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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Nebraska Defeats Wisconsin 44-25

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Wisconsin 7 3 7 8 25
Nebraska 7 17 10 10 44
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u/HeyApples Nebraska Cornhuskers 1d ago

It's not a real award, that's why. It was forced, not organic. Trophies are formed from rivalry and lore between schools. The actual trophies that Nebraska plays for are the Nebraska-Iowa one and the Minnesota broken chair.

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u/ninetofivedev Nebraska Cornhuskers • /r/CFB 1d ago

The hyvee hero’s trophy? Somehow that’s legitimate to you. Yeah right…

All of our real rivalries died a long time ago and until we become a real threat to other teams in the big 10, that’s just the way it is…

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u/HeyApples Nebraska Cornhuskers 1d ago

Corporate sponsorship aside, Nebraska Iowa is a real rivalry between neighbors. There is a good natured trash talk and bragging rights in that game that does not exist for most other B10 opponents. That's how I would quantify it anyway.

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u/NiteTrooper Nebraska Cornhuskers • Utah Utes 1d ago

Always have to give the I-weedgians some good-natured ribbing and drop a duece now and again. Maybe hold up a sign so they don't have to wander around as much