I wanted to look at what schools we have winning streaks against in basketball AND football, and as you would expect ... the list is not long. While we have a winning streak against 8 of our 13 conference foes in hoops (including impressive 5-game winning streaks vs. the likes of Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa, as well as a long 8-game winning streak vs. Northwestern), we only have a winning streak against a few football programs:
W2 vs. Michigan State (mostly because we've barely played...)
W2 vs. Nebraska
W1 vs. Minnesota
W1 vs. Northwestern
W1 vs. Penn State
However, I wanted to look at how many "big two" sports contests we have won in a row vs. a certain school, and here are three of the four:
W5 vs. Minnesota (4 hoops games and last year in football, all in a row)
W5 vs. Northwestern (same)
W4 vs. Penn State (3 hoops games and last year in football, all in a row)
The fourth cracks me up and gives me immense joy, though.
Since we beat Nebraska in basketball in February of 2020, we have not lost to them in a major sport! We have won four straight in basketball and two straight in football. Given my distaste for Scott Frost and their absolutely delusional fans, there are two wins I want more than any other this fall - breaking the losing streak vs. Iowa and winning AGAIN in Lincoln!!