, and Salt, it’s “granted” not “grant it”. It’s so fun to be able to correct a brainiac like you. Unless I’m wrong, of course…sigh…

They're 18 to 22...how perfect were you at that age?
The Power of Red begins with the Passion of Walk-Ons.

by redvalley on Nov 28, 2011 12:46 AM CST up reply actions

English is not my strong suit.

You’re probably right.

Play for the love of the game. A Cornhusker through feast or famine. That's the Nebraska way.

by Salt Creek and Stadium on Nov 28, 2011 11:33 AM CST up reply actions

It's "Granted"

As in, “Take it for granted” or of no question.
There. Now the inner word geek in me feels better.

"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"

by UltimaRatioRegum on Nov 28, 2011 11:45 AM CST up reply actions

I had a student (college undergrad) last year

Who wrote it as “Granite.”

As in, “Granite, many scientists disagree with this argument…”

by Cheeseandcorn on Nov 28, 2011 12:03 PM CST up reply actions

Probably shouldn't have taught us kids to spell using phonetics.

Play for the love of the game. A Cornhusker through feast or famine. That's the Nebraska way.

by Salt Creek and Stadium on Nov 28, 2011 12:18 PM CST up reply actions

Phonetic spelling + Valley Girl accent = Some awful, awful results

by Cheeseandcorn on Nov 28, 2011 12:59 PM CST up reply actions

o_O

MY EYES. MY EARS.

WHY.

Play for the love of the game. A Cornhusker through feast or famine. That's the Nebraska way.

by Salt Creek and Stadium on Nov 28, 2011 2:02 PM CST up reply actions

Do we now

Have a better ten year record with Iowa? Wasn’t that one of the things they were bragging about?

by huskermic on Nov 27, 2011 11:14 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Only coach i could see on the hot seat

Right now would probably be Barney Cotton. He is the one tenured coach who really hasn’t improved his part of the team. As for rivals, i always just kinda figure whatever team is in front of us on any given saturday trying to keep us from the W is my rival

by Omahusker on Nov 28, 2011 6:18 AM CST reply actions

Man I Sure Hope Something Is Done

The O Line continues to disappoint.

For the most part (from my ultra-comfy know-it-all Monday morning quarterback perspective) the only holes I see opening up are the ones the defenses run through to harry Martinez or get a tackle for a loss.

If we didn’t have Rex making something from nothing, we would have, well…..er…., nothing.

"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"

by UltimaRatioRegum on Nov 28, 2011 11:51 AM CST up reply actions