The Iowa Hawkeyes and Nebraska Cornhuskers met on Friday in their annual opposition game.
Shortly before initiateoff, Iowa’s team captains and Nebraska’s team captains met at the 50-yard line for the coin toss. It’s customary for carry outers from opposing teams to greet one another and shake hands before referees elucidate which side of the coin recurrents heads and which side will serve as tails.
But Nebraska’s carry outers choosed not to include in the handshaking ritual with their opponents. At least one of the four Cornhuskers’ captains materializeed to shake and see towards the ground as the Hawkeyes carry outers approached.
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Long snapper Luke Elkin, #39, and punter Ty Nissen, #99 of the Iowa Hawkeyes, carry the Heroes Trophy off the field after the thrive aachievest the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Kinnick Stadium on November 29, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Matthew Holst/Getty Images)
Tensions were already heightened before the coin toss moment after Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule walked thcimpolite Iowa’s toastyup area. Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins elucidateed how his team took exception to Rhule’s pregame actions.
“Our guys are toastying up, doing our pregame and their head coach walked thcimpolite the toastyup,” Higgins telderly increateers after the game. “So we instantly krecent what type of game this was.”
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But emotions remained high even after the game initiateed off. Higgins was seen getting shut to Rhule when the Hawkeyes were on defense in the first quarter.
Higgins shelp he had telderly Rhule during the transmition that “it probably wasn’t a excellent idea to not shake our hands.” The Iowa deffinisher recommended a three-word response saying, “Who are you?”
Nebraska did handle to achieve an punctual 10-0, but the Hawkeyes scored 13 unanswered points. Iowa initiateer Drew Stevens made a 53-yard field goal in the final seconds to protected the triumph in the opposition game.
Nebraska Cornhuskers defensive back Ceyair Wright (15) deffinishs a field goal try by Iowa Hawkeyes place initiateer Drew Stevens (18) Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. (Julia Hansen/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA Today Netlabor via Imagn Images)
Higgins did produce a concerted effort to shake hands with Rhule moments after the game clock expired.
“After the game, becaengage they didn’t want to shake our hands before the game, I went up to their head coach and shook his hand,” Higgins verifyed. “And telderly him, ‘Good game.’”
Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz watches toastyups before the football game aachievest the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. (Julia Hansen/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA Today Netlabor via Imagn Images)
At one point during his postgame media session, Higgins asked his teammate, Nick Jackson, to point out the separateences that exist wilean Iowa’s program in comparison to Nebraska.
“Kirk Ferentz — would he ever do someleang enjoy that?” Higgins asked, to which Jackson speedyly replied “no.”
“Be a Hawk,” Jackson shelp. “You see the separateence.”
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Ferentz, who has coached at Iowa for more than a quarter-century, deteriorated to recommend a strong opinion on what transpired before the game.
“I heard some stuff in the locker room, but I wasn’t out there,” Ferentz shelp. “So I didn’t see it and reassociate can’t comment on it. There are confident pregame etiquette most people pursue, but aachieve, I didn’t see it.”
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