[Husker] Huskers vs Hawks

[Mike Jaixen]

The "rivalry" game schedule really was the only reason for moving Nebraska/Iowa 
to Friday that made any sense. Thanksgiving Friday wasn't much of a Nebraska 
tradition, if it was one at all. It was something that ABC tried to jam down 
Nebraska's throat with Colorado. Most Nebraska/Oklahoma (including the majority 
of the classic ones) were played before Thanksgiving.  Game of the Century was 
actually on Thanksgiving. The first one I attended, the Ruud-blasting-Phelps and 
Billy-Sims-fumbles-at-the-three game in 1978 was on Veterans Day, two weeks 
before Thanksgiving.

With Michigan/Ohio State and Penn State/Wisconsin already on tap for Saturday, 
it makes sense to slide Nebraska/Iowa to Friday. But not because of this 
so-called "tradition" with Colorado. Not everybody gets that day off, so it's 
not exactly convenient for some people.

 Mike Jaixen
http://huskermike.blogspot.com
http://www.cornnation.com




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From: Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
To: "Lawson, Scott R." <SLawson at uamail.albany.edu>
Cc: "husker at tssi.com" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 9:36:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Huskers vs Hawks

> nevermind.  I see the change.  They hadn't confirmed the game would be
> on Friday before now, correct?

Right, there was some talk of having all the conference 'rivalry' games 
on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, which IMHO is a pathetically stupid
idea, almost as bad as having multiple Big Ten bowl games running
at the same time on New Years Day, so that you can't watch them all.
(The fact that the conference pretty much laid an egg in those games 
is a separate issue.)  

Sounds like someone (ABC?) finally wised up on this game, but it will
take major bowl re-shaping to fix the New Years fiasco.
--
Mike Nolan


> 
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Paul Dalen <quesohusker at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is this news?
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Mar 7, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Jim Jolkowski <jokow at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >> It was announced Monday that Nebraska, and Iowa, will now play on the 
Friday
> >> after Thanksgiving in 2011 and 2012
> >>
> >> Go Big Red
> >> Jim Jolkowski
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