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One reason Huskers might not be relevant is that their fans bring up the topic of how they are still relevant.

You can ask Texas A&M & Missouri too. Glad we are leaving the BIG12, but will miss the tournament games in KC.

I think we could hang 70 on KU just as easily without Pinkel. He didn't even seem drunk in the arrest vid posted on youtube. Mu is graduating 20+ seniors this year and Pinkel won't be on the sidelines with them on Senior day. That and 300K in penalties is more than enough punishment IMO.

I recall debating this same issue when MU was a B10 hopeful. I think this was a bigger deal for us because MU is probably more dependent on Texas recruits than any other Non-Texas school. Most thought MU's relationship with HS coaching staffs in Texas trumped conference affiliation. The same is true for Nebraska. Win on the field and your relationships you've already established in Texas will continue to bear fruit. I'll also mention though that while MU was flirting with the B10 it was never discussed that the B12 would change to a round-robin schedule after the realignment. I'm not saying the schedule change hurts other teams outside the B12 much, but playing a minimum of four Texas teams a year certain helps MU a little with recruiting.

I can't speak for all fan bases but I haven't seen a single thread or statement from a MU fan regarding this particular dilemma. Tiger fans are more concerned as to who is going to replace Nebraska as the most anticipated football matchup. Nebraska will do well this year. The Wisconsin game is going to be one of the highlights of the 2011 CFB season. Martinez will be a lot more fun to watch now that he is in a different conference.

We have it too though! Some dude named Ed Stewart presented the trophy to Gary Pinkle during the half of last night's MU basketball game. Can you believe Beebe didn't even show!?

I'm not sure why Nebraska got picked over but I'm glad it happened. The MU fanbase is pumped and will most likely sell out their allotment. If I was the one picking bowl games I would have switched aTm and NE, but kept MU where they are. I think that would have made for much better games.

I'm positive the Lamar Hunt trophy goes to the AFC Champions. The winner of the border war receives the indian war drum. They get the Indian War Druma and the Lamar Hunt Trophy (obviously a different one). The LHT is a more recent trophy designed after the death of Lamar Hunt, whose idea it was for MU/KU to be played in Arrowhead.

It's always been this way. Even in the BIG 8. It's not a good thing. I know MU wasn't happy about sharing the championship with Nebraska in 69'. But we had the tie breaker and went to the Orange Bowl that year.

If you were to sort this list by least to most, you'll notice that NORTH teams are all on top (least amount of help from the Refs). I'm not sure what this means, if anything, but it is interesting.

I can't say I understand why Pinkle would send the video for review. 1. There is nothing clear cut about it. 2. Gabbert is fine. 3. He won't be facing the Huskers again anytime soon. It's over with.....move on.

I still had a really good experience in Lincoln and I loved the stadium/atmosphere. When a game starts off that poorly there really isn't much to hope for the rest of the game. So that was a dissapointment. Our defense seemed to revert back to it's old self. Nebraska played really well on both sides of the ball. To top it off they nearly completely dominated special teams. In fact I think if Helu hadn't had such a huge day the story of the game would have been how Nebraska won because they consistently had better field position. Congrats Nebraksa and good luck the rest of the season.

Gabbert had a poor game but his effort was the best I've seen. Those corner blitzes were devastating. Much credit goes to the blackshirts. Gabberts will be in the ice tube all week, but he never gave up.

I haven't heard a stadium that loud since Chiefs/Indy Playoff game in 2003. It was a great atmosphere.

You are the second person on this thread to say that Husker and Tigers fans will disolve all relations after this game. Are you from some really small town in Nebraska? I live in Shawnee, KS. I know a dozen NE fans personally. Co-workers, neighbors, my wife's best friend. I'm not going to talk to them about CFB anymore? Well, I guess that could be the case if MU loses. My next door neighbor is a Hawkeye, I talk to him about CFB all the time even though our teams are in different conferences.