IOWA CITY, Iowa — So people are wondering why the Nebraska captains refused to shake hands on Friday night before the coin toss at Kinnick Stadium.
Let me try to explain. They do not like Iowa.
Those Nebraska players didn’t want to engage in an act of good sportsmanship in the company of that opponent. They did not care about respecting the game in a series that has included repeated moments of disrespect — in their view — committed by the Hawkeyes and directed at Nebraska.
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The Huskers are not above a petty gesture. They are mad. They’ve had enough. And it’s disingenuous of the Hawkeyes to act as if they don’t
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