COBBY'S IOWA PREVIEW!!!

Thank goodness I came down with the flu THIS weekend instead of next weekend.

— Husker Mike (@Husker_Mike) August 23, 2014

HUSKER MIKE'S DOWN WITH THE FLU AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE IOWA PREVIEW READY. SO I'VE PASSED UP MY WEEKEND PLANS WITH VODKA SAMM TO COVER FOR HIM. ONE THING I'VE NOTICED IS THAT IOWA HAS BEEN THE FASHIONABLE PICK TO WIN THE WEST DIVISION IN 2014.

THAT'S RIGHT.  IOWA.  FASHION.

SERIOUSLY. I SUSPECT THE SAME PEOPLE PICKING THAT ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO DECIDED OMAHA WAS A GREAT PLACE TO HOLD A WEEK OF FASHION SHOWS.

SERIOUSLY, NEBRASKA IS A FOOTBALL STATE. IOWA IS, WELL, THAT PLACE BETWEEN WHERE YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.

IOWA FANS ARE DELIRIOUS WITH THE IDEA THAT THE AIRBHG CURSE IS OVER AFTER NOT AFFECTING 2013. TAUNT IT IF YOU DARE, BUT IT MAY HAVE BIGGER PLANS FOR 2014. TYPHOID? EBOLA?  MAYBE THE FLU THAT HUSKER MIKE HAS?

THINGS ARE PRETTY BLEAK ON DEFENSE; JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ON THE DEFENSE ABANDONED SHIP IN THE OFFSEASON.  BUT DON'T BOTHER TRYING TO TELL THAT TO IOWA FANS; BELIEVE ME, I'VE TRIED TO CONSOLING SAMM ALL SUMMER LONG. BUT SHE KEEPS HOPING THAT IF SHE JUST DRINKS HARDER, IT'LL ALL BE FINE.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT, SHE'S RIGHT!