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On the Nebraska – Iowa rivalry (With the Lowercase R)

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It’s a division game that means something. But other games mean more to Nebraska, which makes the Nebraska-Iowa game not a Rivalry with a Capital R.

The subject of a rivalry between Nebraska and Iowa always comes up this time of year, and I always push back on the talk of it being much of a rivalry. From my perspective, rivalries develop over time; they can’t be created.

Or designated, as the Big XII tried to do with the Huskers and Colorado. Nebraska fans didn’t take too kindly to the antics of Colorado fans, and many never accepted the Buffaloes as the Rival of the Huskers. To them, Nebraska’s Rival was Oklahoma, even though they only played half the time since the Big XII separated these old Big Eight rivals into separate divisions. At that time, Nebraska was really, really good while Oklahoma was stumbling and bumbling around with coaches like Howard Schnellenberger and John Blake. The Sooners were fine with setting that rivalry aside at that time. So the Big XII tried to make something more out of the Nebraska/Colorado series, even though Nebraska’s matchups with Kansas State and Missouri probably mattered far more during Nebraska’s time in the Big XII.

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