Those Big 12 teams went against us on a few issues for what they thought was in the best interest of the league, not in the best interest of Nebraska. Can't really blame them for all of it. I agree, it was frustrating at times, but we overreacted by taking our ball and bolting.
Besides, you think the B1G is our friends? You think they have been right there with us on decisions? The entire premise of this very thread is literally claiming, not just the opposite, but worse.
And I'm not talking about the current Big 12. I'm talking about the one we ran from to what we thought would be greener pastures, but are certainly not greener, by a LONG shot. No telling what it all might look like today had we stayed.
And to answer your question with regard to the like-mindedness of the teams you listed...
- CU - No, but that's a great rivalry. The closest thing to a real rivalry we still have. Would be amazing to still have that as a conference game every year. There's a reason that's our biggest win of the year.
- BYU - No clue, I know very little about their culture other than the whole mormon thing, but probably not
- TCU - Absolutely
- ASU - Probably not far off
- UCF - For sure. I have friends who are alumns of that program and they all seem pretty like-minded to me. Florida schools in general probably aren't going to be your friend in this argument
- WV - No clue, but who cares
So, sure, you can cherry pick a couple schools out of the current 16 that aren't culturally similar to us, one of which is our biggest remaining rivalry. Now do the B1G...
To be clear, I'm not proposing we go back to the Big 12 now, although I wouldn't mind it. I'm talking about how much better the last 14 years likely would have been had we stayed. It certainly couldn't have been much worse.
