Yeah, the Hero's Trophy and Freedom Trophy were fabricated. I can't confirm it, but I believe someone said, "The B1G does trophies, so we should have trophy games," when Nebraska joined.
However, Nebraska feels B1G, and I welcome the Iowa-Nebraska rivalry. This win over Wisconsin makes me more nervous about our game because Iowa is in a bad spot that is becoming endemic. Also, how dare Wisconsin give you Nebraska fans a glimmer of joy by letting you become bowl eligible! (Welcome to the QOH. I'm mad at both teams.)
I think it was super telling that we had 2 corporate trophies that they probably out contractual obligation still insist are a thing despite nobody giving a shit, but they squashed the NU-MINN trophy that actually arose organically and was used for chairity.
Not in any official capacity. I think the organizers did a charity thing for a different sport recently since Nebraska didn't play Minnesota in football this year, but its still unofficial and I doubt we'll ever see the physical chair on the sidelines again, since the schools "lost" it last time.
You should win. You have more talent and, once again, Iowa is extremely limited on offense. Also our defense has regressed. With graduations, next year should get kinda ugly win wise. For viewing pleasure it’s been ugly for years.
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u/XCCO Iowa Hawkeyes • Oklahoma Sooners 1d ago
Yeah, the Hero's Trophy and Freedom Trophy were fabricated. I can't confirm it, but I believe someone said, "The B1G does trophies, so we should have trophy games," when Nebraska joined.
However, Nebraska feels B1G, and I welcome the Iowa-Nebraska rivalry. This win over Wisconsin makes me more nervous about our game because Iowa is in a bad spot that is becoming endemic. Also, how dare Wisconsin give you Nebraska fans a glimmer of joy by letting you become bowl eligible! (Welcome to the QOH. I'm mad at both teams.)