Nebraska--Boise State

[3rd and long]

Can someone refresh my memory. Didn't they come close to putting something together in last couple of years? And what was the problem that squelched it? Thanks

[Hammerhead]

Seems like there was a possibility of playing them in the Fiesta Bowl if we beat Oklahoma in the B12C last year until UConn got the bid (and Oklahoma won).

[Jadler]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=boise+state+nebraska&l=1

[hskerholic]

Boise was asking for too much! Something like 1million to come to Lincoln. But wouldn't return the favor. It was like a one time thing in lincoln for a million. A home and home with them and not a million dollars and home and home plus a third game at a neutral site(Denver invesco) or another at Lincoln plus the million.

[Hammerhead]

Boise was asking for too much! Something like 1million to come to Lincoln. But wouldn't return the favor. It was like a one time thing in lincoln for a million. A home and home with them and not a million dollars and home and home plus a third game at a neutral site(Denver invesco) or another at Lincoln plus the million.

 

We'd have to have a neutral site just to get all our fans into the stadium. There'd be a lot of Husker fans pissed off that the stadium's full when they got to Boise...

[scarletNcream]

Dr. Tom offered a 3 game deal. 2 Here, 1 of the smurf turf. Boise AD didn't like the deal but said he would play any BCS program one time for one million dollars. Dr. Tom said "No". This was to start the 2015 season.

[HuskerShark]

I think Boise wanted too much money or Nebraska wanted 2 games home and one away, and Boise wanted no part of it because they're apparently too good for that.

[krc1995]

After we win out, that is a match-up I would travel to see

[Enhance]

Here's the thing - nobody, and I mean nobody, pays that kind of money to another top-tier division one program to come and play them.

 

Would Nebraska pay Bama $1 million? LSU? Oregon? Or even lower tiers like TCU, BYU or Syracuse? Hell no. That kind of money is reserved for bottom feeders - guaranteed wins. BSU would not be a guaranteed win, and nobody in their right mind would pay that kind of money. BSU is in no position to request that kind of money to come and play us. The two for one deal was more than an adequate offer from a school that destroys BSU in terms of revenue, tradition and championships.

 

BSU is a better team than Nebraska at least to me, but they're not the "program" that is Nebraska nor are they deserving of the right to ask for bottom-feeder money yet demand national respect.

[da skers]

Dr. Tom offered a 3 game deal. 2 Here, 1 of the smurf turf. Boise AD didn't like the deal but said he would play any BCS program one time for one million dollars. Dr. Tom said "No". This was to start the 2015 season.

This is pretty close. No smurf turf.

[gin_32]

Is that how much VT or Georgia paid them?? Seems pretty steep to me, that kind of dough is reserved for down at the bottom programs.

[GSG]

Is that how much VT or Georgia paid them?? Seems pretty steep to me, that kind of dough is reserved for down at the bottom programs.

 

Those were both neutral site games (Washington, DC and Atlanta) IIRC

 

So I'm guessing that they just split the revenue with no additional payments

[huskyhusker33]

Bosie puts all these conditions on playing them and whines when the can't make the big game because of their easy schedule. They love playing the victim.

[Sub-Husker]

Here's the thing - nobody, and I mean nobody, pays that kind of money to another top-tier division one program to come and play them.

 

Would Nebraska pay Bama $1 million? LSU? Oregon? Or even lower tiers like TCU, BYU or Syracuse? Hell no. That kind of money is reserved for bottom feeders - guaranteed wins. BSU would not be a guaranteed win, and nobody in their right mind would pay that kind of money. BSU is in no position to request that kind of money to come and play us. The two for one deal was more than an adequate offer from a school that destroys BSU in terms of revenue, tradition and championships.

 

BSU is a better team than Nebraska at least to me, but they're not the "program" that is Nebraska nor are they deserving of the right to ask for bottom-feeder money yet demand national respect.

 

Boise would get three nationally televised games, plus a marquee opponent at home.

 

Besides for Georgia and Oregon, who have they played out of conference?

[Apathy]

I think I read somewhere that Nebraska paid Washington 300k to come to Lincoln.