OT: Nebraska wants back in Big 12?

[formerlurker]

Report: Nebraska wants to rejoin Big 12

 

[FartMan69]

Nice link. Zero star performance

 

[formerlurker]

LOL, my bad. Here you go-

Report: Nebraska wants to rejoin Big 12

 

[Jimdish255]

They can just snap their fingers and walk away? And the school will take loss?

 

[whaler11]

Report: Some people will believe almost anything.

There aren't even words for how stupid this is.

 

[huskymedic]

I think Montemayor has relatives in WVA.

 

[politics]

I guess he left out the part where UConn takes Nebraska's spot in B10

 

[MattMang23]

That was a rumor floated by The Dude with the express purpose of seeing if he could get a national writer to pick it up. He admitted it was BS. Nebby wants back in the Big XII like... Like... I can't think of a very good analogy but they don't want back in.

 

[Dooley]

No. They don't.

 

[BugsyCT]

Why would they ever want to? The B1G is a much more stable situation than the B12.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

This reported has been discredited in multiple places, including a direct quite from a UNL spokesman. Not to mention it's a preposterous idea.

 

[DoctorWho85]

That would be a significant pay cut for them

 

[Redding Husky]

I married a Cornhusker. I know she would rather have her team play Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri, etc. than the Big 10 schools. But that's just a fan's perspective.

Any sane person would take the money and stability of the Big 10 over any other potential situation. And the old Big 8 (or Big 12) is now split among four conferences; they can't get that old gang back together.

 

[freescooter]

I think there is some of the same wistfulness among Husker fans about the B12 as UConn fans feel toward the Big East. Add that fans actually care about winning games and titles and rivalries like Nebraska-Oklahoma and Texas. AD's have become business guys who care only for the bottom line. If Nebraska could make more money playing in the FICA instead of the Big 10, Nebraska would be kicking off against Fairfield-Warde on Saturday. That is just the nature of college athletics these days.

 

[SubbaBub]

I married a Cornhusker. I know she would rather have her team play Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri, etc. than the Big 10 schools. But that's just a fan's perspective.

Any sane person would take the money and stability of the Big 10 over any other potential situation. And the old Big 8 (or Big 12) is now split among four conferences; they can't get that old gang back together.

She does realize that two of those schools left years ago and the third is packing up the moving van?

 

[SubbaBub]

I think there is some of the same wistfulness among Husker fans about the B12 as UConn fans feel toward the Big East. Add that fans actually care about winning games and titles and rivalries like Nebraska-Oklahoma and Texas. AD's have become business guys who care only for the bottom line. If Nebraska could make more money playing in the FICA instead of the Big 10, Nebraska would be kicking off against Fairfield-Warde on Saturday. That is just the nature of college athletics these days.

I feel zero whistfulness for the current members of the Big East. I hate the AAC, but there is no Big East anymore

Even if I had a time machine, my first priority would be to see the FB uparade start in 1980.

 

[whaler11]

Def the way to play Colorado and Missouri more often would be to rejoin the Big 12.

 

[Redding Husky]

She does realize that two of those schools left years ago and the third is packing up the moving van?

She would rather play and beat Oklahoma, Colorado, and Missouri than Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

 

[freescooter]

I get that. My Maryland friend already miss their regular dustups with Virginia, North Carolina and NC State. But ADs don't care about fans.

Interesting development that ESPN is one of the biggest losers in terms of subscribers as a result of cordcutting. Second to the Weather Channrl. Kind of contrary to the conventional wisdom that sports are the one thing people want to see live. If the trend continues I am curious of the impact on some of these deals.