Back In Black
Special Teams Player
what would you choose for a pure football answer only, take out the money and all of the texas being the boss?
If you make all money even and make Texas like all the other teams, then I say yes and still go to the Big 10... It will benefit the University of Nebraska as a whole much more than the Big 12 ever will.what would you choose for a pure football answer only, take out the money and all of the texas being the boss?
I would still say we jump to the Big 10. Statistically speaking, the Big 10 and the Big 12 are essentially equal (going back to 1996). Both conferences have similar number of Top 5, Top 15 and Top 25 finishes. Neither conference is stronger than the other. Both have had their down years and up years. However, the Big 10 is stacked full of tradition. Our style of play is better suited to the Big 10, IMO. Not to mention, I think the exposure would be greater playing in the Big 10 than in the Big 12.People seem to be missing the stated point of the poll...
The answer is supposed to be based on football only, with the money and Texas issues removed. That means the rest of the university doesn't factor into the equation. In that case, we should (and would) have stayed in the Big XII.
:yeahBig XII was probably a consistently easier road to a shot at the conference championship and thus a BCS game. And as others mentioned, we had history with teams in the Big XII. Staying would have been the correct choice according to the poll's conditions. And given those conditions, there's absolutely no way we leave the Big XII. Even disregarding the other reasons to stay, there wouldn't be any reason to leave, so we wouldn't.