What happens if nebraska decides to play football this year without the B1g?
Scott frost has commented on the possibility previously ( as documented in another board post), but what does the b1g do with nebraska if they choose to play football with another conference this year?
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29640592/nebraska-foot…
I grew up as a child of the 90s and i always loved michigan, but nebraska football was something that i always loved to watch. Option football, tommie frazier, fast defenses. Even into the days of eric crouch tearing up nd in a stadium that was at least half red, nebraska until they fired solich was pure bliss on a gridiron.
As such i was excited when they joined the b1g. But it does not seem that they have added much of value. Its pretty much a mediocre school with a large football following in the stadium, and a few solid non revenue sports.
Is the b1g better off cutting nebraska loose if they play in another conference this year? Does the b1g replace them if we do kick them out?
My call is yes, give them the boot. They are more of a big12 school any day.
Kick the tires on nd, even with the nbc contract.
Take a shot at texas and oklahoma, even with the longhorn network.
Worst case, cut the divisions and run as a 13 team league. Ncaa has already let the big 12 have their top 2 teams have a championship game with no divisions.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:47 PM ^
Or, they've sunk the conference for the foreseeable future as a football/basketball conference, which top talents want to go up to the B1G when they flaked on a season. If the SEC/ACC also folds, Kevin has no worries, if they play, he's toast, he'll be the scapegoat.
August 11th, 2020 at 7:11 PM ^
Yeah, and if the SEC and ACC do play and a bunch of players get seriously ill, or even if they shut down halfway through the season, I wonder how that affects recruiting with the mothers and fathers of the next generation of high schoolers.
August 11th, 2020 at 8:05 PM ^
that won't matter, IMO, the majoriety of southerners will play the "freedome to choose to play card"
What will get them is the 2-3 players per school who will catch it, have severe complecations, and sue the pats off the SEC/the school.
August 11th, 2020 at 8:40 PM ^
I have no words.
August 11th, 2020 at 9:59 PM ^
Thankfully, thus far, about one person under the age of 20 has gotten serious ill with Covid and then, who knows what comorbidities there were. Players caen also sustain concussions on the field, part of the risk of the sport.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:26 PM ^
My guess is that it will be pretty awesome.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:29 PM ^
Been over on the OSU boards. Apparently they too are exploring playing outside the B1G this fall.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:45 PM ^
Good for them, smart move, especially if they potentially have a future in the NFL
August 11th, 2020 at 6:48 PM ^
There's our solution......a divorce from OSU.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:52 PM ^
#OhioState AD Gene Smith confirms to me that the school won't be pursuing opportunities outside the Big Ten for the fall season. @AWardSports reported this earlier.
— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) August 11, 2020
Doesn't look like OSU will be joining them
August 11th, 2020 at 6:32 PM ^
They will get sued to oblivion from players falling sick and/or dying. Think Maryland times 5.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:44 PM ^
Signed waivers will prevent that, same with any risk in intercollegiate sports.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:34 PM ^
I'm a Michigan lifer but both of my parents were Nebraska grads. If you look at total football wins Nebraska is in the top 10 and without looking I think they are in the top 5. The arrogance I 0n this board is depressing.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:50 PM ^
And they've been somewhere between mediocre and irrelevant for nearly a quarter century. Nobody cares about Nebraska anymore.
August 11th, 2020 at 8:28 PM ^
A lot of people feel the same way about Michigan.
August 11th, 2020 at 8:07 PM ^
Neb is Minnesota now. Except not as well respected academically
August 11th, 2020 at 6:37 PM ^
1997 Crickets Crickets
August 11th, 2020 at 6:43 PM ^
Ohio $tate joins them. if the SEC and ACC play this season the B1G has offficially been broken as a football conference, over, done. Right now Kevin Warren is hoping beyond hope that the SEC and ACC DON'T play because he'll be the guy who sunk the B1G.
August 11th, 2020 at 10:01 PM ^
snowflake neg voters, can't handle the truth, that guy is praying the ACC and SEC fold (they likely will of course) but he's on eggshells until they do.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:44 PM ^
I remember watching that Notre Dame game when Eric Crouch was the QB for Nebraska. It actually went to overtime because ND had two kickoff returns for touchdowns. But when Nebraska scored the game winner in OT, the looks on the Notre Dame student section was better than porn.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:44 PM ^
Welcome to 2020 where grammar is racist. Capitalization is a form of supremacy over lower case.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:44 PM ^
It seems as if Frost's mostly thumping his chest. As others have pointed out, contracts, TV rights, and relationships won't allow Nebraska the freedom to do whatever they want.
