Iowa had the final snigger, however they discovered nothing humorous about Nebraska’s actions — and made certain they knew it.
Following Iowa’s 13-10 win over rival Nebraska on Friday, Hawkeyes linebackers Jay Higgins and Nick Jackson referred to as out Cornhuskers head coach Matt Rhule and the crew’s captains for his or her pregame antics.
They claimed Rhule walked via Iowa’s pregame warmups.
“So we immediately knew what type of game this was,” Higgins stated.
Quickly after, Nebraska’s captains refused to shake arms with Iowa’s captains in the course of the pregame coin toss, as a substitute both staring straight forward or down on the floor when the Hawkeyes reached out their arms.
Higgins claimed that on Iowa’s first defensive drive, he instructed Rhule “It probably wasn’t a good idea to not shake our hands,” to which he says Rhule replied, “Who are you?”
Nebraska entered halftime up 10-0, although, earlier than falling aside within the second half.
“How good did they feel at halftime? Didn’t shake our hands, up 10, they were probably in that locker room going crazy. But it felt great to beat them. Trophy game, everything was on the line.”
Iowa then scored 13 unanswered factors within the second half, culminating in a game-winning 53-yard area purpose from Drew Stevens as time expired.
After the sport, Higgins made a beeline towards Rhule at midfield with a view to shake his hand.
When requested if Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz would ever do something related, Higgins took one other shot.
“No, no, no, never,” Jackson stated. “Come to Iowa and be a Hawk, see the difference.”
Iowa completed the common season 8-4 total and 6-3 within the convention, whereas Nebraska completed 6-6 total and 3-6 within the convention.
“I can’t imagine being some of those seniors, and then just happening like this again against Iowa, especially the way we played,” Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule stated after the sport.
Iowa’s social media division even bought in on the enjoyable, posting a video on X of Nebraska’s refusal to shake arms with the caption “ope” accompanied by a laughing emoji.
