Bugeaters?

[1hawkeye1]

After watching the latest vid from Iowa Nice Guy in this thread, Iowa Nice Guy Thread. It makes me wonder, where does the term "bugeaters" come from?

 

[HawkPrdatr40]

They used to be called the Nebraska Bugeaters..

 

[1hawkeye1]

Oh....guess it's true that Google is your friend. Question answered, post count padded, NVM,
/thread
FACT
#Banbugeaters

 

[SmokeTownHawk]

The term Cornhusker was originally one of Iowa's nicknames.

Was Iowa the Cornhuskers before it was the Hawkeyes? | TheGazette

 

[1hawkeye1]

The term Cornhusker was originally one of Iowa's nicknames.

Was Iowa the Cornhuskers before it was the Hawkeyes? | TheGazette

Now that I did not know. Interesting.

 

[SmokeTownHawk]

Now that I did not know. Interesting.

I remember hearing that even before that article. But I was unaware of all the Nebraska nicknames.

 

[PhoenixHawk]

They were called Bugeaters, but when Iowa dropped the Cornhusker name, Nebraska asked Iowa if they could use it. True story.

 

[rjbaustian]

F-ing huskers.....theyre always stealing our stuff!

 

[EarlSlick]

I'm going to need a corroborating source rather than simply accepting the word of Huskers.com.