Cyclones17
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Iowa's Biggest Rival: Interesting poll results
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The Nebraska fans I know are very arrogant, rubbing it in my face saying how they are going to dominate the division. The Iowa/ISU "rivalry" has gone downhill for me, seeing how we dominated them the past 3 years and they don't have any "smack talk" do dish out.
JonDMiller
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You are talking about conference games where at most 4,000 visiting fans are there...at most. usually much less than that, vs a game with an instate rival, who is closer geographically than all of those places, who brings closer to 8k to Kinnick.
Hawkfromnorwalk
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Ever think about the fact that because ISU is in the state, you guys bring more fans to Kinnick thus the chances of fans getting more hostile is greater?
DexterMorgan
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completely agree.
SpacemanSpiff
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I can't see a team that I want to win 95% of the time as a rival.
The only time I don't want ISU to win is when they play Iowa.
The only time I don't want ISU to win is when they play Iowa.
racerhawk
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I live in the 608 (Madison). Wisconsin is (and SHOULD be) our biggest rival for a number of reasons, including:
-very close overall series over a very long period
-close recruiting rivals
-Iowa ties with coaching staff
-border state
-same conference
-the loser of the Iowa-Wisky game loses a shot at a big bowl (usually), while the winner often goes to a big bowl.
-Wisconsin hates Iowa (trust me).
-Wisconsin just is plain annoying.
SpacemanSpiff
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I would suspect for the casual fan that only watches a few games ISU is viewed more as a rival. They hear that ISU is supposed to be a rival. For those that follow more closely it is not as big of a deal.
Well I grew up in CR and my parents still live in CR, in my dads office there are more ISU fans than Iowa fans. In my mom's office it is 50/50 ISU/Iowa so I will say BS to the highlighted comment. Maybe your family lives on the University of Iowa campus? To the comment about ISU not existing, I would guess 10% of my graduating class went to UNI, 40% went to ISU and 50% went to Iowa (who went to the major Iowa colleges). Most of them have moved back to CR and are ISU fans and alot of them were ISU fans before they went to ISU. You know fans gravitate between schools? The ISU appeal in CR and the eastern part of the state is growing annually.
uofihawkInation
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I hate Wisconsin much more than I hate ISU. Why? Because we are similar programs. Sure I dislike ISU. But the only reason I have to debate with some of their fans is because they don't understand that outside of Iowa, they aren't a relevant football team. Otherwise I wouldn't pay attention to ISU except for that one Saturday they play Iowa.
cbrase72
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This is my ranking too.
ShockRerun
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It is also hard to hate someone after you beat them, for a while anyways. ISU has been beaten the last few times, while Wis, Neb, and NW won the last time they played the Hawks.
The Iowa/NU rivalry will mean the most to fans between Des Moines and Omaha. Des Moines to Iowa City, it will be the ISU game and from Iowa City east it will be the Wisconsin game.
JonDMiller
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What line of work do you parents do? RE: What industries?
JonDMiller
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So you are saying that for the smallest percentage of Iowa fans in the state, it will be the Iowa-ISU rivalry. So we agree.
DexterMorgan
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Basically in Newton.
I guaran-dang-tee you that when I was growing up in NW Iowa in the 80s, amidst the 15 game Iowa winning streak, that the ISU-Iowa rivalry trumped all rivalries for fans of either schools.
Now, I can't speak to if that is still the case, and can see the NU-UI game creating bigger rivalries now, but there's no question what the biggest rivalry was then, and that's shaped my thoughts on the rivalry.
Now, I can't speak to if that is still the case, and can see the NU-UI game creating bigger rivalries now, but there's no question what the biggest rivalry was then, and that's shaped my thoughts on the rivalry.
No its not engineering, but on that point have you been to Quaker Oats, Rockwell Collins, Cargill, or General Mills? These companies are littered with ISU fans. With my parents, one is the insurance industry the other in banking. Im not saying ISU fans are higher in quantity, but the amount has increased ten-fold since even I graduated in the CR, IC corridor.
DFaceHawkeye
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When I lived in Ames and ISU was beating Iowa, I considered ISU the biggest rival. Wisconsin has always been up there. But now that I live in the 712, it's by far Nebby. I think most of the this debate hinges upon what, which fans, a person has to deal with. In Ames, I obviously had to deal with Cyclones. I also had to put up with a fair share of Badgers while in Ames, who also seemed to push my buttons. And now, I live with a bunch of Huskers living in Iowa. Makes me want to puke..
