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Nebraska is keeping the rights for three home games so they can pay per view it if necessary. It shouldn't affect B10 coverage of the games from my understanding, but would still give NU a way to distribute the game as they see fit so Lincoln can watch it still without up grading to premium content. Time Warner won't win this one. But I'd switch to Direct TV to prove a point if I live there.

Huh?? I though we signed all our rights over to to the Big Ten?

 

 

not yet, until they get TW situated. We just can't have our own network.

It's my understanding we signed our rights over to the Big10, but the Big10 hasn't yet signed them over to the Big Ten Network - which leaves the option open for the conference to pay-per-view them and bipass the agreement BTN has w/ cable companies. Remember, BTN and B1G are different entities.

 

From my understanding driect tv has signed the contract with BIG and that we will get the three games even if time warner doesnt get a deal done. thats what MR. Jim Deleny said.

Regardless of who has the rights though, if they decide to go pay-per-view w/ them, it doesn't matter if you have BTN or not, you won't get to see those 3 home games w/out getting them via pay-per-view, they wouldn't pay-per-view ONLY for the Lincoln area where they might get 10,000 tv sets - so it's essentially the same as pre-B1G and will have Texas giggling like schoolgirls.

all i can say is that barny needs to show he can turn this line around this year we will see if all the help they hired will do any good. As far as his sons go for getting schollys we dont know all the logistics behind this but they very well have earn them i dont see bo "wasting" schollys if they werent talented enough to get them. lets see how they play out. we dont need to bash his kids for his mistakes on the staff.

now, if we can just get the led lights installed on each players helmet, they can flash touchdown or sack whenever appropriate during play.....there is no end to this.

I dont see that happing but i see your point lol. i can see the writing on the wall now with LED lights in the helment and on the jersys and pants wow even the shoes lol.

they would be alot cooler if they werent copying nike and came up with the idea first. i like the bones on the sleeves idea better, personally

 

 

If your going to mention anything about Nike, I would be saying "atleast they didn't screw up the whole uniform like Nike did".

+1 bro

I like them both they are awesome. Can someone find out if the big ten approved them so they dont cost us 15 yards?

Does anyone have BTN now? I get it on 333 Time Warner Cable. B. Rudd today was was featured as one of the top 10 linebackers in the 2000's. He was #9 on the list.

 

Now I am wondering if this is a free view until season starts and I will have to pay for it to get games.

I get it on channle 610 on direct tv and it was awesome to see rudd at #9

That was an awesome read. Now I truely understand why the bcs is in place i never thought about the student-athlete and how much the bowls mean for them to grow as players and as people. I love the last answer he seems like a very humble person and i couldnt imagine losing a child like that he is a strong man and he is doing a better job then i would have been if i lost my child. Great read.

Man I like talking on this board, there is usually a lot going on here so I continue to visit and post even though I am a tOSU guy. That said...

 

I was very surprised to find out that Nebraska football doesn't have a student section name (one school I thought for sure would have one). However, the one at tOSU "Block O" is a bit of a pain in the ass. You have to apply to be in it and there are all sorts of rules that need to be followed including practices (at least when I was in school there). So it might not be a bad thing not to have one after all.

 

It is nice that at Ohio Stadium it is in the closed end of the stadium (or at least most closed end at this point), so when the visiting team is in the red zone on that end of the field it gets stupid loud, which is nice (again, it was at the closed end when I was in school which was before they added the permanent stands at the other end--it may have changed ends at this point)

Thanks for coming back to the board its nice to have other fans around to make the talk more intersting. At frist i thought it was odd that we didnt have a name for our student section but the more i think about it the more i lean torwards liking not having one because of all the baggege it comes with. it nice to be in the big ten because we nebraska fans get to learn more about what this conf does and the more i read about it the more i like the fit and you better be ready come Oct 8 because its going to be a wild one.

Any thoughts as to why that is? Probably a variety of factors in no particular order:

 

1) Tradition (always helps if you have history)

2) No other major sports in the state to cheer for

3) State pride (is there something that makes Nebraskan's more proud of their state compared to other states?)

4) Football is king. This is probably a chicken or an egg argument. Is football king in Nebraska because of the success of the Huskers, or is are the huskers partially successful because football is king?

 

It's hard to say. The easy answer is that everybody loves a winner, but we weren't winners in 1962 when our sellout streak started. I'm sure the success of Devaney and Osborne over three decades greatly aided the current situation, though.

 

I think football appeals on a broad level to the folks who built this state. When Lewis and Clark came through here they called this area "The Great American Desert." It's a tough place to live – too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter, barely any decent spring or fall, the soil is clay and difficult to make produce, there were (at the time) very few trees, and in general life was hard. My grandparents were poor as dirt, and I'm betting most everyone here has similar stories from their grandparents. That toughness is ingrained in the older generations from which us latter-day folks take our cues, and football is a good reflection of that culture. Probably if we were a colder-climate state we'd have embraced hockey more than we do (but hockey is rapidly gaining ground here, too).

 

There's also the lack of population, which means no other competing sports.

 

Contrast Nebraska with Missouri and Missouri has a better climate, more scenery, a much larger population, way more things to do, which probably leads to more distractions and less focus on your flagship school.

