Shatel: NU-OU didn't have to go away

[HuskerBCS]

The bottom line about all this is, Oklahoma felt only slightly more love for the OU/NU series than Nebraska and fans feel for the NU/MU series. Nebraska/Oklahoma had conference dominance on the line nearly every year which created drama regardless, but typically, so does Nebraska/Missouri (Big XII North dominance), and nary a Husker Fan is shedding a tear for the impending end of this series. Across the border in Missouri, they're far more broken up about it.

Same goes for Kansas Fan. Same goes for Kansas State Fan. And ISU Fan. The annual series between our team and theirs always meant more to them than us, just like our annual series with Oklahoma meant more to us than to the Sooners.

As we end these series with Missouri, Kansas, Iowa State and Kansas State with little overt concern, it becomes easier to understand how Oklahoma and their fans felt about ending the OU/NU series.

I completely disagree with this. Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State, and Iowa State have all been dominated by Nebraska FOREVER. Only in recent memory has Missouri become competitive with us. Kansas only had a couple years and the same with Kansas State. Iowa State has never been on the same level with us.

Oklahoma was a dominant team for a long time and so were we. We have no reason to be sad about losing MU, KU, KSU, ISU. Oklahoma did, they were just tired of getting slaughtered by us in the 90's when they sucked. They were scared.