worst_state_ever

October 5th, 2016 at 8:42 PM ^

I say highly unlikely,

When thinking about these conference realignments, people tend to forget about the BTAA (the academic consortium of Big Ten member schools).  Membership to this consortium has granted Big Ten member schools access to grants and endowments that range in the hundreds of millions of dollars.  The biggest benefit to joining the B1G is not access to the Big Ten Network and its revenues, but membership in the BTAA.

It's possible there may be grumbling by some in the AD at Nebraska about 'expanding their brand', but I doubt anyone on the academic side has any regrets about joining the B1G.

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sadeto

October 5th, 2016 at 9:41 PM ^

This has been discussed numerous times on this board before. The BTAA (formerly the CIC) does NOT "grant Big Ten member schools access to grants and endowments..." yada yada yada. It's a purchasing and course sharing consortium. It saves schools millions in volume purchasing discounts. And allows students to cross enroll. Nobody ever awarded a grant because a school belonged to the CIC/BTAA and nobody gained some sort of access to someone else's grant because of membership. It doesn't work that way. 

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KC Wolve

October 5th, 2016 at 8:43 PM ^

Wait, Nebraska is in the BIG? Has Michigan played them? Fuck you JD. I was so pumped when they joined. Lincoln is 3.5 hours away and a fun college town. At least I can make the trip every 14 years or however it shakes out.



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Mr Miggle

October 5th, 2016 at 8:44 PM ^

but this was a stupid clickbait article, so I'm inclined to doubt it. The source is a radio show host in Phoenix. Not sure why he would be the one to get this scoop. Look at this gem.

"He says there is also some bitterness between rivals Texas and Oklahoma over the Longhorns' efforts to build this new conference, which might not include the Sooners."

Oklahoma's president has been the one pushing the most for expansion.

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coldnjl

October 5th, 2016 at 9:00 PM ^

I don't buy it for one second...you are telling me that Nebraska is going to pay a significant fee to go back to a conference they couldn't wait to leave in order to make less money, have less academic prestige, and be Texas' bitch? Not happening

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turtleboy

October 5th, 2016 at 9:04 PM ^

I'm still tryin to imagine this fantasy world where they get more money from an even more UT-centric Big12 than the conference they ran from, or the equal sharing B1G. With the new divisions we have they even get an odd years chance of losing a conference championship game. That'll  "grow their brand" better than leaving Nebraska just  to play in Texas 5 times a year. Personally I think this radio host is just talking out of his ass to get a few clicks

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crg

October 5th, 2016 at 9:07 PM ^

This seems to have very little credibility overall. This article is is from a BYU perspective, which would try to find any angle to support their joining the Big 12 (PAC 12 would be a better fit anyway, but if the lgbt issue is a roadblock for the big 12, it'll be a nonstarter for the PAC 12). Other voices in the Big 12 and some Nebraska boosters may pine for the 1990s again, but there is not enough benefit for them to go back (let alone the perception of them waffling from conference to conference). Personally, I think they make a good addition to the west.

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andidklein

October 5th, 2016 at 9:18 PM ^

I think Nebraska would stay if Oklahoma joined the B1G. They would get their rivalry back which is sorely missed IMO.



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MaizeAndBlueWahoo

October 5th, 2016 at 9:29 PM ^

Man, there's a lot of fallacies in this thread.

1) I want to get rid of Rutgers and Maryland as much as anyone, but losing Nebraska would have nothing to do with that.

2) OU is not ever coming to the Big Ten, because they're forced to stick with Oklahoma State, and Oklahoma State is a mouth to feed that adds zero TV screens.  That doesn't jibe with Delany's idiotic thinking.

3) OU would not be a good addition anyway, because this isn't a game of Risk where you try to amass a large army and take as many territories as possible.  If Lincoln isn't a marquee destination, neither is Norman, so when Bob Stoops retires, what's stopping OU from going down the same road Nebraska has?  Especially after they lose one of the biggest parts of their identity, which is the Texas game - it's a lock that Texas would tell them to pound sand if OU bolts.

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drzoidburg

October 5th, 2016 at 10:09 PM ^

2) OU is leaving when the tv contract ends at the latest. There's too much poison and dead weight in that conference. Like every team they'll go where is best for *them* and bring Texas with them over Okl St. That's the rivalry they prefer, unless this article is true. I could see the PAC taking OU and Okl St and Texas, but definitely not the other conferences. There's no room, for one

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smwilliams

October 5th, 2016 at 11:30 PM ^

This is 100% correct. We like to think that rivalries and tradition and "fit" drive these decisions, but it's 100% about money. Both the school and the conference would have to feel like a move would be mutually beneficial and then it would happen. The only takes for the B1G would be ACC schools in VA and NC (I could see Duke/UNC combo) or a Texas/Oklahoma combo. Notre Dame would be an obvious take as well. The PAC-12 is the most likely landing spot for a combo of Texas, Texas Tech, and the Oklahoma schools since the PAC-12 doesn't have a presence there.



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GoBlueNorth

October 5th, 2016 at 9:30 PM ^

and still do. I think that they bring a clean program to the BIG with a fanbase not made up of douches. I don't think that the school wants "bad football" and will do what they need to improve. Academically they are on the same page as Mizzou and Oklahoma as public universities (all three tied at #51), the worst in the BIG.

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NittanyFan

October 5th, 2016 at 9:58 PM ^

If you look at every other school in the B1G West (Purdue, Illinois, NW, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa) --- they have A LOT of their alums land in Chicago.  Chicago is sort of a "center of gravity" for finding fellow Boilermakers, Illini, et cetera.  Minneapolis also serves this role for UW and Minnesota.

For Nebraska --- Denver (especially so), Dallas, and Kansas City fill those roles.  Chicago is a bit lower on the totem pole.  Minneapolis is definitely even lower on that totem pole.

The B1G $$$ is too good for Nebraska to leave.  But a big part of the fun of college football is rivalries and getting to interact with other school's folk and easy to travel road games.  UNL is the one (and only) B1G school which gets more of that in a Great Plains (Big XII) conference vs. the B1G's footprint.

From the Nebraska POV, an ideal solution is bringing 2 of Texas, OU, Kansas and Colorado into the B1G.  But I don't think any combination of 2 from that 4 is realistic at all (for various reasons).

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BlowGoo

October 5th, 2016 at 9:51 PM ^

Nebraska wants to leave the BIG TEN while Oklahoma wants to join?

You know what that means:

Texas is joining the BIG TEN!!!!

 

(They're not. This is a bullshit article).

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drzoidburg

October 5th, 2016 at 10:00 PM ^

What happened to that "100 year move" Osborne promised? I find this impossible to believe. That conference is dying to the point they're looking at adding teams like UCF, it can't agree on anything, and their 1 rival wouldn't be there! And why would OU leave their own rivals? Is Texas willing to throw away yet another 100 year rival instead of go with OU as we all expect? Has a team ever left the BIG for another conference before? Nebraska would be insane to do this. It's like they aren't paying attention to anything that's been going on. TV revenue?? Did they notice ESPN's tantrum at that conference expanding? And after losing OU pfft That would remain a shitty conference that few would take seriously. It just needs to die already

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wile_e8

October 5th, 2016 at 10:02 PM ^

Yeah, there's no way this is true. Leaving the Big Ten for more TV money? The Big Ten has the most TV money. And one of the key factors in them leaving the Big XII was to get away from Texas, no way they're hitching their wagon to the Longhorns again, especially if it doesn't include Oklahoma. 0% chance of happening.

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