knapplc Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 KU's administration had discussed with him the prospect of the Jayhawks continuing their series with Nebraska, which is moving to the Big Ten. Gill agreed that would be fun for the fans. But Kansas' round-robin, nine-game Big 12 Conference schedule is daunting enough without adding a team that won the past two Big 12 North Division titles. “It best benefits us not to play Nebraska from a football standpoint,” he said. “I have to look at what's best for our football team right now.” Sam McKewon will have a full story about Gill in Sunday's paper. LINK Quote Link to comment
fro daddy Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 of course he turned it down. KU struggles now, they are adding an extra conference game, they no longer get to aviod playing OU and TX in the same year every two years. Why would they want to schedule a loss to play Nebraska. Gill needs every win he can get over the next two to three years if he wants to keep his job Quote Link to comment
MinnwiscowaSker Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 that really goes for anyone in the Big 12 I think. I actually think losing Nebraska and Colorado makes it tougher to win the conference. You can't be the best team in a bad division and sneak up and beat the south champ like K-State was able to do. In a typical year now you'll have OU, Texas, A&M, OSU and Mizzou all being good teams that will beat each other up. Quote Link to comment
corncraze Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I actually think losing Nebraska and Colorado makes it tougher to win the conference for the North. You can't be the best team in a bad division and sneak up and beat the south champ like K-State was able to do. In a typical year now you'll have OU, Texas, A&M, OSU and Mizzou all being good teams that will beat each other up. Fixed it for ya Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 that really goes for anyone in the Big 12 I think. I actually think losing Nebraska and Colorado makes it tougher to win the conference. You can't be the best team in a bad division and sneak up and beat the south champ like K-State was able to do. In a typical year now you'll have OU, Texas, A&M, OSU and Mizzou all being good teams that will beat each other up. ...or you'll just have OU/Texas beating everyone else up (ie: Michigan/Ohio State) and those two will be perennial BSC contenders, w/ the winner having a huge leg up on the NC game a-la Ohio State of the 2000's. Moving the final conference game to the first week in December should help w/ the lack of a championship game when it comes to rankings. As much as I hate to admit it, the Big12 is set up very nicely for Oklahoma/Texas to make some consistent runs at the NC now. Rarely will either have more than 1 loss going forward. Quote Link to comment
walksalone Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Essentially the Big 12 is now the AL east with Texas/OU playing the parts of the Sox/Yanks. All the other teams (A&M, Okie Light, Mizzou, etc) are Baltimore, Toronto, Tampa.... Occasionally you'll get a good showing from one of the "lesser" powers, but mainly it'll be the top two dogs beating hell outta everyone else... Quote Link to comment
fro daddy Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I actually think losing Nebraska and Colorado makes it tougher to win the conference for the North anyone other than Oklahoma. Fixed it for ya FIFY. 6 of last 8, favorite again this year. they have been and will be the team to beat regardless of regional location 2 Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 that really goes for anyone in the Big 12 I think. I actually think losing Nebraska and Colorado makes it tougher to win the conference. You can't be the best team in a bad division and sneak up and beat the south champ like K-State was able to do. In a typical year now you'll have OU, Texas, A&M, OSU and Mizzou all being good teams that will beat each other up. You make a good point. There's a chance for any team not named Oklahoma or Texas to win the Big 12 title, but the chances of it happening just got significantly more difficult. I would honestly be very surprised if Missouri or Okie State won it any time soon. And schools like K-State and Kansas may as well kiss their chances goodbye as well. Quote Link to comment
huskerscott Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I agree with Turner its not in KUs best interset, what does KU have to gain by playing Nebraska, absolutely nothing. You could say the samething for Nebraska. I was sad to see this series end and it was fun while it lasted. Right now Kansas needs to focus on winning their non-conf games and hope to win enough conference games to get bowl eligible. Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 The series streak is already as good as broken, and that's pretty sad if you ask me. So it really wouldn't mean much to get it going again, although it would be nice to get that free W almost every year. I hope Gill does great things for that program. I'll be rooting for them as long as he's there. Quote Link to comment
bshirt Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 The series streak is already as good as broken, and that's pretty sad if you ask me. So it really wouldn't mean much to get it going again, although it would be nice to get that free W almost every year. I hope Gill does great things for that program. I'll be rooting for them as long as he's there. Me too. He's got a rough row to hoe though...... Quote Link to comment
Blaze1up Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Smart man, keep the embarrassment to a minimum. Quote Link to comment
huskered17 Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 The series streak is already as good as broken, and that's pretty sad if you ask me. So it really wouldn't mean much to get it going again, although it would be nice to get that free W almost every year. I hope Gill does great things for that program. I'll be rooting for them as long as he's there. GBR!!! Quote Link to comment
huskered17 Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 I wish him the best of luck. He will need it now, more than ever. Will be pulling for him and Kansas each week. GBR!!! Quote Link to comment
Fuzzy Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 maybe it was a poor choice of words on his part, but I could see Kansas giving Nebraska a challenge later on when Turner turns the program around. His words kind of make it sounds like Kansas wont ever be good enough to challenege Nebraska, which im sure was not his intention to say. Quote Link to comment
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