[Husker] Who is our rivalry game?

[jon johnston]

Well, I'm biased as the ESPN dude Tim Griffin based that article off  
mine and linked to Corn Nation in the process, but there's something I  
didn't cover much in my article, and that is:

Don't you think we're missing out on something by not declaring  
someone besides Oklahoma as a rival? A "rivalry" game generates a fair  
amount of buzz, whether in PR terms or in recruiting. You can't buy  
that. Doesn't that count for anything?

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

On Oct 2, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Don Mares wrote:

> Hey guys?
>
> Is this week's Missouri game the closest thing we can consider to a  
> rivalry
> game?  Missouri is certainly the best of the big 12 north right  
> now.  Chase
> Daniel is a serious heisman contender.  They even look like a rival  
> in their
> black and gold.  It's national tv and a night game.  It has the  
> makings of a
> rivalry.
>
> We don't play OU on a regular basis anymore.  Colorado was a wannabe  
> but
> only beat us a couple times and wasn't enough to inspire fear and  
> hatred
> like a true rivalry should.  Kansas seems too nice and a little like  
> a one
> year wonder.  K-State maybe but again you have to bring it year  
> after year.
> Prince may not be there after another year.
> I almost feel like Colorado was to us a few years back in terms of  
> rivalry
> to missouri?  We have to beat them a few times and take the big 12  
> away from
> them and make them hurt.  Kind of like Texas did to us when we  
> switched over
> from the big 8 to big 12 and Texas became instant hated rivalry  
> after the
> 1996 big 12 championship.  Of course missou probably hasn't gotten  
> over the
> catch yet so is it a rivalry or isn't it?  Given Nebraska's history of
> crushing the big 12 north teams throughout the 80's and 90's we  
> could almost
> take our pick of a rival team.
>
> We're spoiled by our history a little here.  I'm not sure Nebraska  
> is good
> enough to have a rival right now but I give Bo a couple years and  
> we'll be
> dominating people and feeling good about ourselves again.  Who is our
> rivalry game?
>
> http://myespn.go.com/blogs/big12/0-3-5/Should-Missouri-now-be-considered-Nebraska-s-major-rival-.html
>
> I think we need a couple years to get back on top and a tough loss or
> two and there won't be any question.  The quickest way for that to  
> happen is
> to win this game and put ourselves in the drivers seat for the big 12
> north.
>
> Don
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jon johnston
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