Captain K

totally agree, i love the simplicity and tradition of most of the big 10 uniforms. you just know they were dominant in the past and never wanted to change their uni's because they represented those past eras of dominance, which continued on. I guess. But I'll really miss KSU's purple power cat. Hopefully Northwestern can adopt it.

It's purple. He is Northwestern's mascot, studious nerd Pat Poindexter. I think they take their academic excellence a little too seriously at NW, actually. Lighten up a little wildcats!

That is a hell of a present and likely not just your best birthday, but your last, as it will always be your son's birthday that will be celebrated - not yours. My daughter was born on Dec 25th. Everyone (except immediate family) is too busy celebrating Xmas to worry about her. Congrats Judoka!

I'm still finding it weird about all the Big 10 peeps on here...it's like we joined a different conference or something. Looking forward to it...apparently the chemo and radiation worked to cure us from the cancerous horn that was killing us. Gotta say that even though I doubt it will transpire in the stadiums, Big 10 members that have been on this forum for the most part have been top-notch with class. Yeah, they have been great. It feels like moving from a slummy trailer park to........ not a trailer park. Classy folks, very supportive and excited to have another top-notch program. Wait until we've played them a few times. Things won't stay so amicable forever.

As Mr. Wilson used to say, "Fort Scott!" Or something like that. Give him to jeff Sims for a year and then resign him.

FYI, it's frowned upon for Big Ten head coaches to leave for another Big Ten head coaching position. It's an unwritten rule of sorts. If Pelini ever leaves Nebraska, it'll be for another job in a different conference or the NFL, but not for another team in the Big Ten. I don't know if I would go so far as to say he would never switch from NU to OSU. The circumstances are a little different here. First, it is his alma mater and he grew up in the state. Second, his current team switched conferences and that is how he became a Big Ten coach. Had he accepted a job at Purdue and then applied for a vacant OSU HC position, it may be different. I think people would be understanding if he took the OSU position. Of course we would be disappointed in Nebraska.

Congrats on landing Starling from a Buckeye fan. Looks like he had a pretty good offer sheet(incl. ALA and ND). What type of offense has Nebraska been running since Bo took over. Is there any one game I should watch to get a sense of the type of offensive identity we should be expecting from the Huskers in 2011 and 2012? I'd say watch the Arizona game from last year. That's what Shawn Watson has been wanting to do, but with injuries and whatnot last year he and Bo held the reins a little bit. What with rest and players getting healthy, they could let loose more in the bowl game, so that one should be indicative of where our offense is heading. Or Texas tech 2 years ago, thatll give u a pretty good idea too Yeah, but don't watch any other games. They're a bit embarrassing.

Who hates Ohio St? I thought they learned from the Maurice Clarett thing though? Sounds as if they would be inviting trouble signing him. Hope he pulls through and then gets his life in order.

Nebraska out, Houston in. There goes the argument that the conference is stronger. And I'm not talking just football-wise.

Although I despise them, I picked Missouri. At least they had the nerve to speak their mind and would have done the same thing as us if invited. No one else had the courage to bolt. The embarrassment they must be feeling over us getting invited over them has to be painful. It will be easier to root for coach Gill now though.

We are looking forward to making a move up similar to the way PSU did. Of course, the state of Texas is going to send fake high school transcripts and phony SAT scores to our admissions dept for every 18 year old idiot in their state, just to foil us.

It's really all about having a better University. We didn't leave solely because of football. Telling Texas to f off was the icing on the cake though.

I don't know who it will be, I just know it will most likely be the same guy as 2010. His year under center in '10 will give him the edge over Brion who will take over in 2012.

How much money are the networks going to give the conference nobody wants to be a member of? The Big 12 goes into that meeting room with a black eye.

Well OP, at least no facepalms yet.

Seems one of them is more excited than the other.

What happened when UT didn't go to the Pac 10 is that they stayed independent and managed to keep others from leaving so they have someone to play. Someday the others will figure this out.

T Boone donated $400 mill so the pokies could beat teams like NU. What he usually has in his pocket at any one time is enough to help OSU past what is left in the North. He's just pissed he wasted his money.

Probably didn't have to pay Callahan to do that either.

I feel the same way. It will change once you know the new teams better. I too would watch a KSU-ISU game before Georgia-Tennessee, for instance, but only because I knew the teams and they were in our conference. I truly believe this is a lateral move athletically. The rest of the reasons are so compelling though. We had to do it.

.... I can't quite tell if he's wishing us good luck or if he's angry at us. Actually, he and his Missouri friends laugh at the HB members who find it amusing, that's all.

Now that the conference is saved, they are even funnier to read. The conference is stronger etc.

No. He said there IS. That's different!

In the end, I think the Big 12 stays together. Texas will not go where they are not the big fish. They will add two teams and the Pac will add Utah. However, if they do end up having to go they won't be happy going. They will try and make it seem like it is the place to be, but I won't be fooled. Well, you called it Captain. the board is that much better for your insight and wisdom.

Awesome. I need one of those jerseys to represent during pick-ups and stick times.