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For Nebraska, Big Ten stability trumps Big 12 drama. Proof comes in something else Boren recently discussed — Texas’ Longhorn Network, something Nebraska and UT argued about strenuously for years.
No, but their was a 3 page argument on this board over another article that thought NU should go back and some POT STIRRERS like Tulsa Tom said that NU had made a huge mistake on leaving the Big 12. I along with MANY others said that will NEVER happen because of a certain school in Austin trying to run EVERYTHING.Dumb column. Was NU ever considering leaving?
http://nebraska.forums.rivals.com/threads/nebraska-should-go-back-to-the-big-12.22440/No, but their was a 3 page argument on this board over another article that thought NU should go back and some POT STIRRERS like Tulsa Tom said that NU had made a huge mistake on leaving the Big 12. I along with MANY others said that will NEVER happen because of a certain school in Austin trying to run EVERYTHING.
No, but their was a 3 page argument on this board over another article that thought NU should go back and some POT STIRRERS like Tulsa Tom said that NU had made a huge mistake on leaving the Big 12. I along with MANY others said that will NEVER happen because of a certain school in Austin trying to run EVERYTHING.
The fact that LB includes basketball in his article is strange at best. Big 12 basketball isn't all that exciting. Your attendance for basketball has never been better (bigger arena a part of that).
Distance to away venues I am sure is an issue but Kansas State/Iowa State are not that appealing from a national perspective. Maybe Kansas will be in the conference down the road.
That explains why you are posting the link here, but it doesn't explain why the article was ever written, however. No chance NU was ever even considering leaving the BIG.
Because Barfknecht gets all his article ideas from reading this board!!That explains why you are posting the link here, but it doesn't explain why the article was ever written, however. No chance NU was ever even considering leaving the BIG.
Wow, you really zinged us with that one... There was an actual game where we didn't travel well. Thanks for pointing that out!Maybe I'm wrong, though. Perhaps this is just another self-serving article written for the "greatest fans in college football."
Who when they had the chance to fill Lucas Oil Field in 2012, left 25,000 empty seats.
Barfy cites that NU fans miss road trips to KU, K-State, Iowa State and Mizzou. I guess he just forgot that Missouri is now in the SEC. Kansas State fans regularly fill their stadium without the help of Big Red.
But that wouldn't allow how to make himself the focus of the article -- how he can show up and Dallas and all his sportswriter buddies miss him. I'm assuming that the OWH sent him to Dallas on behalf of the whatever contingent of Iowa State supporters read his paper.
So instead of examining what Boren should be pursuing as an endgame (a better conference for the Sooners) or why Iowa State is ****ed no matter what happens -- you get this lazy article.
Maybe I'm wrong, though. Perhaps this is just another self-serving article written for the "greatest fans in college football."
Who when they had the chance to fill Lucas Oil Field in 2012, left 25,000 empty seats.
Bwahahah, you are so butt hurt over your Bo. I can say I wish I was one of the many that didn't go to Lucas Oil Field...unfortunately I made the trip and watched Bo do what Bo does. I think Wisconsin just scored again.
Bwahahah, you are so butt hurt over your Bo. I can say I wish I was one of the many that didn't go to Lucas Oil Field...unfortunately I made the trip and watched Bo do what Bo does. I think Wisconsin just scored again.
And yet memorial stadium is still full despite the Callahan years and a coach who said "FU" to the entire fanbase! Oh yeah...I wish I didn't go after seeing Bo poop his pants again. But seeing his face while he ran off the field at halftime was probably worth the money! Poor Bo.Yeah, I was there too. The Fox production truck did their best to help Jim Delany hide all the empty seats.
But you say you wish you hadn't gone? I'm not surprised. NU has become a fan base that only supports the team when they're winning or when it's convenient. But maybe it's always been that way. That sentiment was just easier to hide when the team used to win more.