I agree with this

That seems like a little bit of a weird way to look at it. Where do you think the B10 ccg will be on the list this year? Wont matter if Nebraska is in it or not. As for the bowls, lots of people watch them even if they are not fans of either team, I think what day it falls on, weather they are on the road for the holidays, so on and so forth matters. I know I have watched many a bowl game when I had no horse in the race. If the B12 had a ccg this year, I would watch if I was able, and it doesnt have anything to do with what schools are playing.

Nebraska does bring a tv draw and I agree with Biggie, they also bring some baggage, but what team does'nt?

 

What baggage does Nebraska bring? A program likely falling under severe NCAA penalties? A program reeling from four years of THE WRONG coach, not to mention their own NCAA sanctions? Those are the Big Ten's two flagship programs, Ohio State and Michigan. Penn State's last ten years have been marginally better than Nebraska's, and that's during two major coaching upheavals over here. Wiscy has flirted with success but has yet to break through, Iowa is about the same, and the remainder of the Big Ten has been mediocre - nothing you wouldn't see in any other conference.

 

Nebraska doesn't walk into the Big Ten taking a back seat to anyone. We'll be respectful of the conference and the fans, but if anyone thinks we're coming in as something other than a top program, they're sorely mistaken.

 

this +1.

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Well you all had to expand you stadium, had to be taught how the B10 recruits and the rules they self impose, got dropped from the AAU. Sounds like baggage to me. Sorry if that word offends, I admit it may not be the best choice of words.

What the hell are you even talking about? Seriously. You don't make sense, and you're all over the place in trying to throw dirt. Nebraska was talking about expansion before the Big 10. We'll continue to recruit the way we have. As for the rules the Big 10 self imposes.... well, 2 of the flagship programs are going to be on probation in a matter of months. Doesn't sound like there's much "self imposing" going on there. And the AAU thing is a joke.

Nebraska has less baggage then tOSU and tOSU has been in the big ten since god knows how long. I have only fallowed nebraska since 03 (cuz half my family is colorado fans and i really didnt know what a good college football team was and now i know.) All i am saying is that Nebraska is not in the news (bad news)and we seem like we are on the stright and narrow most of the time and why is say most of the time is because i dont know Nebraska history that much but i am learning as i go.

Nebraska's big time national TV ratings makes the TV market more or less irrelevant.

 

It's not irrelevant but it does help balance things out. Penn State offered both, which is why they were a slam dunk and Nebraska was not.

your saying this like nebraska didnt get in at all. This is huge for the big ten and nebraska is a slam dunk for any conf hell neb would of gotten in earlier if the swc stayed together back in 1994

They had discussions in may but I'm not sure where you're getting the "knew in may" part. The Big Ten was having discussions with other institutions at the same time and wasn't planning on making a decision any time soon. The deadline from the Big 12 meetings was the key turning point. On June 4 Delany knew he had to make a quick decision. It was now or never on Nebraska (or Missouri).

 

Perlman and Osborne had a good personal chemistry with Delany and I think that helped a lot. Nebraska wasn't a slam dunk choice like Penn State and I think if those guys didn't get along so well it might not happen. Nebraska is also fortunate its AAU membership held out for an extra year or it probably doesn't happen either.

 

Don't kid yourself. Nebraska was a huge "get" for the Big Ten.

Delany said that nebraska would of gotten in even if it was not a aau member it just would of taken a little longer for the vote

There's a public timeline and there's a private, real timeline. I doubt the real timeline ever comes out.

It would be cool to know all the details of the whole thing and see all the convos that took place and what was said the whole time.

The Shot Bottle Section. For what is left all over the place after the game

+1

We don't need a name for our football section, all we need is what opponents have known for years, that this is one of the toughest places to play in all college football

 

So tough. . . please

Were Nebraska we don't need to name our student section. . . blah blah blah. Try having some fun

 

goddamn right

It would be cool though to have the students be known for something other then the greatest fans in college football

I thought this was a good read just want to every ones take on this. Sorry if already posted

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I just think that it would be awesome if we had a name and the tv commintators said that name it would have some exposer for the students and the Univeristy

Children of the Corn is awesome! That's one of my favorite shirts!

Agree with you here buddy that name works for me.

I was reading on the big ten blog on espn today and they had a part about student section nick names for football and basketball. I was wondering why NU student havent made a name for their section? they gave examples and i liked the childern of the corn. I just wanted everyones take on this topic. You have to scroll down to the "Name Game: Big Ten Student sections"

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This is awesome news i have been wachting the BTN alot and the programing is pretty good. I cant wait for july 1st i will have my wife dvr that friday since i will be at work til 3pm. i hope they show a bunch of NEB all weekend. On a side note did any one read on the espn big ten blog about student section nick names i was wondering why NEB doesnt have one some of them are pretty cool.

Bo= 2 letters.

 

 

You're right.

Not a big name

Well, there couldn't have been a worse team to pick him... Now he can be close to home AND a millionaire.

I expect crick to climb as soon as the season starts but not bad i hope that thier stock rises as the season wears on

 

Mel Kiper has Crick listed #22. He seems to be a mid-to-late 1st round projection on various mock draft boards so far.

They are saying he had a "down" year last year given that he was in the shadow of suh but i am sure he will be better this year. I hope that injury he had in the spring wont hinder him this fall

I expect crick to climb as soon as the season starts but not bad i hope that thier stock rises as the season wears on