There?s a new college football team which simply has a ?N? on it?s helmet in the Big Ten this year. This year, the addition of the Nebraska Cornhuskers means we have a new NU in the league. Contrary to popular practice/belief, the Northwestern Wildcats are NU, not NWU or NW as you?ll sometimes hear/see on ESPN. The school chant is ?Go U, NU!?
The Cats and Cornhuskers haven?t played all that much, so they don?t have much of a rivalry and obviously, the two programs are at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to winning tradition- 5 national titles on one side, versus zero bowl wins this past half-century). But they did meet in the 2000 Alamo Bowl.
The Huskers were obviously mad about being left out of the Bowl Championship Series that night, as #8 Nebraska set a bowl record for points in a 66-17 victory over #19 Northwestern. It was a better match-up on paper, as no one expected a fun-to-watch Big Ten championship spread-...
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