Iowa had the final snicker, however they discovered nothing humorous about Nebraska’s actions — and made positive they knew it.
Following Iowa’s 13-10 win over rival Nebraska on Friday, Hawkeyes linebackers Jay Higgins and Nick Jackson known as out Cornhuskers head coach Matt Rhule and the staff’s captains for his or her pregame antics.
They claimed Rhule walked by way of Iowa’s pregame warmups.
“So we instantly knew what sort of sport this was,” Higgins mentioned.
Soon after, Nebraska’s captains refused to shake palms with Iowa’s captains throughout 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 advised Rhule “It most likely wasn’t a good suggestion to not shake our palms,” 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 really feel at halftime? Didn’t shake our palms, up 10, they had been most likely in that locker room going loopy. But it felt nice to beat them. Trophy sport, all the pieces was on the road.”
Iowa then scored 13 unanswered factors within the second half, culminating in a game-winning 53-yard subject objective from Drew Stevens as time expired.
After the sport, Higgins made a beeline towards Rhule at midfield with a purpose to shake his hand.
When requested if Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz would ever do something comparable, Higgins took one other shot.
“No, no, no, by no means,” Jackson mentioned. “Come to Iowa and be a Hawk, see the distinction.”
Iowa completed the common season 8-4 general and 6-3 within the convention, whereas Nebraska completed 6-6 general and 3-6 within the convention.
“I can’t think about being a few of these seniors, after which simply occurring like this once more towards Iowa, particularly the way in which we performed,” Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule mentioned after the sport.
Iowa’s social media division even received in on the enjoyable, posting a video on X of Nebraska’s refusal to shake palms with the caption “ope” accompanied by a laughing emoji.
