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hmmm, i had not considered that possibility. clearly i should

You're prolly right, it just struck me as particularly head-scratching.

Bo said that after he won the natl title, everything else would fall in place?

Okay, I like Tmart and all but this is a stupid thing to say on many levels: "I think as a team right now we're not really striving for a Big Ten championship, we're striving for a national championship," Martinez said. "If we accomplish the national championship, everything else will fall into place." Besides the locker room fodder and the setting of ridiculously high expectations, I want to know - what else can possibly fall in place, AFTER you win the natl title? That doesn't even make sense. Like, he will find himself fulfilled as a human being, or what? I guess how you come down on this depends on how big a Kool-Aid drinker you are. After last year, I am going to refrain from imbibing. The last couple seasons have cost me too many years of my life.

I always thought Schnelly sold Miami's soul for that '83 Orange Bowl victory. Looks like the devil has finally come to collect his due. Thank Lavonte David is glad Miami snubbed him now?

Well, little sisters of the little 12, how are all those 11-1 votes against NU looking now? Never doubt karma, my friends. http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2011/07/07/big-12-football-espn-fox-collusion-troubling/

Me too, 307. Got any inside lines on tix?

This:

Yeah but we basically fired 3 assts the day after LOI day. Frankly, it was practically the NIGHT OF. Name me one other program that did that this year. Everyone else sorted out their assts in early January. Pelini didn't fire his 3 then because he didn't want recruits to defect. I agree that it is about the program, and not playing for a specific asst. But if that's true, then why not fire the assts back in the first week of January (like every other school did)? This reeks of desperation on our part. I agree 100%, and if what was posted in some other threads is right, then we are just seeing the start. I like Bo on the field, but Bo off the field seems to be some other sort of animal. Stories of what is going on during recruiting trips (Carl mainly) and actions during the season makes me wonder what kind of guy we TRULY have. In the end I trust TO to keep him under control off the field, and that will allow him to win on Saturdays. This may or may not blow up on us, but it just stinks to high heaven. Yes, it does. This is not the Nebraska way, running things like this. NU is not East Germany in the Cold War: this wall must come down, Bo. Bo is never going to come clean, guys. He's not going to learn how to handle the press and, apparently, he can't even handle his own assistants. Holing up in a bunker, potentially deceiving recruits, giving teleconferences ... I don't like it. I don't like it one bit. He may be a great defensive coach, but now he's Head Coach. At Nebraska. This isn't right what he's doing, not one bit.

Yeah, I don't remember ever seeing anything that Delany said that the B1G had to have a southern school. And, Matthew, you've got it backwards with regards to the U of Chicago - as is stated above, sports and football are a mere adjunct to the big dollars of research that AAU / B1G affiliation brings, and so, the U of Chicago is a far bigger fish than Okie can ever hope to be. It's not really a valid comparison. Also, your geography is suspect. If the B1G is to keep a continguous footprint, Okie does not help. Unless you also bring in MU and / or KU. Which sort of defeats your argument. Also possible: the B1G stands pat in the next round of conference realignment. A better get for the B1G: TXass. I don't see that happening, but it's a lot more likely than Okie.

The Big 10 Network is nice. It rakes in tens of millions of dollars for the conference. It's an important asset to the schools. But the revenue from the BTN pales in comparison to the lion's share of the $1.4 Billion (with a "B") in grant monies these schools rake in annually thanks to their collective academic standing. There is zero chance they jeopardize their grant revenue to acquire a larger TV footprint. This, again, from knapplc. Football bucks are chump change compared to all those juicy research and federal contracts. No way are they going to let Okie, or any other non-AAU member in, and put that $$$ at risk.

You are more than welcome to think this, but swap out Okie U for DoNU, and you have what Mizzou and 'Whorn fans told me as they laughed off my suggestion that Nebraska will receive a Big 10 invite well before Nebraska was even considered to be in the running. Just sayin'. Okie is not in the AAU. End of story. Wrong. Lack of AAU membership does not preclude an invite to the Big 10. Otherwise, Notre Dame would have never received an unofficial invite (or, at the very least, heavy scrutiny benefiting a potential new member). And both Wake Forrest and UConn are potential expansion targets that were on the B1G short list during the first round of discussions and neither school is a member of the AAU. Additionally, expansion into the South (per Delaney's mandate) would be tough if AAU membership were a requirement--see the map below and note the lack of AAU schools south of the B1G footprint: Link I doubt Delaney meant Vandy or Duke when he discussed expansion to southern schools. Hmmm, interesting. But I would suggest that perhaps the reason that Wake and UConn ultimately didn't make the cut was because of the lack of AAU ties. As for ND, 1) my understanding is they're desperately trying to get into the AAU; 2) they're ND. Okie is not on the level of ND, in terms of cachet - though of course they are superior in football. Not sure that Okie brings much of anything that the B1G is looking for, actually. Where did Delaney say the B1G was looking south? Seems like I remember that, but got a linky? Are you saying that the B1G would poach someone from the ACC or the Big East? (Because it goes without saying that no one is leaving the SEC.)

