Nebby still considers itself on par with OSU PSU & UM
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Only in volleyball do they stand a chance against those teams.
“If Alabama can do it, so can we” - Nebraska board
I thought the term blue blood typically referred to the best college basketball programs especially considering that most of them have a blue color e.g Kentucky Duke UNC Kansas and UCLA
"Blue blood" isn't even exclusively a sports term. It more means "the upper class".
Listening to 590 out of Omaha on Wednesday and they got into big game discussion. Brought up Iowa, here's a rough version: 'like when Iowa beats a Michigan or nears an upset of Penn State, don't you think it's more cute and huge for them. Like nebraska expects to win those games on a consistent basis'.
I about died when I heard this. Total lala land & there's no doubt in my mind we knock them around again this year.
I about died when I heard this. Total lala land & there's no doubt in my mind we knock them around again this year.
I think by now most Nebraska fans recognize their program is not elite.
How many of these types of "Hey, Nebraska isn't good anymore" posts do we need before this subject can be permanently put to rest?
How many of these types of "Hey, Nebraska isn't good anymore" posts do we need before this subject can be permanently put to rest?
I’ve seen several FB posts where Husker fans were wanting to go back to the B12.
They’re in big boy land and they can’t handle it.
They’re in big boy land and they can’t handle it.
Neb & ISU need to get back to playing every year anyway. I love watching our 2 lil Bros duking it out.
PILLOW FIGHT!!!
Ohio State has not punted against Nebraska in 5 years!
Wonder how they would be doing in the B12? Bunched in the group chasing Oklahoma?
This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I think by now most Nebraska fans recognize their program is not elite.
How many of these types of "Hey, Nebraska isn't good anymore" posts do we need before this subject can be permanently put to rest?
One look at this board and the Nebraska board and it is obvious which fan base acts like the little bro. Zero threads about Iowa over there and no less then 6 about Nebraska on the front page over here. This is why the Iowa message board fan base is universally ridiculed and never taken seriously. I’m over here strictly for entertainment purposes. A fan base whose team has been at best mediocre for most of modern CFB history (1970s - present) calling out another team with a better W/L record in nearly any 5-10 year span is pure gold entertainment. Where does Iowa rank in wins this decade? Nebraska ranks at 27. Asking for a friend.
I think by now most Nebraska fans recognize their program is not elite.
How many of these types of "Hey, Nebraska isn't good anymore" posts do we need before this subject can be permanently put to rest?
If your post is getting "liked" by "highforillini" you are doing something wrong. It is always ok to.point to Nebraska being a bottom dweller least we forget how they looked down their nose when they came to the b10.
Illini why would they talk about the train that is going to run them over in 5 weeks when they have recently been run over by two trains and have more coming in the near future? If my house was on fire, (firing Se), my wife was a deadbeat (riley is a career .500 guy), I thought of myself as the 22 year old strapping buck I was, but look in the mirror and see an overweight, balding, slob, (I don't think the analogy needs pointed out here)...... I wouldn't be thinking about the guy at work that kicks my ass day in and day out. (Iowa going up, Nebraska falling out).
Enjoy your burning house and deadbeat wife, because you have yet to face the nastiest train (psu) and Iowa is going to whip your sorry tailk(again). Now go take a shower and forget about the guy you actually are in the mirror and remember those glory days of you in your starter jacket for just 5 more minutes.
Enjoy your burning house and deadbeat wife, because you have yet to face the nastiest train (psu) and Iowa is going to whip your sorry tailk(again). Now go take a shower and forget about the guy you actually are in the mirror and remember those glory days of you in your starter jacket for just 5 more minutes.
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You are creating a straw man here. Yes, the obsession with Nebraska on this board is getting incredibly annoying and does scream inferiority complex. However, just as very few Nebraska fans consider their current program elite, very few actual Iowa fans dwell on the subject.
You get what you get on an anonymous, free public forum like this one. I don't lurk on too many other boards outside HR, but occasionally I will visit other sites out of curiosity, and what I typically see parallels a lot of what gets posted on here: reality, delusion, discontent, euphoria, manic depression.
Typically, Nebraska fans have stirred the pot on here, as they love to run their mouths the week of Thanksgiving about how much Nebraska is going to pummel Iowa. After the actual game concludes, however, they are either conspicuously absent, or, the few who actually show up, go on inane diatribes about how Iowa didn't win Nebraska just beat themselves.
The next time you will see Nebraska fans on here after November is some time in January, around signing day, when they love to thump their chests about all the amazing 4-star recruits they landed with 5.9/6.0 ratings Then spring time will roll around and amazingly enough Nebraska fans appear on this board again to boast about how awesome Player X looked in the spring game and how so and so will be up for the Heisman after they throw for 5,000 yards, 70 touchdowns, and -25 interceptions. Rinse and repeat.
