Nebraska to SEC?…..
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The Cignetti led, Hoosier shelling, has them running for cover!!
Good riddance. Can we get rid of Maryland Rutgers and Penn St while we're at it?
B1G schools make around 20mil more annually than SEC schools. Teams that enter the SEC are also limited share partners for 3 years. It would be a hilariously bad move on their part, which is why I think this is nonsense.
"If you can't beat 'em , join 'em" should mean they stay in the B1G.
The X account that posted this mocks message board rumors like Nebraska going to the SEC.
That said, if they actually did I wouldn’t care. They won’t though.
That said, if they actually did I wouldn’t care. They won’t though.
Read the entire article and look at the writer's sig..... This is nothing more than some dreamed up scenario from an SEC/Bama fan ...
As for the title, "Trusted sources have confided to MBG that #Nebraska, #Kansas and #Colorado will join the #SEC."..... that's funny! Trusted sources?... No source real source that I see...
Poorly thought out, too. There's no consideration given to the tens of millions of dollars Nebraska would have to pay the other B1G schools to pull out... or, the lose of current and future revenue streams that would go away and aren't available at any other conference..... and, just because they'd now be looked at by many as a "quitter", the overall loss of reputation. No school is THAT stupid.... Well, okay, maybe Purdue. But....
I honestly wouldn't care if they did leave but this is nothing more than stupid speculation by a fan... no merit.
As for the title, "Trusted sources have confided to MBG that #Nebraska, #Kansas and #Colorado will join the #SEC."..... that's funny! Trusted sources?... No source real source that I see...
Poorly thought out, too. There's no consideration given to the tens of millions of dollars Nebraska would have to pay the other B1G schools to pull out... or, the lose of current and future revenue streams that would go away and aren't available at any other conference..... and, just because they'd now be looked at by many as a "quitter", the overall loss of reputation. No school is THAT stupid.... Well, okay, maybe Purdue. But....
I honestly wouldn't care if they did leave but this is nothing more than stupid speculation by a fan... no merit.
So they're looking for an easier schedule?
Message Board Genius, while funny, is not a reliable source of information
I really doubt this article, but I do point out Nebraska has never been a great fit for the B1G.
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Nebraska should never have left the Big XII. Their previous success was really spurred on by recruiting Texas and California and they gave up a lot of those pipelines to move to the Big Ten. They gave up two really great rivalries with OU and Colorado in search of money.
They needed to make sure they had a chair when the music stopped. Foresight.
Maybe. Or just luck, chasing the money.
Maybe. Or just luck, chasing the money.
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I doubt anyone is leaving the big ten willingly unless money starts drying up (not happening in foreseeable future)
Nebraska since joining the B1G 14 seasons ago:
Overall: 87-85
Conference: 53-67
Nebraska in the past eight seasons:
Overall: 35-58
Conference: 22-49
Keep in mind this was all in the Big Ten West. Just hasn't worked.
Overall: 87-85
Conference: 53-67
Nebraska in the past eight seasons:
Overall: 35-58
Conference: 22-49
Keep in mind this was all in the Big Ten West. Just hasn't worked.
Wow, I didn’t realize how poorly they have done, especially considering they were in the JV division
I agree they have been bad. But I'm not sure the SEC is a solution for their problems.
Texas caused them to leave the big 12. I doubt they'd choose to be in a conference with them again.
I know, it was just a message board rumor, but it just doesn't track.
If they can't win in the B1G why do you think they would go to the SEC?
To have ESPN touting their strength of schedule for a good bowl at 6-6 .
When the recruiting rules changed, and I don't remember exactly what they were doing,
whatever it was it is no longer legal really hit their football program hard.
I believe it was roster limits
It will never happen, but I can't be the only one who would prefer the Big 10 had the traditional 10 teams.
Region, I was a 10-team originally like you, but have become enamored with the different regions & increased team numbers that is today the B1G
I like the expansion, just wish we had taken in more southern teams, Miami, Fla. for example, great
weather and a very good recruiting area.
I like the expansion too although not all of the expansion. It is better now without divisions.
No worries, we’ll replace them with ND.
I would happily exchange Nebraska for UNC as a conference member in a proverbial heartbeat
i just saw an article over the weekend where someone or Source rated the Big ten schools based on Academics. They referred to last Year's ratings, so it was done before. Nebraska came in at the bottom in 18th place, upholding their school Motto - "Nebraska, where the Big Red N stands for Nowledge'. Looking back on expansion, i wish the Big Ten would have taken Missouri rather than Nebraska, and picked up either Cincinnati or West Virginia for geographic balance. The big mistake the Big Ten made was bringing in Rutgers and Maryland mistakenly thinking that New York and DC were lucrative College Sports Markets.
The easiest thing would have been kept the original 10 merged with the Pac 10!
Looking back, that would have been the easiest solution. However, the biggest concern then would have been how to get balanced schedules with the amount of travel that would have been required. Then again, here We are today faced with a similar problem. Looking back, what I wish They could have done was bring in both Penn State and Pittsburgh at the same time in the early 90's to get immediately to 12 teams. That would have brought in the whole state of Pennsylvania and worked geographically. We could have then held st 12 Teams until the next big round of expansion movements and maybe brought in a combination of Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State. and Mizzou if We wanted to get to 16. Better geographic balance and more commonality among Schools.
Once the SEC added Texas and Oklahoma it was "game over" for the BT in terms of competitive balance unless they added USC and Oregon.
From the beginning of the expansion craze it was obvious that the SEC could match any expansion moves the BT made because they had more realistic options that made geographic sense......TX, Oklahoma, Arkansas, FSU, Clemson, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia & Virginia Tech, Missouri...after the BT added PSU there weren't a lot of big-time expansion options available---Nebraska, Missouri was about it......
So I always thought that vis-a-vis the SEC the better option was to maintain geographic identities so that Texas and OK stayed with the plains schools and FSU & Clemson & Miami stayed in the ACC.
What I didn't appreciate was just how ruthless the SEC and Big 10 would be toward the Big 12, Pac-12, and ACC, while maintaining de'tente with each other......
Don't know much about either academicaly but it would be cool with Kansas to have three of the OG big five programs in the BIG. Certainly don't want the Prime shitshow of Col FB
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Oh, I'm not interested in the "Prime" circus aside from watching us kick his butt... I just like the mountains of Colorado and they would seem to be a geographic link/bridge to the west coast teams...
Kansas would fill the same type of role...
Nebraska could leave and no one would miss them... They're legends in their own mind... Tom Osborne isn't coming back to the sideline anytime soon for them...
I don't think ND is ever coming (at least not until their TV contract drys up..., which as long as they're winning 8+ games a year probably won't...).
