I don't know how old you are, but if this is a problem to you, then I understand why you are nostalgic for the Big XII. I NEVER liked the Big XII because they seemed to constantly treat Nebraska like a 2nd class citizen. Texas basically blew up the old SWC, caused teams to leave (or threaten to leave), and left them with no other choice than to just implode the damn thing. So the remains of the conference come begging at the door for the Big-8 to save their sorry asses and we basically handed the keys over to Texas and let them take the wheel. My nostalgia is that we should be playing Oklahoma on the Friday after Thanksgiving...Not F'ing Iowa and certainly not F'ing Colorado. That's why I don't give a flaming sh!t about the Big XII and will never miss that conference.
I do miss the Big-8, but it is gone.
Old enough to recognize how fun it was to play teams like CO and OK instead of Purdue and Indiana. Even with the introduction of the Texas teams, it was still better in MY OPINION from a football fan perspective.
Also, if you think we will ever be treated like "first class citizens" in the big 10, your fooling yourself; we are add on members, nothing more. I have family all over big 10 country on the east and none of them...not a single one gives 2 sh#ts about Neb or their history. this attitude seems to be shared by most of the fan base of the core big 10 schools. If you want your ass kissed by a conference, perhaps we could join the MAC or something where our reputation from 20 years ago might hold some weight.
No one in the big 12 or the MAC gives a sh#t about history.