I bet we have the most in the top 30.
Just got back back from the Iowa/ Nebraska game
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At least with Pelini you knew he was a douche canoe. Rhule is one in a nice guy costume
Some Nebraska fan's comment on reddit: "we had the angry guy, the nice guy, the jock and now the used car salesman"
Nebraska has the most insufferable fans I've ever come across. It feels good to beat them in the most painful ways possible.
He's a whiny lil bitch and sure makes some horrendous coaching decisions!
Get a load of what The Athletic's Nebraska beat writer just published, who I actually think has been pretty fair over the years of covering that dumpster fire:
IOWA CITY, Iowa — So people are wondering why the Nebraska captains refused to shake hands on Friday night before the coin toss at Kinnick Stadium.
Let me try to explain. They do not like Iowa.
Those Nebraska players didn’t want to engage in an act of good sportsmanship in the company of that opponent. They did not care about respecting the game in a series that has included repeated moments of disrespect — in their view — committed by the Hawkeyes and directed at Nebraska.
The Huskers are not above a petty gesture. They are mad. They’ve had enough. And it’s disingenuous of the Hawkeyes to act as if they don’t understand or that this protest came out of the blue.
Nebraska selects game captains before each kickoff. On Friday, Elliott Brown, Emmett Johnson, MJ Sherman and DeShon Singleton walked to the center of the field. When the Iowa captains moved to shake the Huskers’ hands, a traditional gesture, the four from Nebraska didn’t move.
“That was a little weird,” Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins said after the 13-10 Iowa victory.
Was it, though?
Understand that tradition in this series is for Iowa to rip out the Huskers’ hearts. It happened again on Friday. Defensive lineman Max Llewellyn stripped Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola and recovered his fumble with 20 seconds to play before Drew Stevens nailed a 53-yard field goal as time expired to beat the Huskers 13-10.
Imagine getting kicked in the gut over and over and watching the bully celebrate in your face. Four times now in the past seven years, Iowa has beaten Nebraska on field goals in the final seconds.
Last year in Lincoln, amazingly, Iowa defensive lineman Ethan Hurkett intercepted QB Chubba Purdy in the final 20 seconds and the Hawkeyes won 13-10 on a 38-yard field goal by Marshall Meeder as time expired.
In celebration of reclaiming the Freedom Trophy after Nebraska’s lone win since 2014 two years ago, Iowa players waved goodbye to the Huskers and their fans, wishing them, “Merry Christmas,” before Nebraska stayed at home in bowl season for a seventh consecutive year.
It was painful, second-year Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said last week.
In 2019, Iowa kicker Keith Duncan hit a 48-yard walk-off field goal at Nebraska, then turned to the home bench, wagged his finger and blew kisses at the Huskers.
On Friday when Nebraska players arrived at Kinnick Stadium and moved toward the center of the field to gather as a team in prayer, uniformed police officers guarded the logo.
Nebraska didn’t play dirty against Iowa on Friday. It was a clean game — aside from the Huskers’ special teams blunders, blown assignments in the second half and the late turnover.
They didn’t head hunt. They didn’t try to start fights or commit personal fouls. Common in rivalry games, those actions would have crossed the line of poor sportsmanship.
But a silent protest before the coin toss as a reminder of the motivation in play?
Spare us the insincere audacity.
Higgins and his teammates either chose not to pay attention, or the Hawkeyes knew exactly why Nebraska wanted to send a message that it was done with getting bullied.
None of the Nebraska game captains, in defeat, were made available to the media.
And problem is, the strategy backfired on the Huskers.
Nebraska dominated much of the game. It pitched a shutout until late in the third quarter when Iowa could only kick a field goal after it recovered a muffed punt at the Nebraska 4-yard line. The Huskers held Iowa to 20 yards and one first down in the first half — and a paltry five first downs in the game.
But Kaleb Johnson raced for 72 yards, 44 percent of the Hawkeyes’ output, on the first play of the fourth quarter to even the score and foretell the inevitable Nebraska collapse.
“Very similar to last year and probably years previous,” Rhule said. “We found a way to lose the game at the end.”
Rhule said he was beyond disappointed in the finish. He said he was angry.
“Credit to them,” the coach said. “Those guys, they’ve won for a long time. They believe. They make the plays all the way to the very end. We’ve got to catch them.”
The Huskers, at 6-6, lost five games this year by a total of 29 points.
In four, against Ohio State, UCLA, USC and Iowa, they committed turnovers at the end with plentiful time available to win or even the score. And in the fifth, Raiola missed an open receiver in the end zone that would have put the Huskers ahead before Illinois won in overtime.
Nebraska is set for the first time since 2016 to accept a bowl invitation next weekend. The season is not over. But it has been defined by these late-game miscues.
“One game doesn’t define us,” senior defensive lineman Ty Robinson said.
No. But five do.
After last season, when the Huskers lost four games by a field goal and a fifth in overtime, they created a mantra, “Chasing 3.” Nebraska built its offseason regimen and motivational base around the bid to get three points better.
