I expect a higher total, but that's about right.Please see opening post. Nepotism infects the Iowa offense.:96: Iowa's defense remains robust.;)
Friday weather forecast for LincolnI wanted to attend this game this year. Sort of glad now I didn't buy tickets.
A mix of rain and freezing rain early...changing to all rain in the afternoon. High 44F. Winds SE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precip 90%.
sorry about your Aunt - good story. We do store guilt.Thank you. My aunt was the first extended family member to come here after our only child was born. As I reflect on that fact it tells me something about character. What you said in your post, tells something about character, too. It is about my family, then your family, college football, and human vulnerability to the elements.
I'm not sure if I will attend the game, but going to Lincoln to spend the day with my daughter. She's a senior at UNL.
Her mother (my Ex), her boyfriend, and her boyfriend's best friend are Hawkeyes.
She'd rather spend the game with me.
We shall see what the weather does and what ticket prices do.
Please see opening post. Nepotism infects the Iowa offense.:96: Iowa's defense remains robust.;)Nepotism is the symptom, but stubbornness is the disease.
| #17 Iowa Hawkeyes (5-3, 8-3) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-5, 5-6) |
| 2:30 (Fri) - Lincoln, NE - BTN |
| Lest anyone think Nebraska had given up on the season, the Huskers went to College Park and finally capitalized on the offense they had been putting up all along. They scores 54 points, on 531 yards of offense, which was just 38 more yards than they tallied in scoring 21 against Wisconsin, and 17 more yards than they got in scoring 31 against Indiana. But they were a +3 in turnovers, and finished drives, as well as made field goals. So now Senior Day is more than just one last weekend to party in Lincoln, it's for a bowl game. No, that's not what you play for at Nebraska, and it's not what they thought they'd be playing for in the preseason. But for a fan base that has gone without a postseason for the past two seasons, after only missing bowls twice in the 48 years prior, that isn't nothing, and for a system only in its second year, the extra practices are also nice. Plus, beating Nebraska in Lincoln three straight times, twice in blowout fashion, can help fuel this newly created rivalry. Nebraska's defense, last week's shutout aside, isn't shutting anyone down, so you should see the ultimate bend but don't break gameplan against an Iowa offense that has struggled to replace Fant and Hockenson's red zone production. Their numbers are why I hate the traditional red zone percentage. Iowa is at 91.3% (21-23), #1 in the Big Ten. But of those 21 scores, only 8 are touchdowns. Their red zone touchdown rate of 34.8% ranks #13 in the Big Ten, taking their points per red zone trip down to 4.13, 3rd worst in the conference. Just how well will that Nebraska defense have to perform, because nobody is scoring on this Iowa defense. The Hawkeyes are 2nd in the Big Ten, surrendering just 12.5 ppg, despite playing 4 of the 5 highest scoring offenses in the conference (Minnesota, Michigan, Penn State, Wisconsin), and holding those 4 to an average of 17.5 ppg. Wisconsin (24) is the only team all year to score more than 20 on Iowa. |
| IOWA 24, NEBRASKA 17 |
Thank you. My aunt was the first extended family member to come here after our only child was born. As I reflect on that fact it tells me something about character. What you said in your post, tells something about character, too. It is about my family, then your family, college football, and human vulnerability to the elements.Daughter is studying elementary education. I suppose my sense of worth with her is a bit inflated. Yes, she implored me to come to Lincoln for the game, because her boyfriend is a huge Hawk fan and she doesn't want to spend the game with him. Hawk fans, as you know, can be a bit obnoxious.
What does your daughter study, or does she study? Somehow it is difficult to believe she would rather spend a game with you than with her boyfriend, unless it is due to the boyfriend's football allegiance. Father's have an inflated sense of self-worth when it comes to their relationship with their daughter. I have one.
Maybe someday I will get to Lincoln for a game. Maybe in 2021 when it is only somewhat earlier in the season and the weather is better.
