If I got to choose exactly how this upcoming season would happen, here it is.
Nebraska starts the season by announcing its acceptance of a Big 16 invite, along with Notre Dame, Missouri, Pittsburgh, and Rutgers. Nebraska thunders through the first 5 games, winning by 3-4 TD's a piece. Boise State gets beat bad in Week 1 by Virginia Tech. 5-0 Nebraska gets revenge against 4-1 Texas, who lost a close one to Oklahoma the week before. Nebraska and Oklahoma both finish the season undefeated and meet in the Big 12 Championship game. This will be Nebraska's last Big 12 Championship game ever, and we get to play it against our old rivals for a spot in the biggest game of them all. Of course we beat them 6 to 3 and play undefeated Alabama for the National Championship. Ohio State also finishes undefeated, but is left out of the Championship game by fractions of a point. The BCS falls apart, and adopts a playoff system based on the 16 team super-conferences that start forming around the country. Nebraska and Ohio State "randomly" play in Lincoln to start the Big 16 regular season in 2011.