The irony was thick in cold Kinnick air on Friday.
“We had to do what they did,” Rhule said.
He said he doesn’t believe in bad luck. “We’ve just got to get better.”
Raiola said he “couldn’t be more proud” of the progress Nebraska has made since Week 1.
“Losing this way doesn’t do justice to all the success and the strides that we’ve made as a team,” the freshman QB said.
But progress is measured largely by wins. Against Iowa, Nebraska counts one win in the past decade.
Its pregame gesture on Friday, while not an affront to the sport of football or anything more than a turnabout against Iowa, rung hollow.
In the end, when it always matters for Nebraska against Iowa, the Huskers fell short again.
“It should probably bother people for a little bit,” Rhule said.
Rest assured, people are bothered.
Nebraska repaid the disrespect against Iowa. Spare us the insincere audacity
IOWA CITY, Iowa — So people are wondering why the Nebraska captains refused to shake hands on Friday night before the coin toss at Kinnick Stadium.
Let me try to explain. They do not like Iowa.
Those Nebraska players didn’t want to engage in an act of good sportsmanship in the company of that opponent. They did not care about respecting the game in a series that has included repeated moments of disrespect — in their view — committed by the Hawkeyes and directed at Nebraska.
The Huskers are not above a petty gesture. They are mad. They’ve had enough. And it’s disingenuous of the Hawkeyes to act as if they don’t understand or that this protest came out of the blue.
Nebraska selects game captains before each kickoff. On Friday, Elliott Brown, Emmett Johnson, MJ Sherman and DeShon Singleton walked to the center of the field. When the Iowa captains moved to shake the Huskers’ hands, a traditional gesture, the four from Nebraska didn’t move.
“That was a little weird,” Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins said after the 13-10 Iowa victory.
Was it, though?
Understand that tradition in this series is for Iowa to rip out the Huskers’ hearts. It happened again on Friday. Defensive lineman Max Llewellyn stripped Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola and recovered his fumble with 20 seconds to play before Drew Stevens nailed a 53-yard field goal as time expired to beat the Huskers 13-10.
Imagine getting kicked in the gut over and over and watching the bully celebrate in your face. Four times now in the past seven years, Iowa has beaten Nebraska on field goals in the final seconds.
Last year in Lincoln, amazingly, Iowa defensive lineman Ethan Hurkett intercepted QB Chubba Purdy in the final 20 seconds and the Hawkeyes won 13-10 on a 38-yard field goal by Marshall Meeder as time expired.
In celebration of reclaiming the Freedom Trophy after Nebraska’s lone win since 2014 two years ago, Iowa players waved goodbye to the Huskers and their fans, wishing them, “Merry Christmas,” before Nebraska stayed at home in bowl season for a seventh consecutive year.
It was painful, second-year Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said last week.
In 2019, Iowa kicker Keith Duncan hit a 48-yard walk-off field goal at Nebraska, then turned to the home bench, wagged his finger and blew kisses at the Huskers.
On Friday when Nebraska players arrived at Kinnick Stadium and moved toward the center of the field to gather as a team in prayer, uniformed police officers guarded the logo.
Nebraska didn’t play dirty against Iowa on Friday. It was a clean game — aside from the Huskers’ special teams blunders, blown assignments in the second half and the late turnover.
They didn’t head hunt. They didn’t try to start fights or commit personal fouls. Common in rivalry games, those actions would have crossed the line of poor sportsmanship.
But a silent protest before the coin toss as a reminder of the motivation in play?
Spare us the insincere audacity.
Higgins and his teammates either chose not to pay attention, or the Hawkeyes knew exactly why Nebraska wanted to send a message that it was done with getting bullied.
None of the Nebraska game captains, in defeat, were made available to the media.
And problem is, the strategy backfired on the Huskers.
Nebraska dominated much of the game. It pitched a shutout until late in the third quarter when Iowa could only kick a field goal after it recovered a muffed punt at the Nebraska 4-yard line. The Huskers held Iowa to 20 yards and one first down in the first half — and a paltry five first downs in the game.
But Kaleb Johnson raced for 72 yards, 44 percent of the Hawkeyes’ output, on the first play of the fourth quarter to even the score and foretell the inevitable Nebraska collapse.
“Very similar to last year and probably years previous,” Rhule said. “We found a way to lose the game at the end.”
Rhule said he was beyond disappointed in the finish. He said he was angry.
“Credit to them,” the coach said. “Those guys, they’ve won for a long time. They believe. They make the plays all the way to the very end. We’ve got to catch them.”
The Huskers, at 6-6, lost five games this year by a total of 29 points.
In four, against Ohio State, UCLA, USC and Iowa, they committed turnovers at the end with plentiful time available to win or even the score. And in the fifth, Raiola missed an open receiver in the end zone that would have put the Huskers ahead before Illinois won in overtime.