The team had big Thanksgiving dinner on Tuesday night, with the food brought in by the Heroes Game sponsor Hy-Vee. Besides the dinner, Frost said the team learned about the Husker Hero for the game.That's a great story. It's not climbing Mt. Everest; it's just going beyond the ordinary to do the right thing even though there is risk involved. The ordinary heroism of a decent man who did the right thing and lost his life for it. And he is a hero.
The Nebraska hero for the game is James Wilke, of Columbus, who was killed while attempting to rescue a motorist who had become stranded in floodwaters during the spring flooding of 2019. Wilke had been asked by local authorities to assist, and a bridge washed away while he was crossing it to get to the victim. He was swept away by the waters.
"I heard the story of James before, and then watched the video of his family last night," Frost said. "That's kind of what Nebraskans are all about: helping one another, being there for one another. Obviously a sad story that he lost his life while trying to do that. But he kind of represents what it means to be a Nebraskan and what it means to be selfless."
Daughter is studying elementary education. I suppose my sense of worth with her is a bit inflated. Yes, she implored me to come to Lincoln for the game, because her boyfriend is a huge Hawk fan and she doesn't want to spend the game with him. Hawk fans, as you know, can be a bit obnoxious.The father / daughter football bond is sure a special one. One of my favorite memories is the NU/OU game in 2009. My dad and I had only gone to a couple of games together before that and it was so much fun watching that defensive battle which brought back a lot of good memories of watching those clashes on Thanksgiving weekend. The next year Dad was not feeling up to par, so I took grandsons to a couple of games. In 2011, Dad was very ill and he couldn't go to any games. He passed away from leukemia the day after Christmas 2011 and I have always been so grateful that we got to see a classic game together and the fact that it was the last game we were together makes those memories even better. I'd bet your daughter won't give a hoot about the weather; it's the joy of being together that she will cherish, IMO. Have fun!
I'm going to implore her to sit in the rain with me inside the stadium. If somehow the Huskers pull out a victory, it will be a memory that we can share.
My brother and I have a similar memory in a come from behind victory over the Sooners in 1991 on a 32-degree, rain- and windswept day.
Please look me up if you make the trip in 2021.
Katie Gudenkauf a Dubuque native, said it’s a strange feeling to be called a hero. She has said that it was “a group of people,” including another nurse, who came together to help Jake Tebbe when his heart stopped while playing soccer.OMG, I didn't know this. My daughter is a physical therapy student at Clarke University. The entire enrollment at Clarke is about 900 -1,000. I will pass this onto my daughter. Gudenkauf is a Delaware County name, the county where I raised my daughter, and I grew up in Dubuque. I don't see any friends in common with Katie Gudenkauf on FB, so maybe my daughter doesn't know her. But this is really cool.
“It feels odd to be recognized as a hero, because it’s not something I necessarily think of myself as, because there would never be a situation where I would not jump in and help them,” she said. “I think that’s just part of being in the medical profession. I would always jump in and help someone no matter what.”
Gudenkauf jumped in last March on the Clarke University campus in Dubuque. She was at an indoor soccer tournament in which Tebbe was playing.
Tebbe’s heart stopped beating and he blacked out during the game. Gudenkauf, a family practice nurse now working at Grand Regional Health Center in Lancaster, Wisconsin, stepped in and asked someone to get the automatic external defibrillator that she then used to shock Tebbe’s heart twice.
“It’s crazy how it all worked out and how I will be connected to this individual that I helped forever,” Gudenkauf said.
well, headed to Lincoln.Well, you got your wish. An almost identical game this year compared to last year with the same result.
I'll be watching the egg bowl from the Applebee's on N 27th. Stop by if you're in town!
I hope the Huskers give the Hawks a game tomorrow, like last season.
GO BIG RED!!!
I'm going to wish for a BIG win next season vs IowaYou wanted it to be competitive this season, and it was.