New Huskers Future Imagined

[Roundball Shaman]

Many Husker fans got mad and disappointed when they realized The Big 12 would forever be the Big Texas at Austin Conference. Many Husker fans are now mad with the realization that Nebraska will always be second-class citizens in the Big Ohio And Michigan Conference. Lovely road trips to Rutgers, to Maryland and the middle of Pennsylvania. But being mad or disappoointed won’t solve anything. Instead, there is a lesson to be learned in all this:

 

Be a BIG FISH yourself in a NEW conference that makes better sense. Instead of trying join the popular crowd in a distant clique that will never let you in, start a new clique and YOU be a popular one. How about Nebraska as the “it” school of a new Power Six conference.

 

Consider: The Big Continental Conference. Several traditionally good football schools in this list. Geographically sensible. Better travel for Husker fans. Real not forced traditions to be forged. A new future and a better direction for the Cornhuskers.

 

Downside? A step down? A blow to pride? Forget all that. This is a chance to stand out nationally instead of always being ignored amongst more favored blue blood programs that will ALWAYS be the more favored forever by the powers-that-be no matter how good the Huskers get. And a nice bonus? NO TEXAS, OHIO STATE, or MICHIGAN who will ALWAYS be favored and promoted above a school from the upper Plains with a small state population that will never be a good fit in the Big 10 and that has no reasonable path to prominence by staying where they are in the college sports landscape.

 

The Big Continental Conference. Ten schools assembled from:

Boise State (Mountain West)
Brigham Young (Independent)
Colorado State (Mountain West)
Houston (American Athletic Conference)
Nebraska (Big 10)
New Mexico (Mountain West)
New Mexico State (Sun Belt Conference)
University of Texas at San Antonio (Conference USA)
Utah State (Mountain West)
Wyoming (Mountain West)

 

Make two divisions. Playoff game at football regular season end (at Denver Mile High?) to determine champion: Nebraska vs. Wyoming? Boise State? Brigham Young?

 

This is not just stacking the deck to make Nebraska look good. This is getting away from a bad conference situation and assembling some rising Western sports programs together. Some good football schools here. And football pays the bills. Every year we get Huskers vs. natural rivals Wyoming and Colorado State. Every year we get to see Nebraska put it to two Texas schools with good football programs. Some warm weather schools for autumn season fun. Several other natural rivals among the other schools. University of Texas at San Antonio is a rising football school that just beat Baylor in Waco last weekend.

 

Someone will ask why New Mexico State? They are a natural rival to New Mexico, and they have a decent to good basketball program and a slowly improving football culture. It is in a growing town in the sun belt region.

 

Could this all happen? Anything can happen if you want it to. Will it happen? No, because some will prefer mega television contract money over everything else and they don’t want to ever admit they made a mistake in joining the conference they are in. But we are still allowed to dream. Huskers and their fans could have a better and more sensible university conference culture. Would you rather see Nebraska vs. Minnesota or Iowa instead of Nebraska vs. Wyoming every Thanksgiving weekend? They didn’t say “Go West Young Man” for nothing way back when.

 

 

[knapplc]

No.

 

To clarify, the premise of this is wrong - the Big Ten is not a problem for Nebraska it's a solution, academically, financially and prestigiously. 

 

I would rather own the smallest house in the nicest neighborhood than the best house in the worst neighborhood.

[Landlord]

[Vince R.]

Uh....

[Crusader Husker]

ummm...no

[Pedro Guerrero]

Pass

[ColoradoHusk]

Worst idea ever.

[Roll Skers]

I would rather join the SEC or Big 12

[GSG]

Help me out guys. Am I drunk already?

[Husker NoNo]

The academic resources and support alone make big B1G worth never leaving.

[StPaulHusker]

Would there be a stupid chair trophy to play for?  

[307husker]

Seek professional help.

 

Soon.

[TGHusker]

Better path - get OU and Kansas (basketball), or OU and Missouri, OU & Co, OU & Okie State, or OU and KSU to join our west division.  (KSU & Okie State probably a no go due to academics) Move Ill and Purdue to the east conf. 

 

Making NU, Wisc, Minn, Iowa, NW, OU, Ks  the western division.    The original post:   If you thought the west division got no respect, just think of a whole conference without respect. 

 

[Red Five]

goin with the PG version here...

 

 

 

[Street Novelist]

What the f uck is going on today in Huskerland? It's like an episode of Bizarro.