Nebraska reported to want back into Big XII

Submitted by McSomething on October 5th, 2016 at 8:19 PM

And Oklahoma is being said to be wanting out. In no small part because of Texas. http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/report-nebraska-wants-to-rejoin-…

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lhglrkwg

October 5th, 2016 at 10:54 PM ^

they'll be another Iowa-Minnesota-Illinois blegh B1G west program

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gopoohgo

October 5th, 2016 at 8:35 PM ^

Supposedly the OU president, faculty do not want the SEC due to the academics (or lack thereof).

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Ihatebux

October 5th, 2016 at 10:22 PM ^

...and Oklahoma has soooo much better academics? I haven't seen OK or Neb on too many top university lists.

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Ihatebux

October 5th, 2016 at 10:22 PM ^

...and Oklahoma has soooo much better academics? I haven't seen OK or Neb on too many top university lists.

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gopoohgo

October 5th, 2016 at 10:40 PM ^

Oklahoma is 111 on USNWR.

That is ranked ahead of;

Mississippi State (176)
Ole Miss (135)
Arkansas (135)
LSU (135)
Kentucky (133)
And tied with Missouri (and Nebraska)

So from Oklahoma's point of view, I can see wanting to aspire for better academics.

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BlueDragon

October 5th, 2016 at 9:36 PM ^

I would trade Nebraska (stop whining about 1997) for Oklahoma (if we aren't forced to take Oklahoma State).

Makes the coasties look even sillier than before. Ugh.

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ak47

October 5th, 2016 at 8:30 PM ^

Nebraska has been a shit addition, they add nothing and bring down the academics. They can leave if they want

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ThadMattasagoblin

October 5th, 2016 at 8:36 PM ^

Nebraska brings more than Rutgers or Maryland. The only thing they don't bring is academics which still aren't as bad as most SEC schools.

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ak47

October 5th, 2016 at 9:56 PM ^

Maryland bring the combined 4th largest media market in the country, great recruiting area in football and basketball, a historically top 15 basketball program that is doing OK if not great and recruiting well plus some really great non revenue sports including soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, etc plus it's has some top academic programs and is middle of the road big ten academically. Literally the only thing Nebraska has better is the size of its football stadium.

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drzoidburg

October 5th, 2016 at 10:27 PM ^

Um, no. To a football fan, Nebraska is way way more legit. Much rather play them every year than freaking Maryland, which was selling tickets for all of $12

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nerv

October 6th, 2016 at 12:00 AM ^

I think the point of his post was to outline that Maryland tops Nebraska at just about everything outside of football; including pretty much every other sport.

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Picktown GoBlue

October 5th, 2016 at 8:42 PM ^

UAA wikipedia page can be updated - take that Egghead Eight!

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Bluetotheday

October 5th, 2016 at 8:58 PM ^

Bring em to the Big Ten. Offer up more competition in all sports like basketball/baseball than Nebraska. OU in the big ten, playing OSU and Michigan every year, would be a huge draw for all involved

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MichiganStudent

October 6th, 2016 at 7:15 AM ^

I'm sorry but idiotic posts/statements like this are one of my biggest pet peeves. First off, it's boomer sooner, not sooner boomer. That's like saying go big blue when referring to Michigan. Secondly, Oklahoma would be in the west division and wouldn't play Ohio St or Michigan every year. It would be like it is right now where we play a couple of years and take a hiatus.

The only thing in your post that made any sense was that OU is more competitive in basketball and baseball.

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I Like Burgers

October 5th, 2016 at 8:30 PM ^

It also mentions that Oklahoma would be out of the new Big 12 (or whatever they'll call it). So is this an Oklahoma for Nebraska swap? I'd take that deal.

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gwrock

October 5th, 2016 at 8:56 PM ^

I think Oklahoma is joined at the hip to Oklahoma State by law. Also, Oklahoma isn't an AAU member. (I know Nebraska isn't either -- but at least they used to be)

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Roy G. Biv

October 5th, 2016 at 8:30 PM ^

Guaranteed money from the B1G or possible money from a conference which should be named Texas and the 11 Dwarves? Hmm, let me think.

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fleetfootphilo

October 5th, 2016 at 8:31 PM ^

FOOT PRINT!!!!!

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NFG

October 5th, 2016 at 8:32 PM ^

If true, Nebraska is that five star prospect who commits to a major program, and then doesn't get any playing time and blames everyone but himself. Then transfers to a shitty program and still doesn't see the field. All because of their attitude.

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skurnie

October 5th, 2016 at 8:32 PM ^

So they want to he beat 65-20 instead of 27-20?

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Thrillhouse

October 5th, 2016 at 8:38 PM ^

I logged in just to upvote this.

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TrueBlue2003

October 5th, 2016 at 9:20 PM ^

and bad Big 12 defenses. They'd be getting beat 65-49 instead of 27-20.

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Catchafire

October 5th, 2016 at 8:32 PM ^

I... like Nebraska in the BIG. But I dont know why they would want to go back to the b12... that conference is imploding.

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Bo Schemheckler

October 5th, 2016 at 8:35 PM ^

There's this and the fact that every reason they left is still there

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blueday

October 5th, 2016 at 8:33 PM ^

Waffling is a bad image thing. Picking a different conference for every sport like Notre Dame is just embarrassing for them. Plus they get to play for purple face in football. A Midwest school in the ACC lol.. watch out for that hurricane.

