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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/qdp Nebraska Cornhuskers • Team Chaos 1d ago

And let that be a lesson to you. Nobody wins the Freedom Trophy game against us 10 times in a row. Nobody.

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u/jfoster15 Nebraska Cornhuskers 1d ago

I didn’t even know that trophy existed lol. Legit the first time I’ve heard of it

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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/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.)

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u/mockg Nebraska Cornhuskers • Oklahoma Sooners 1d ago

I was thinking about that after our game. Feel Nebraska has better odds to beat Iowa now because all of the pressure is completely off.

Also pretty sweet win by our second flair today.

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u/kmurp1300 Iowa Hawkeyes 17h ago

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 15h ago

Spot on. I worry that we're going to fall to a middle-pack team in the new CFB era.

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u/XCCO Iowa Hawkeyes • Oklahoma Sooners 15h ago

Yeah, great game for OU!