HawkeyeGreg

Nebraska just got passed over by Missouri and will play Washington in a bowl game... powerhouse? I guess in your own mind. It just so happened that the B12 was very weak this year, and next year those middle of the road B12 teams will appear to be better because Nebraska will not even be around to keep them in check. Next year Nebraska fans will have to hear how great the B12 is and how teams like Kansas State would own the B10!

If you look at Google's realtime almost all tweets and updates from Mizzou fans are "YES!! Serves you right NU" or something to that nature...whereas here is what I've seen from some Iowa fans: "Worthless opponent in a worthless bowl..." "I guess it's still a bowl game" "well that sucks" From Hawkeyenation

Right. Alot of people on this Board are saying that the Insight are idiots because they are losing a bunch of money by not selecting Nebraska. True, this year, but we can all be assured, can't we, that the Insight is choosing Mizzou BECAUSE THEY WILL MAKE MORE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN by keeping its relationship with the Big 12. Remember, THE WHOLE MIZZOU TO THE BIG TEN FIASCO started because the Insight insulted Mizzou last year, and you can be sure Dan Beebe reminded them of that. From HawkeyeNation Board

As a matter of fact... if the B12 ended up pulling the strings on this... it is going to end up costing the Insight Bowl a lof of money and media interest... This would have been the Big Ten Preview Bowl! It would have been hyped up. Missouri? Freaking Missouri? WTH? The Big Ten should threaten to pull out of this bowl at the end of the contract... find another bowl. This bowl is always making poor choices. They had a sell-out in their hands. Do they know nothing about college football?

Just horrible... I truly thought the Insight Bowl would have been very excited about an Iowa-Nebraska game... No way I am flying to AZ to see Iowa play against a team who backed out of the scheduled game a few years ago. No freaking way. The B12 is seriously a bunch of jerks if they pulled the strings on this one.

If it ends up being true that Iowa was passed over by Penn State and Michigan (two teams they beat) and ends up in the Insight Bowl, and they passed over Nebraska for Missouri... I will be pissed.

I was really hoping for an Iowa vs. Nebraska bowl game... ARGH! I can't believe the bowls messed this up. It would have been epic for two teams who were national title contenders a month ago.