Memorial Stadium (Lincoln)

The matchup between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Iowa Hawkeys takes place on Black Friday and is the last game of the regular season. The winner of the game is takes home the Heroes Trophy, so head to Lincoln and watch the Cornhuskers close out the season against rivals Iowa.

The Freedom Trophy is just three year old as it was first awarded during the 2014 season to the winner of this matchup. Although the schools have only met nine times, they both have a significant amount of talent that makes it an exciting game to watch.

These two teams have consistently played each other for many years, but the advent of the $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy has given the age-old rivalry a new and exciting twist. This unique trophy came about from a back-and-forth banter between Minnesota mascot Goldy Gopher and a parody account for former Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini (“Faux Pelini”) on Twitter. User Faux Pelini suggested a friendly wager in which if Nebraska won, Goldy would owe him $5, and if Minnesota wins, Faux Belini will get to smash a chair over Goldy’s back. The comical wager resulted in many Twitter users designing a trophy for the occasion, but Goldy himself ended up doing so, and it was first awarded during the 2014 season