Nonsense. I have never seen any poll that shows anything like that. These people who are raising this issue are raising an issue that the fanbase isn't talking about except a few malcontents. The thought that a majority of our fanbase would want to uproot us again just 5 years after moving is ludicrous.Barfy suggests that if Nebraska fans were allowed to vote, they would choose to return to the Big XII.
Nonsense. I have never seen any poll that shows anything like that. These people who are raising this issue are raising an issue that the fanbase isn't talking about except a few malcontents. The thought that a majority of our fanbase would want to uproot us again just 5 years after moving is ludicrous.
I support NU.
Barfy suggests that if Nebraska fans were allowed to vote, they would choose to return to the Big XII.
That must mean he thinks the majority of Husker fans are really dumb. You know, he's probably right.
A majority of Husker fans probably believe that you can keep firing coaches who win 70% of their games, and coaches at other schools will be fighting to submit their resumes for the same opportunity.
Of course they will! Because we used to travel well to Ames and Lawrence.
Seriously, who would willingly return to a conference with a shitty TV deal that forces them to travel to conference away games? NU fans, apparently, because they want to relive the 70s and 80s.
The Big Eight is gone. Nebraska has a proud history as a member. But that conference is gone. Move on.
Agree.70% winning percentage at Nebraska isn't good enough, and it's the same at every other blue blood school in college football.
70% winning percentage at Nebraska isn't good enough, and it's the same at every other blue blood school in college football.
Dumb column. Was NU ever considering leaving?
Agree.
I love how those who complain about firing a 9 win coach act as if said 9 win coach won anything of note. The issue wasn't the wins... This has been said over and over. It was the horrible losses and the bad mojo the coach was sowing... Were they fine with the blowout losses and the bad representation from the head coach?
If westomahafirstworldproblems can't see that, well, don't know what else to say.
So what was your old username? I would think one of you h3 knob-slobbers that claim to be such stand-up guys would fill us all in. But I am guessing you will lie. Typical.Who's complaining? Shawn Eichorst said when he fired Pelini that he made the decision based on (his words) -- the games that matter.
So we should all look forward to Mike Riley winning those games that matter.
Did Eichorst say which ones those were? The games that matter?
A majority of Husker fans probably believe that you can keep firing coaches who win 70% of their games, and coaches at other schools will be fighting to submit their resumes for the same opportunity.
These are your words, omahafirstworld...
Maybe you aren't complaining here, but it sure sounds like it.
Who's complaining? Shawn Eichorst said when he fired Pelini that he made the decision based on (his words) -- the games that matter.
So we should all look forward to Mike Riley winning those games that matter.
Did Eichorst say which ones those were? The games that matter?
anybody that still believes that FHCBP was fired because of his win percentage is an utter fool.
How many other coaches won 70% of their games and only had a Whale Trophy to show for it? How many of those coaches had to be publically reprimanded due to their embarrassing actions on the field? How many of those coaches told their fanbases FU?
Says the person who has complained a ton in this thread.Who's complaining? Shawn Eichorst said when he fired Pelini that he made the decision based on (his words) -- the games that matter.
So we should all look forward to Mike Riley winning those games that matter.
Did Eichorst say which ones those were? The games that matter?
Quit talking out of both sides of your mouth.Who's complaining? Shawn Eichorst said when he fired Pelini that he made the decision based on (his words) -- the games that matter.
So we should all look forward to Mike Riley winning those games that matter.
Did Eichorst say which ones those were? The games that matter?
What other schools in the last fifteen years have fired coaches who won 70% of their games? Can you name them?
And no, Joe Paterno doesn't count.
Yeah, I was there too. The Fox production truck did their best to help Jim Delany hide all the empty seats.
But you say you wish you hadn't gone? I'm not surprised. NU has become a fan base that only supports the team when they're winning or when it's convenient. But maybe it's always been that way. That sentiment was just easier to hide when the team used to win more.
What other schools in the last fifteen years have fired coaches who won 70% of their games? Can you name them?
And no, Joe Paterno doesn't count.