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The Twittersphere on Iowa-Nebraska

I'll take a joke of a 11-0 record over an actual, legitimate, well-earned 5-6 record.

Ok this was just funny.

This guy may have a point - this is way more vitriolic than I thought it would be. I regard the Nebraska team with benign indifference and I got the impression they felt the same, but there are some Nebraska fans who give many shits.

I love our team this year, but this Iowa team is not only not the "best in history," it's not even the best of the last ten years.

I see what you did there. Wait ... what? Wasn't Kinnick born and raised in Adel, Iowa? Fair enough. That makes Nebraska both contested and defeated. Wow. Telling us a lot about yourself there, Clark, and most of it we didn't need to know. This "LOL U PLAYED NO 1 LOL" thing is pretty played out now. I don't blame them for having fun with Iowa's schedule (what else are they going to talk about besides #FIVENATIONALCHAMPIONSHIPS), but Nebraska's isn't much better. They ARE in the same division of the same conference and have played 5 of the same opponents and lost to 4 of them. If Iowa is laughable at 11-0 against the #62 schedule in the country, what is Nebraska at 5-6 against #51? Iowa will also get a big schedule boost by simply being in the Big 10 championship game. Nebraska is a few plays away from 9-2. I mean, if we're being honest, Nebraska has a ton of talent - more than Iowa - and has caught almost every possible bad break this year. Half of Nebraska fans think Iowa is a joke and the other half seems to think Nebraska is. But anyway, Iowa is favored by 3 on the road - hardly a "pick 'em," it means Iowa is a touchdown favorite on a neutral field, basically. There's also the extra week Nebraska gets to prepare, the short week Iowa has to prepare, Iowa is the team that has to travel and, Iowa has already clinched the division and may rest some players, and the weather is shaping up to cover (a little) for Nebraska's most glaring weakness. Despite all of that, Iowa is still favored by 3. Seems reasonable to me. Because the other 11 weeks of watching Nebraska football have given you ... ? Hey, we didn't ASK to play Nebraska this week. We'd play a real team if we could instead of "cupcakes" like Illinois and Purdue. And teams that can't beat Illinois and Purdue. There it is! Seriously, it's 2015. Your last national championship was almost 20 years ago, when Netscape Navigator had a 99% market share and GOOGLE.COM was available for registration. The statute of limitations has run on that shit. You can only say "FIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS" ironically now. Another non-ironic invocation of #FIVENATIONALCHAMPIONSHIPS. Iowa football has won two conference championships since the last time Nebraska won one. Iowa has also been to two elite bowls (Orange) and won one. Nebraska has been zero and won zero. Between Iowa and Nebraska, it is the Cornhuskers who have the dimmest memory of winning anything meaningful. Looks like Nebraska's conference championship trophy case for the last 15. I award ten points for using understatement to a humorous end. At least, I assume this is meant to be understatement. And my favorite: apparently Nebraska fans like to look at the Tigerhawk when handling their equipment. HEEEYOOOOOOOOOOO.

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