I confess a fondness for the school because my dad went there, plus it impressed me that, with few natural advantages, they built a football powerhouse.
But "Nah nah nah I can't HEAR you I'm gonna do what I WANT waaaah" isn't good.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:45 PM ^
I honestly think we don't know the answer to that because we've never been presented with a scenario like this one.
Could be a contractual breach, but you might see multiple programs agree to break rank and file and do this depending on what the rest of the leagues do.
My guess is the SEC still plays this season full bore despite why we know that is a pretty short-sighted idea. The ACC and B1G-12 will be firmly be a split decision between it's members and make some kind of opt-in compromise. Teams like Clemson, Oklahoma, West Virgina and FSU will be looking for teams to play, and someone like Nebraska (and maybe Ohio State, Michigan and others?) raise their hands and agree to breach any contractual limitations to play an abbreviated season.
If it becomes more apparent the NCAA oversight is dissolving and not going to be able to keep the union aligned, and they players want to play, and the health of the programs are stable - I don't see the down side of play a one-off schedule of sorts. Do we really think the aforementioned schools are going to be penalized or not televised? Highly unlikely. The NCAA has self-neutered themselves, if by mid-late September we have this thing more under-control, I would not mind at all seeing schools setup a few games and play an "intra-scrimmage) type schedule.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:47 PM ^
Dump Nebraska and Rutgers. Nebraska because of this bullshit, and Rutgers because they are Rutgers. We can justify dumping Rutgers at this moment by saying we needed to get rid of 2 teams for ease of scheduling. 2 birds with one stone.
August 12th, 2020 at 10:54 PM ^
3 little birds were by my doorstep.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:48 PM ^
Nobody to play. Furthermore, there are contracts and obligations that will prevent that from happening.
Big 12 moving forward for now.....that sucks!
August 11th, 2020 at 6:53 PM ^
I see this as a likely outcome. Would be funny though if the SEC had the balls to play.
August 11th, 2020 at 8:00 PM ^
If by balls you mean stupidity.
August 11th, 2020 at 10:48 PM ^
When the lawyers get in the room, they cancel
August 11th, 2020 at 7:05 PM ^
I would say that any school that doesn’t choose to act in concert with the decision of the other 13 Big Ten schools on a matter of such gravity as this has effectively resigned from the league, and ought to be so advised. There is no league if you allow a team to go rogue. Nebraska should realize that’s its mediocre academic reputation benefits from being a part of the league.
August 11th, 2020 at 7:06 PM ^
I bet Scott Frost had that PC knowing he could take advantage of the momentum of moving the school back to the Big 12 - I think they would have them back np.
August 11th, 2020 at 7:40 PM ^
Jimmy Husked Corn and I Don’t Care ?
August 11th, 2020 at 7:42 PM ^
If you kick them out kick out Rutgers too!
August 11th, 2020 at 9:49 PM ^
There's nobody to play. All conferences have gone conference-only or the teams are going with their previous schedules. No one's adding games to accommodate Nebraska or OSU.
August 11th, 2020 at 9:59 PM ^
You leave the big ten tonight, right now. And when you're gone, you stay gone, or you be gone. You lost your all your B1G privileges. Deal?
August 11th, 2020 at 10:12 PM ^
Kicking Nebraska out of the conference to bring in Oklahoma and Texas is ridiculous.
Mind you, I'd love to have Oklahoma in the Big 10, actually, but leave Texas out of it. That's too much drama
August 11th, 2020 at 10:12 PM ^
duplicate
August 11th, 2020 at 10:16 PM ^
They’ll have a positive case and that’s all we need to know to indicate why that was dumb. But go for it. Who knows what a future potential NFL income will weigh in the courts.
August 11th, 2020 at 10:22 PM ^
Ben Sasse Has Concerns (TM)
August 11th, 2020 at 10:44 PM ^
They get to join the big 12 and go 5-7 there
August 11th, 2020 at 11:16 PM ^
Let the Corn[redacted] go. No great loss at this point. It might even increase the Big 10’s SOS w/out them.
August 11th, 2020 at 11:24 PM ^
The Huskers should be immediately terminated as a member of the Big 10. You can either be a member of an organization or not. Once the Huskers make such a decision, their rights to their $50 million per year share of the Big Ten Network revenue should immediately cease. And, more importantly for the worst academically rated university in the conference, all academic ties between Nebraska and the other Big 10 schools should be severed.
There are other schools in this country that might be a good fit, and are academically and athletically adequate to be members of the Big 10. If not, the Big 10 can survive with only 13 schools sharing the profits of the Big Ten Network.
August 11th, 2020 at 11:26 PM ^
I won’t care
There are supposed to be 10 teams in the big ten