You are more than welcome to think this, but swap out Okie U for DoNU, and you have what Mizzou and 'Whorn fans told me as they laughed off my suggestion that Nebraska will receive a Big 10 invite well before Nebraska was even considered to be in the running. Just sayin'. Okie is not in the AAU. End of story.

Because when you look at the balance sheet for Oklahoma, they potentially take away (read: can actually win the SEC football race) more than they bring in (they're program isn't as valuable as Nebraska's per Forbes, so-so basketball as of late, and lack of households since state is split). Again--we're not just talking about football prowess or power--these conferences are programming a television channel for the conference, all while keeping the original fat cats happy. Conversely, A&M provides three things Oklahoma cannot: recruiting doors into Texas, the Houston TV market, and a team that is a significant name (for whatever reason), but is not a consistent threat to LSU, 'Bama, or Florida. Plus, there are teams available in the Big East and ACC that would better serve the SEC's interests. They won't go to 13--they'll want even numbers, and I'm sure the SEC has a grocery list ready if/when A&M and $ Bill Byrne find their cojones (which explains the whole Ben Cotton scrum thing, I suppose...) I'm not saying it's likely--just don't be shocked if Oklahoma is offered along with a Kansas or Missouri by the Big 10 should Big East expansion, for whatever reason, prove untenable or unavailable. Likewise, don't be shocked if Oklahoma is left out of SEC expansion. And just remember that even though the Big 10 offers, it doesn't mean Oklahoma will accept--remember, these are the same folks that proudly and openly said they're hitching their schooner to Bevo's tailpipe. Oklahoma isn't an AAU school. Without that accomplishment they will never be invited to the Big 10. Yep. Okie U will never be allowed in a league that has Michigan, Northwestern, and is linked to the U of Chicago (obviously I'm talking academics here).

No you wouldn't. You'd end up tittering nervously and meekly saying, "Hi, Coach," and barely restraining yourself from giving him a bear hug of adulation. Just like the rest of us. Ain't every day you come face to face with an honest-to-God legend.

I met the man when he was wasting time being a Congressman, before returning to do some actual good in the world. As gracious a human being as has ever walked Nebraska's fine soil.

I rarely laugh out loud at something I read online, but this time you got me. We really, really, really do not care that much about Texas. The ego is awesome. It's what makes a Texan a Texan. But the reality is... we don't like you that way. We don't obsess over you more than we obsess over beating Missouri, or Oklahoma, or Oklahoma State. And going to a bowl is better than not going to a bowl, no matter who you lose to in the process. This. The TX loss sucked but not going to a bowl game would have suuuuuuuuuuuuuuked. Right, Grueny?

Just chiming in to the Dish parade - I can get the B1G network on Dish eazy peezy. I'm holding off until FB starts, though.

'93 was the absolute freakin' worse. We were supposed to get run over, and we hung right in there, and then got ripped off on a couple calls, and then the shanked FG after Tommie Frazier's last-second heroics ... I'll never forget getting that SI in the mail, and there our defeat was all over again. Kinda puts this years dumbassery in perspective. '83 was without question the most talented team never to win it all. If they had won, they'd be in contention for greatest team ever ... competing with the '95 Husks. As for underachieving, maybe it's just because it's still raw, but this year was it for me. We had a clear path to the NCG. We just flubbed it up in unbelievable fashion. Again.

Looks like Wats is staying. We'll be lucky to go 7-5.

Oh, is this all you're worried about? If Wats stays, we'll be lucky to go .500 in the B10 next year.

There are a few of us (19-20-21) year olds who don't quite remember that. Same thing goes to the folks who tell us "act like you've been there before." Well, what if some of us haven't? Doesn't mean you have to get all giddy over 10-4. I came of age during the dark days of the 80s, when we lost eleventy bajillion bowls in a row, and folks would hearken back to the golden olden days, the early 70s. So even then I knew Nebraska had higher standards than yearly heartbreakers to OU and some southern team in a bowl. If you weren't there for the ride in the 90s, take it from us old folks (I'm 34!) - it happened, and it is where Nebraska is supposed to be. We may never win 3 (should have been 4) titles in one decade again, but we ought to snag one now and again. And 10-4 is NOT acceptable. Having said that, we have to take our lumps early on in the B10, especially since it looks like Wats ain't going nowhere.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/14522249/franchione-returns-to-college-coaching-at-texas-state

be happy with the improvement. dont forget what bo and company has been able to do in three short years. look where michigan's at over that same time frame. That's one way to look at it. Here's another: look where Stanford is over the same time frame.