So, while the many Nebraska posts on here should elicit an eye roll, there are some context and history at play as to why Nebraska football comes up more frequently than it probably should. As far as your claims about how this message board is universally ridiculed, well, we already discussed that (it's no different than any other free board), and in terms of Iowa being mediocre (if you care about accuracy at least), you mean inconsistent. Iowa football under Hayden Fry and Kirk Ferentz have had good seasons, great seasons, mediocre seasons, and a few bad ones. If the bar is national championships, then, yes, Iowa is a mediocre football program (out of curiosity, what would that make Illinois?). Personally, since I live in reality, or would like to think so, and recognize Iowa is not a blue blood or elite program, I am happy with the many accomplishments Iowa football has had over the last 40 years. Would I like a little more consistency? Of course. Outside of teams like Alabama and Ohio State, what fan wouldn't?
It is what it is. One thing I can say for certain, though, is this: Thank God I'm not a fan of Illinois football.
Lol. Yeah, I saw that and shook my head. He's probably permastoned, though, so meh.
Yes, I agree. I knew plenty of Nebraska fans who thought they would roll through the B1G when it was first announced they were joining. Again, though, I think we are beating a dead horse. If, for example, there was an ISU message board in which at least 2 or 3 new posts came up a day about Iowa football, would we not regard that as little broish?
Yeah I'm sure this board is just universally ridiculed..... Cause I'm sure out there there is so many people who just go on college teams sites and convene on another to discuss them all. Judas this is one of the more naive and dumber post I've read from a Husker fan in a while and that's saying something.
Maybe mods should just ban any visitors who post here like on Nebraska's board. For such an elite football school you've now gone 14 years with out a season with less than 4 losses. But love your argument standard operating procedure for Husker fans start talking about the past or off the field achievements instead of talking about anything they've done on the field cause not much to brag about recently. Cause I don't see any Iowa fans on Husker boards trying to make a false claim how elite our school is like all the Husker trolls like yourself who try so, so hard to do that here which it's quite comical to say the least.
It would be more accurate to say Iowa is trending up, then down, then up as they have been for the better part of 40 years. Iowa loses to PSU and MSU the only two tough teams they’ve played so far. Just like 2015 when Iowa lost to the only two quality teams they played and earned the accurate title of “fake id of CFB”. Nebraska can’t get out of its own way with a bad loss to an average NIU team (Iowa knows how to lose to NIU). If Iowa was significantly better than Nebraska your fan base and message board wouldn’t have Nebraska as a front page obsession. You cannot dispute the fact that Nebraska’s W/L record is as good or better than iowas in nearly every 5-10 year span and this drives Iowa fans bonkers, because no matter how many ADs and coaches Nebraska run through they are still at least as good as Iowa.
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@SWIowahawks, among many others post on Nebraska board weekly, often with gems like, “I prefer iowas win over Illinois better than Nebraska’s win over Illinois” it’s truly entertaining to read some of the posts from Iowa fans on other boards.
I think by posting "up, then down, then up" you were attempting to dissolve my credibility, however I would point out Nebraska has not had an "up" of note in the last 17 years. Hell the illini have been to a bcs bowl since Nebraska and they are the universal laughing stock of the b10.
Your first sentence makes no sense.
Iowa had a soft schedule in 2015. However, they had road wins at Wisconsin (who finished in the Top 25 at 10-3) and Northwestern (who also finished in the Top 25 at 10-3). Six of their twelve wins were against teams who made a bowl, so while the schedule was soft, to say Iowa beat no "quality" teams that year is ridiculous.
To do the troll thing right, you at least got to make some fuggin' sense.
As I as a fan of the illini (per your username) you seem quite familiar with the Nebraska and Iowa boards and seem to rush to defend Debby as if the world hasn't watched her take a pounding the last two weekends.
Unless of course your a Nebraska fan, posing as a illini, at which point we NEED to insert "pathetic loser.jpeg" from dumb and dumber.
Unless of course your a Nebraska fan, posing as a illini, at which point we NEED to insert "pathetic loser.jpeg" from dumb and dumber.
Nah makes perfect sense, Iowa has never trended up and stayed up. They’ve had very good years and poor years back to back to back over their history, that’s not an opinion. Show me a 5-10 year stretch where they’ve maintained 8 plus wins per season. BTW, many Nebraska fans thought they would join the B1G and dominate Iowa and through 2014 that’s exactly what they did, no Nebraska fans thought they’d come in and dominate the great teams in the B1G, tOSU, Michigan and PSU. Most Nebraska fans did not anticipate having all the problems at coaching and AD. Don’t worry, eventually Iowa will go through some coaching issues.
Just po’d Illini gave Iowa the game in the third quarter. Additionally your message board makes it hard to ignore how the vast majority of you are butt hurt about Nebraska and the attention they get in the B1G. This board is proof of how much it bothers you. Why do you hear from nearly every commentator,”the B1G would be better if Nebraska returned to the days of being a dominant team.” And you never hear that about Iowa?
