An idea for the Iowa game.

gocubs2118

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Why don't we move it to this weekend? I mean, it would cause a lot more drama and more could be on the line. Its just a thought but I don't like the game being played in week 3.
 

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I agree. the year it was rescheduled to the Saturday after thanksgiving was my senior year and I thought it was awesome.
 

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No way, once conf starts, it should be conf play the rest of the year.
 

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If it were this weekend, then they'd need the win to get bowl eligible....and lo and behold it would be thier superbowl!

BTW, f#@% Nebraska. No bowl for those clowns either.

I think the rivalry factor would be elevated on thier part with it being played later in the season with the stakes raised.
 

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I like the nicer weather in the early fall for the game then the weather we typically see this time of the year. I think that is the main reason it is not changed to Rivalry week.
 

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That is down in the south where it is warm. Here it is freezing.
You have got to be kidding. Its football and if you can't get up and play your biggest rival in 30 degree weather, then you shouldn't be playing football. Same with the fans. Its pathetic that people are throwing around the weather excuse, football is meant to be played in the cold.
 

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You have got to be kidding. Its football and if you can't get up and play your biggest rival in 30 degree weather, then you shouldn't be playing football. Same with the fans. Its pathetic that people are throwing around the weather excuse, football is meant to be played in the cold.
I am in no way disagreeing with what you said, but the fact still remains the weather is nicer in the early fall then it is now.
 

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We played them at the end of the season in 2001. It was kinda fun to finish the season against them. I believe we won, which pissed them off because they always had the argument that we only beat them because it was at the beginning of the season, and they hadn't peaked yet.
 

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If it were held this weekend, how many students would actually come back early to see the game?
 

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Here's a similar thread from a few days ago on Hawkeye Nation:

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