Nebraska is set for the first time since 2016 to accept a bowl invitation next weekend. The season is not over. But it has been defined by these late-game miscues.
“One game doesn’t define us,” senior defensive lineman Ty Robinson said.
No. But five do.
After last season, when the Huskers lost four games by a field goal and a fifth in overtime, they created a mantra, “Chasing 3.” Nebraska built its offseason regimen and motivational base around the bid to get three points better.
The irony was thick in cold Kinnick air on Friday.
“We had to do what they did,” Rhule said.
He said he doesn’t believe in bad luck. “We’ve just got to get better.”
Raiola said he “couldn’t be more proud” of the progress Nebraska has made since Week 1.
“Losing this way doesn’t do justice to all the success and the strides that we’ve made as a team,” the freshman QB said.
But progress is measured largely by wins. Against Iowa, Nebraska counts one win in the past decade.
Its pregame gesture on Friday, while not an affront to the sport of football or anything more than a turnabout against Iowa, rung hollow.
In the end, when it always matters for Nebraska against Iowa, the Huskers fell short again.
“It should probably bother people for a little bit,” Rhule said.
Rest assured, people are bothered.
My favorite part of watching the highlights getting home last night, was him nearly genuflecting himself, pleading with the officials to flag Stevens for delay of game due to kicking the ball after the Nebraska timeout. That would have been a ridiculous call considering Nebraska delayed the game by taking a needless timeout.
I'd like someone pinpoint when a "delay of game" has EVER been called in that situation.
He's just looking to appease the fan base for another choke job.
I noticed that some of their players ran to the north end zone and prayed. It doesn't seem very Christian like to refuse to shake hands, I mean, if you are going to show us all how Christian you are, shake hands.
So they didn't shake hands with Iowa because they've lost 9 out of the last 10 to the Hawkeyes. I guess that makes perfect sense if you're a Husker.
Good lord. Cry me a river ya fricken baby.
I’ve watched it ten times in slow motion and I would say it was about six inches forward. The biggest issue on that play was we got away with a block to the back, and Nebraska players were running into each other left and right.
My 11 year old niece is really competitive. Every time I see her we play Connect 4. I beat her every time & talk trash while I do it. Drives her crazy. She still seems to have more sportmanship than Nebby.
Thanks for sharing. I needed a Saturday morning laugh.
There definitely was a push in the back by Iowa, but I don't think you see it called when it's in such close proximity to the ball carrier.
I was more worried about #7 getting called for a block in the back at about the 10 yd line on the same play.
"Noooooooooo! Only we can talk shit! We don't even have to back it up, either! So there!"
My god that was a lovely trip down memory lane.
Disregard. Forgot he bolted to aTm. Thought reference was to playing days
So the poor sportsmanship by Iowa is continuously taking advantage of Nebraska coaching mis-cues and player mistakes and winning 9 out of the last 10 games?
So…ummm…like sorry and stuff.
That's the softest load of crap I've ever read. Even their beat writers are insufferable
Always have been. I think the Iowa beat writers say the unwritten rule about not cheering from the press box is the one Nebraska struggles with the most
Every time Iowa beats Nebbie with a walk-off field goal they should put this photo on the Kinnick Stadium scoreboard:
Or . Do it publicly in the end zone
Jesus made it clear that prayer should be public - and almost delivered in a hypocritical manner. Standing on street corners and in crowded synagogues so everyone knows you’re doing it.
Wait. I’m getting word from the field that it’s the exact opposite.
Husker fan feels the refs blew calls. The muffed kickoff should have been a safety, the muffed punt was touched first by Iowa, and of course the delay of game on the kick
Well, they never get beat something bad just happens to them!
Shavers and Nestor touched it almost simultaneously. It’s impossible to tell for certain which one touched it a millisecond before the other and therefore not enough evidence to overturn the call on the field.
Listen, **** Nebraska, I hope we win next year on an actual shitty call. I hate almost more than clown fans…and it’s my Alma mater
How bout in the endzone where they hope to score but did only once.
Reading Nebraska twitter is wonderful.
Haha. Yea **** them
Haha. Yea **** them
It’s difficult to tell because Johnson was slightly ahead of Stratton, but he had to reach back for the ball because the pass was behind him. I’m fairly certain it’s the trajectory of the ball and not the location of the receiver that determines whether it’s a lateral or a forward pass.
Obviously it doesn’t matter in terms of the outcome of the game. It just would have been nice to add the 72 yards to his rushing total and one more TD to his record. Especially if this ends up being his last game as a Hawkeye.
It's completely unacceptable to Nebraska fan how year in and year out these days Iowa "disrespects" them by beating them.
Don't you Iowa fans know anything about our history! Our 3 national championships before HD TV!
How dare you Iowa! How dare you!
It’s pretty blatant. Just as Johnson crosses the 25, an Iowa player at the 30 pushes a Nebraska defender hard in the back, allowing Johnson to run right past him.
