Delusional is Nebraska. The rest of the world is laughing at them.
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SOS that's funny. Next you'll be spouting off about your attendance, just like the Iowa State fans do. You have a lot in common with Iowa State.
No, Iowa fan isn't asking Nebraska fan to say anything of the sort. But IMO the very least that Nebraska fan can do when visiting Iowa fans message boards, is to not spout off like an enormous douchebag, You obviously don't understand how betting lines work either. What's the money telling you or are you just going to continue to be obtuse? Explain our Hawkeye delusion already.
What would Iowa's SOS be if we weren't playing Nebraska and played someone comparable to Iowa? Better than 54th I'd bet.
Iowa's level of talent in 1999 is in no way comparable to Nebraska's in 2015, apples and oranges there.
You spout crap on other team's message boards and act like a damn drunken idiot. Congrats!
Iowa may lose Friday, but you'll still just be a Nebraska fan regardless.
Glad we can be your Superbowl this year.
That's some ****ed up thinking. You think you are better than us but you lost to four teams we beat. Only thing exposed is your inability to have a rational thought.
What's sad, fan base aside, he's to stupid to know. Can't argue with an idiot.
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Nebraska could win, but they still wouldn't be the best team Iowa has faced this season. That is just an idiotic notion with no semblance of deduction.
The last time Neb lost 6 games, I wasn't born, the last time Iowa lost 6 games I was 43, 42, 41, 36, 35, 29, 28, 27, 22, 21, 18, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. So you can understand the shock, have some sympathy, a lot of Husker fans are going through something for the first time in their lives.
Sorry but if the spread (right now) is Iowa -2.5 with -140 vs +120, it means that bettors aren't as confident as Iowa fans.
The last time Nebraska lost more than six games was 2007 (they lost seven that year) ... so, you're 8 years old?
Of course! With all that's being said about Iowa being overrated, a fraud, etc., Iowa not covering a 23 point spread against Purdue (won only by 20), of course college football bettors across the nation are going to keep the spread low. Fans of teams like Florida don't even believe Iowa should be in the top 10 (and maybe not in the top 25). So, yeah, perception nationally -- pushed by pundits -- lack of name recognition in title hunt, Nebraska beating MSU, difficulty of running the table in the regular season, etc. all of it leads to low betting lines. Which is fine. I don't think the game will be a blowout, but I do think Iowa beats this spread easily (it's not even a FG). --- the only game Iowa has won by only 3 points was against Pitt early in the season.
I was in a coma that year so didn't count it. Still, have some sympathy, it's a traumatic event, you can lose 6 next year and not flinch, I envy that.
I don't think that Iowa is a fraud. Iowa has earned everything they got this year. That's a good team. I am stating that I don't think it's delusional for Nebraska fans to think that they can win this game.
Oh, with that I agree. I don't think Nebraska fans should be expecting a win, but I certainly understand your optimism and your faith in your team and don't disagree that it's possible. I think the fan base of each team is dealing with different "ghosts." For Iowa, it's the national disrespect for an 11-0 team. For Nebraska, it's the disappointment in four close losses and the optimism from one great win (against MSU) and having Armstrong healthy. I get it from the Nebraska fans on that end, but I think Nebraska fans are missing that your optimism is running up against the disrespect of the national punditry--a prime example is that loudmouth jackass, Paul Finebaum, who called Iowa a fraud this week. Cowered is another example. Iowa's dealing with a ton of national disrespect, including an article saying that Iowa in the CFP is a disaster (another article stating that). So a lot of aggression toward Nebraska's optimism is fueled by national disrespect.
In other words, it's somehow ridiculous that Iowa fans, whose team is 11-0 and has beaten every B10 opponent by more than a FG-- including #16 NW -- should accept that this team should be disrespected by being favored by less than 3 points and called a fraud by a tiny bespectacled man who more than likely couldn't defend himself against a DIII kicker. So ... that's that as far as I'm concerned and I have plenty of reasons to believe Iowa could dominate the game today. I expect it, but won't be disappointed if the Hawks only win by a FG because Nebraska is good at home. Still, Iowa has proven time and time again that they can close out games and pull away in the fourth quarter. They've done it against every team they've faced in the B10 this year, always up by at least two scores with five minutes left (even if MN and IN closed the gap to make the score look closer than it was with late TDs).
LOL. Fair enough, I can understand your first sentence. However, the idea that Iowa could lose six next year and not flinch is nonsense. There's a reason Hawk fans were calling for Ferent'z head after last season. Throughout the 2000s, every year was at least 8 wins, usually 9 or more. The 2010s had been bad and I think Iowa fans were forgiving for two or three years after such a good run in the 2000s. But to think Iowa fans will be satisfied with six losses next year is a joke. There hasn't been much difference between Iowa and Nebraska since 2000 except that Iowa has gone to more elite bowl games more often than Nebraska in that time.
I don't mean to rub it in, but I just wanted to remind you that 2007 wasn't the only six+ loss season since 2000. Nebraska also lost six or more games in 2002 and 2004. 2002 and 2004, by the way, were years Iowa finished with 11 and 10 wins, respectively, and were co-B10 champs each of those years. Iowa hasn't been good in the 2010s until this year, but the previous three decades Iowa has had mostly good teams. I know, Nebraska had great teams in the 90s, no argument here, but they have had only a few really good teams since the 2000s, three more winning seasons than Iowa, but none as good as Iowa's best post-2000 teams. In other words, this is a different era and the past does not predict the future. Beatherd and a lot of the starters are back next year so Iowa should be very good again (though I know how unrealistic it is to expect back to back years of undefeated seasons this late in the year).
I'm sure Nebraska will be improved next year, but this year ... Iowa's the better team.
