Question: If the Big Ten asked ISU to join their league...would you want ISU to accept?
Nebraska does indeed still suck!
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As much as I laugh at Nebraska. I would kick Baylor out for NU in a heartbeat. There should be at least one border state with a team in our conference.
I think at this his point I’d say no and hope they stick with Warren as long as possible.
They essentially had the same coaching staff for almost 50 years. Osborne and Solich were Devaney disciples that knew the winning formula, Pelini kept it together because he's a solid coach and was a good fit for the school, state and fanbase. The Callahan and Riley hires were just awful and neither was a good fit. It'll be interesting to see if Frost can dig them out of this, I don't think he can.
I'm hoping for something similar in IC when Kirk gets asked to step down. They haven't had the success that Nebby had but Kirk was a Fry disciple that had the blueprint to win there. They have played basically the same way for the last 35-ish years. They are one shakey hire away from being Nebraska. I think reading between the lines, it's obviously tough to win like each program has consistently in states like Iowa and Nebraska (as Cyclone fans can attest). The coaching staffs that have been successful made it look easier than it is because as much as I don't like them, they are/were good coaches.
Don’t threaten me with a good time
Me too for two reasons:
1) Financial stability
2) Location to competition. It would be fun to travel to Madison, Minneapolis, Lincoln, IC, etc.
Yeah the Big 10 completely bungled the whole situation this year. They released a schedule, then immediately cancelled the season, then waited until all the other conferences started the season fine to start up again and left themselves no time for postponed games, and now won't allow non-conference opponents even when the opponent passes the same big 10 covid standards.
Nebraska is still suffering from culture shock from its move to the Big 10.
In the Big 10, disagreements are handled quietly and behind closed doors where a couple schools not Nebraska hold the power.
In the old Big XII, disagreements were taken public and fought out in public. Thankfully the Big XII seems to have moved to the behind closed doors process where the public sees a united conference.
New TV contracts and conference realignment talks will start heating up in the next couple years. If UT or OU fans start to get wandering eyes, you can politely counter with look what happened to Nebraska when they went from being a big dog in the Big XII to a newcomer second class citizen getting pushed around by the established powers in the Big 10. What makes you so sure that won't happen to you if you blow up the conference?
And yes, **** Nebraska!
In the Big 10, disagreements are handled quietly and behind closed doors where a couple schools not Nebraska hold the power.
In the old Big XII, disagreements were taken public and fought out in public. Thankfully the Big XII seems to have moved to the behind closed doors process where the public sees a united conference.
New TV contracts and conference realignment talks will start heating up in the next couple years. If UT or OU fans start to get wandering eyes, you can politely counter with look what happened to Nebraska when they went from being a big dog in the Big XII to a newcomer second class citizen getting pushed around by the established powers in the Big 10. What makes you so sure that won't happen to you if you blow up the conference?
And yes, **** Nebraska!
"Obviously you don't know who I think I am!"
Yes that attitude worked so well for Neby in the big 10. OU and UT would be treated the same way by the Big 10 or SEC powers.
I'm in agreement. But my point is that those programs have such inflated egos that they can't comprehend being anything but the top dog no matter where they are so logic will not apply to their decisions.
Its fun to see some other conference be difunctional rather than the Big 12. What could be the common factor????
The Big 10 has a new commissioner. He didn't have much time to get established before the coronavirus hit. Nebby isn't the only Big 10 school that has gone public with their issues with how the coronavirus has been handled.
Still, **** Nebraska.
At least the Big 10 West is showing up on rankings of some sort.
www.cbssports.com
College football rankings: Nebraska slips down in The Bottom 25, just behind UMass for worst in nation
Only one team is keeping the Cornhuskers from being the worst in the land according to the latest rankings
www.cbssports.com
And you didn't even mention #7 Minnesota, #9 Illinois and #15 Penn State.
Isn't that over half of the Big 10 West?
After a big meltdown of course.
