Report: Iowa AD uncertain on Black Friday game
The future of Nebraska’s traditional Black Friday football game could be in doubt.
Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta told KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids that the future of the Heroes Game on Friday is still up for consideration. The first two Iowa-Nebraska games were scheduled for the Friday after Thanksgiving, but the future dates have yet to be set.
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The Friday time slot offered both schools national exposure when few other games were on television, but that may not be enough to keep Iowa interested.
“That’s one of the benefits,” Barta said of the exposure. “One of the challenges, and I’ve talked to a lot of our fans that say a Friday is more challenging. They’re trying to be with family on Thanksgiving and then they try to get to Iowa City. Again, I can make a case where it works well, and I can make a case where we should go back to Saturday. As of yet, we haven’t done anything to finalize it.”
Nebraska has played on the Friday after Thanksgiving every year since 1990. If that’s to continue, it will require Iowa’s consent.
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December 3, 2012 at 9:20 pm
Is Iowa trying to avoid a rivalry? The Friday game is as much of a tradition for NU as Oklahoma [was]. How about we replace the Hawkeyes with someone up for the challenge. MichSt? Northwestern?
December 3, 2012 at 9:38 pm
Lets try and see if another of our division would like to play on Black Friday, and put Iowa in their time slot. Easy solution. Friday after Thanksfiving or Thanksgiving day is NU football. Any other day would be a big disappontment, especially the Saturday.
December 3, 2012 at 9:40 pm
Personally, I think Michiggan will eventually become our rival, not Iowa. I like Iowa, and you should love/hate your rival.
December 5, 2012 at 4:16 am
Faye Michigan has Ohio St. & Michigan St. So Nebraska will never be their rival .
December 3, 2012 at 9:46 pm
fine then dump them and put somebody else in their place.
December 3, 2012 at 9:51 pm
How about we dump the entire Pathetic TEN conference and move on to a real football conference. You know one that not everyone around the country makes fun of!
December 4, 2012 at 1:38 am
Lets be real here man. Let me guess an SEC bandwagon fan?
December 4, 2012 at 5:38 am
Not a SEC fan at all, actualy live in SEC country and while I was young we owned the SEC playing real Nebraska football and yes long before NU ever went to the Bad Ten myself and many others around the country recognized it as very weak in football as it's history of bowl game defeats proves without any shadow of doubt,, so yes i am being for real when i say we will struggle and may never return to prominance by giving up our southern ties for the weak Big ten conference,, time will tell but I believe the move to the Pathetic Ten puts the nail in our coughan of becoming at best a mediocre team.. But i must admit as realeted to the bandwagon comment, the SEC without a doubt has historicly been the best conf in football top to bottom,, were there many years during the 70, 80, and 90s that NU and OU could and DID spank the SEC Champion, yes they did and while living down here that was my saving grace to all the crap i had to listen to.. To try to compare in any remote way the Bad Ten and the SEC is like comparing a Corvette(SEC) to a Chevette(Big Ten) as a matter of fact the Big Ten cant hold a candle to the Big 12 and one cant say it is because they do things right as they have as many or more schools in trouble now than any other major conf.
December 3, 2012 at 10:37 pm
Realign the divisions, put Wisconsin and Nebraska in the same division, and let them play on Black Friday. I have a feeling Alvarez would go for that!
December 3, 2012 at 11:01 pm
How about we just move the Iowa game to September and schedule the SOONERS every year the day after Thanksgiving for the next 30 years or so. That works!
December 4, 2012 at 1:37 am
Dump em – Let them play some one else the Saturday after Thanksgiving – The way their playing I don't blame them for mot wanting the exposure.