Never get me wrong—I adore a good rivalry between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Nebraska football teams. I detest the team on the other side of the river. Every chance I have, I relish seeing them being thrashed. My mouth is still tingling after the Huskers’ season-ending defeat.
After the Early National Signing Day, some Nebraska football fans are engaging in somewhat strange behavior. A video featuring Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz discussing his 2024 class—which has been almost locked in since earlier this summer—has started making the rounds online.
Specifically, Ferentz is questioned about whether he anticipated the 2024 cycle to be as drama-free as it has been.been. Some Husker fans are taking his answer very personally.
“This morning I had the college station on (he talked earlier about always listening to an NFL or college football station at work) and heard about all the drama and you know, stuff going on and guys waffling,” He got his answer underway. “I guess we don’t really live in that world, haven’t had much of that for quite some time, typically … it doesn’t make it right or wrong … the way we recruit, we uncover guys that we feel good about… typically if they commit, we ask them ‘don’t commit if you really don’t mean it.'”
His subsequent remarks have led some Nebraska football supporters to believe that he was making a jab at Dylan Raiola, the Huskers, or both.
“It would be a concern for me, not a deal breaker but a concern if any of our coaches come in and start talking about a guy that has been to three high schools in three years,” he said. “Those kinds of things are things you really need to get answers for, I think.”
Fans of Nebraska football must understand that Dylan Raiola isn’t the only person who meets that description.
It’s easy to understand why NU supporters interpreted Ferentz’s statement to suggest that he was referring to Raiola, but it’s important to remember that switching high schools occurs considerably more frequently than most people think. The five-star flipper for the Nebraska football team is by no means the only person to have done what he did.You can tell since there weren’t many headlines or outcries about it when he did it.
