There are rivalries and then there is getting a monkey off your back.
The series between Nebraska and Creighton has has some very good series. The teams went back and fourth in wins for a while there. Then things changed about eight years ago. Tim Miles came right about the time that the Bluejays were starting to peak. Creighton’s talent level went up when Nebraska was starting a rebuild with very little in the cupboard.
Greg McDermott came to Creighton a year before Tim Miles came to Nebraska. Greg was replacing Dana Altman who was the architect of Bluejay basketball.