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Billy Ray Valentine

October 5th, 2016 at 8:34 PM ^

It really would have made so much more sense if these two schools would have joined a conference together. This was a great rivalry in both the 1980s and 1990s. I think academically Colorado would have fit perfectly into our conference.

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NittanyFan

October 5th, 2016 at 9:55 PM ^

but if the willpower to go from 11 to 14 was there --- Colorado, Nebraska & Missouri would have been a pretty intruging 3-some.

Colorado was invited to the Pac-12 on June 10, 2010. Nebraska got the B1G invite the very next day. Missouri to the SEC was significantly later.

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BBO78

October 7th, 2016 at 7:31 AM ^

I think these 3 saw the writing on the wall and knew they needed to get out for their future stability. In addition to Texas being a conference killer, these 3 schools were Big 8 schools that no longer felt they fit the conference. Colorado almost left for the PAC 10 in the mid 90s when we saw the SWC coming to an end.

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Ihatebux

October 5th, 2016 at 10:35 PM ^

Yep Colorado is #97 and Okla and Nebraska are tied for #111....much better.

Michigan State is #82, Rutgers #70, Iowa #82

...according to USN&WR.

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WolverineHistorian

October 5th, 2016 at 8:36 PM ^

So all the issues they had with Texas don't matter anymore? They still have the Longhorn Network.

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BlueBreeze

October 5th, 2016 at 8:38 PM ^

Fuck Nebraska. I want OU!

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crg

October 5th, 2016 at 9:15 PM ^

Not a lot of difference between them overall. Texas would be a different story, but too much ego and baggage there.

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ChalmersE

October 5th, 2016 at 8:40 PM ^

If Oklahoma wants out of the 12, this makes no sense. Every Nebraska fan I know says their biggest regret is the loss of their rivalry game with Oklahoma.

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Carcajou

October 5th, 2016 at 8:54 PM ^

Do you think Oklahoma would want to go forward as an idependent? Otherwise, I would think the B1G would have to take them, to keep the SEC and Pac-12 from snatching them up. Academically might be another matter.

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gwrock

October 5th, 2016 at 9:23 PM ^

I believe Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have to go together, by Oklahoma state law.

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drzoidburg

October 5th, 2016 at 10:22 PM ^

Nah, legislature must approve and they'll back down to save OU its legitimacy, which it would lose remaining in a conference that awful much longer. Plus OU probably has a lot more pull than Okl St Okl St might find a spot in the new "P4" anyway, but it won't be with OU (no one wants 2 teams from the same state these days)

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Blau

October 5th, 2016 at 10:31 PM ^

You keep saying this like it's going to stick or something. There is no actual statute or legal backup for that statement. It's more of a cultural and traditional viewpoint than anything. Not sure anyone really cares about OK St's conference loyalties. I'm pretty sure if the B1G invites OU to the clubhouse after school, little bro OK St doesn't have to tag along. I don't ever think that's going to happen anyways so the point is moot.

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RedGreene

October 5th, 2016 at 8:40 PM ^

Don't go. All the plants are gonna die.

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umbig11

October 5th, 2016 at 8:42 PM ^

Oklahoma is gone. Let's hope they do not go to the SEC. Nebraska loves that BIG $$$$

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drzoidburg

October 5th, 2016 at 10:18 PM ^

I don't really care where they go, so long as that conference dies. Joining the BIG West, we'd play every 10 years or whatever. But if it became the "Power 4" it'd improve our chances of making the playoff, at least slightly. I'd bet you Ohio last year would've made it over Oklahoma

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ThadMattasagoblin

October 5th, 2016 at 8:41 PM ^

It probably hurts recruiting too to give up games against Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Wisconsin for West Virginia, Kansas, Texas Tech etc.

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MGoRedemption

October 5th, 2016 at 8:41 PM ^

"Our brand hasn't grown"
Translation: we don't foresee us ever winning a big ten championship so we are gonna run away.

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coldnjl

October 5th, 2016 at 9:03 PM ^

Bring in Paul Johnson...they screwed the pooch with Callahan big time

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MaizeJacket

October 6th, 2016 at 12:19 PM ^

They should have grabbed Troy Calhoun after the '14 season.

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RainbowSprings

October 5th, 2016 at 8:41 PM ^

Bring in Notre Dame and the three service academies. Great nationwide TV revenue. Done.

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SalvatoreQuattro

October 5th, 2016 at 8:46 PM ^

Three service academies?

Those schools would be seriously outmanned and would bring little cache to the conference. Academy football is not considered Power Five level football.

I see little upside to your idea. Notre Dame yes. Service academies no.

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weasel3216

October 5th, 2016 at 8:51 PM ^

The conference can elect to abolish the forward pass and we can adopt University of Chicago back. The good old days.

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Clarence Boddicker

October 5th, 2016 at 9:41 PM ^

Army and Navy would make Rutgers and Maryland seem like Alabama and LSU.

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Pepper Brooks

October 5th, 2016 at 11:33 PM ^

both Army and Navy would beat Rutgers this year (according to the PFI rankings)

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Carcajou

October 5th, 2016 at 8:51 PM ^

Don't know if we'd want to play service academies three times a year. With all that cut blocking they do, we wouldn't have any healthy DL left by the end of November.

[This is the one downside of bringing GT into the conference as long as Paul Johnson is there. Otherwise, I would love to see GT in the B1G]

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