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<blockquote data-quote="drwillini" data-source="post: 1324433" data-attributes="member: 7762"><p>Sorry to sound like such an old man, but this survey makes me realize I am. NW a rival... give me a break. I'm stuck in the John Cooper era at Ohio St. Believe me, they knew we existed then. I know its hard for you guys to believe, but we owned them for a decade. </p><p></p><p>Despite that I voted for Iowa. Hayen Fry and Mike White turned the programs around at about the same time. In those days NW was like Northwestern before Barry Alverez - an uninteresting game in Champaign, and a game you were very disappointed to lose on the road. I'm not sure we scared the UM fanbase, but I think we had the coach's and players attention. We just could not catch a break against UM like we did against OSU (I'm thinking of FGs bouncing off crossbars and horribly blown calls against UM, and miracle fumble recoveries against OSU) Even in those "glory days" I think the mutual animosity of the Iowa fan base makes it still the biggest rivalry for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drwillini, post: 1324433, member: 7762"] Sorry to sound like such an old man, but this survey makes me realize I am. NW a rival... give me a break. I'm stuck in the John Cooper era at Ohio St. Believe me, they knew we existed then. I know its hard for you guys to believe, but we owned them for a decade. Despite that I voted for Iowa. Hayen Fry and Mike White turned the programs around at about the same time. In those days NW was like Northwestern before Barry Alverez - an uninteresting game in Champaign, and a game you were very disappointed to lose on the road. I'm not sure we scared the UM fanbase, but I think we had the coach's and players attention. We just could not catch a break against UM like we did against OSU (I'm thinking of FGs bouncing off crossbars and horribly blown calls against UM, and miracle fumble recoveries against OSU) Even in those "glory days" I think the mutual animosity of the Iowa fan base makes it still the biggest rivalry for me. [/QUOTE]
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