A better question is this: why would a Husker fan create an alias pretending to be an Illinois fan so he can lurk and post on an Iowa sports message board?
That's fvcking weird.
Seriously, get some help.
Outside of a select few teams, how many trend up and stay up over the span of a decade? Not many.
Again, we've established Iowa is not elite and not consistent. Take that argument to an Iowa fan claiming otherwise.
Nebraska dominated Iowa head-to-head in one game since joining the B1G, and that was the first game in 2011. In 2012, they beat a 4-8 Iowa team by single digits then got blown out at home the following year. Iowa blew a double-digit lead to Nebraska in 2014. In short, far from domination.
You are the expert in how all Nebraska fans think? Interesting. There are many problems with your theory on how "humble" Nebraska fans were coming into the B1G, but the main one is the fact Penn State and Michigan were far from great at the time Nebraska joined. Trust me, other than Ohio State, many stated they would roll through the B1G.
Don't worry, I don't worry about a future nobody can predict, but you keep hoping and praying for coaching instability at Iowa. I am curious, though, why you have such a chubbed up pecker for Nebraska? Yes, Nebraska fans never predict anything outside of greatness for the next admin/head coach. Profound statement on what Nebraska fans didn't anticipate.
As far as overall program success between Iowa and Nebraska is concerned, if we are looking at the past 10-15 years, Nebraska has been more consistent than Iowa, as they generally don't stray too far from 8-10 wins/season. On the other hand, Iowa has been wildly unpredictable. They've had just as many mediocre seasons under Ferentz in that time frame (6/7 wins) as they've had Top 10 seasons of more than 10 wins. So, while Nebraska hasn't had nearly the highs that Iowa has had the past 10-15 years, they haven't had the stretches of mediocrity Iowa has had, either. So, from that point of view, and when you look at the overall head-to-head being 3-3 since Nebraska joined the B1G, it's hard to say either program has a significant advantage over the other.
2008-2014 beg to differ, 9 plus wins all those seasons. Keep trying though.
You’re my White Whale, I knew you had to exist, I’d just never actually found one before. First objective post I’ve ever seen from a message board Iowa fan.Outside of a select few teams, how many trend up and stay up over the span of a decade? Not many.
Again, we've established Iowa is not elite and not consistent. Take that argument to an Iowa fan claiming otherwise.
Nebraska dominated Iowa head-to-head in one game since joining the B1G, and that was the first game in 2011. In 2012, they beat a 4-8 Iowa team by single digits then got blown out at home the following year. Iowa blew a double-digit lead to Nebraska in 2014. In short, far from domination.
You are the expert in how all Nebraska fans think? Interesting. There are many problems with your theory on how "humble" Nebraska fans were coming into the B1G, but the main one is the fact Penn State and Michigan were far from great at the time Nebraska joined. Trust me, other than Ohio State, many stated they would roll through the B1G.
Don't worry, I don't worry about a future nobody can predict, but you keep hoping and praying for coaching instability at Iowa. I am curious, though, why you have such a chubbed up pecker for Nebraska? Yes, Nebraska fans never predict anything outside of greatness for the next admin/head coach. Profound statement on what Nebraska fans didn't anticipate.
As far as overall program success between Iowa and Nebraska is concerned, if we are looking at the past 10-15 years, Nebraska has been more consistent than Iowa, as they generally don't stray too far from 8-10 wins/season. On the other hand, Iowa has been wildly unpredictable. They've had just as many mediocre seasons under Ferentz in that time frame (6/7 wins) as they've had Top 10 seasons of more than 10 wins. So, while Nebraska hasn't had nearly the highs that Iowa has had the past 10-15 years, they haven't had the stretches of mediocrity Iowa has had, either. So, from that point of view, and when you look at the overall head-to-head being 3-3 since Nebraska joined the B1G, it's hard to say either program has a significant advantage over the other.
How many head coaches were fired due to those stellar 9 plus wins seasons? You must have been unhappy that Pelini was fired, amirite? I thought the whole Nebraska superiority complex was that 9 plus wins a season isn't good enough.
You have not had a season with less than 4 losses since 2003. Keep holding your hat on 9-4. Remember 5-6 in 04? How about 5-7 in 07? Remember that one west championship you played foe and wiscy put 70 on you? Hey quick question who has had more 50 point games put on them, any one of your coaches since T.O retired or KF? I would want to punch the entire AD in the face if I spent the money Nebraska did on recruiting to end up playing for 3rd in the division each year.
Did you know that I predicted Neb to be 4-8 before the season started! Can you believe I nailed it?!
Then again you could be an illini fan and not a pathetic loser posing as an illini in which case I will simply shrug and walk away knowing you will continue to be a giant dumpster fire with more instate talent than either school mentioned while some how managing to continue to suck.
Honest question illini...... more likely to make a bowl, iowa State or Nebraska? Even as a illini fan you can answer.
