That's what I thought. Flipped them. Now that you mention it I have seen players walking from Hawks to stadium.
NU Facilites Falling behind the rest of the Big 10, SEC, Big 12?
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You are correct. TV money has been the great equalizer and why teams with 35,000 attendance can still upgrade facilities and pay for good coaches. See Purdue
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My mistake.... always thought they started there at the beginning of the season till the first games had been played..
Heard Frost say something like Freshman first need to earn being in the locker room so I assumed they started in the old locker room.
The NCAA strictly dictates that student-athletes cannot receive "extra benefits" in terms of housing. That means their dorms must be the same exact thing that other students can live in, down to the furniture in the room. The same is true of the training table, which is why normal UNL students with dining contracts for the dorms can eat lunch at the athletic training table. The athletic department does bar students from dinner, when an upgraded meal is served, but there is a supplement for that that must be carefully documented.
Schools like Minnesota have an "athletes' village," but that is just a marketing term for a collection of athletics buildings in close proximity to one another. In UM's case, a locker room/weight room building, an indoor practice facility, and a training table/academic support building. Nebraska already has all of that located in one place.
From what I remember from friends on the football team way back in the early 90's was that they had zero personal time to live life. Between football and college classes, they were busy 16 hours a day. So I think anything that improves their ability to study, complete homework, prepare for exams, take a nap, take a shower, fuel up on high quality food, speak with academic advisers, get help with common everyday college student problems, etc. is a bonus. Having an iPad at every locker might look cool to recruits, but I don't see how that would help the average football player.
Yes, I know that, but Moos has commented that it isn't a good look for them to go on a big spending spree while the rest of the colleges are making cuts.
Moos is correct with his assessment.
I believe many universities in the Big 10 will be very careful how they spend their "windfalls" the next few years. Since it appears Comcast is dropping BTN in many markets...will other cable companies follow suit in order to control costs to retain customers? This along with more and more people cord cutting could potentially cause the next media rights contract for the Big 10 to have lower payouts than current levels. There could be other companies (Amazon, Netflix, YouTube etc...) that might step up in the near future but that is all speculation.
Some schools might put a significant portion of the extra money in a reserve fund and take a wait and see approach until they see the results from the next media rights negotiations.
This could be frustrating for a school like Nebraska that waited many years to finally reap the financial benefits from becoming a fully vested member in the conference.
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Just like how America is falling behind militarily. Its better to say you have too little than too much, but neither is likely true.
I will always submit that the decision to switch to the big 10 was shortsighted. The prospect of easy money was attractive but the fact we would have to wait so long to earn it meant that the other disorganized pac 10, big 12, ACC, and even the SEC would likely be able to adjust and combat the rise of the big 10 network with a bevy of smaller t.v deals. We effectively weakened our ties to missouri, kansas, colorado, and texas by joining the big 10, and this showed in recruiting as we were scraping the barrel trying to get guys from north and east of us. I find it not surprising that so much of the new talents thinks we are the huskies and our biggest recruits have generally poor offer lists. The talent and population base is not in the big 10 and we have not cracked the top 20 in revenue since joining the big 10. On top of this we lost our generational rivalries which are so important in creating excitement among younger fans. Our children have a rivalry with Iowa to look forward to, and this rivalry has no history. Juxtapose this to a rivalry with Kansas State(let alone texas, ou, missouri, colorado) where you could watch endless great games on youtube where our qb gets decapitated or theirs gets killed by incessant pass rush. We can't go back but the move to the big 10 will get increasingly less attractive as the network loses its unique status.
Interesting.
From a strictly football perspective, there was zero reason to stay in the Big 12 after the 2009 Big 12 championship game, when the conference knowingly & intentionally bent the rules after the game ENDED to give Texas the win.
But from a financial perspective it does sound like Nebraska might be getting screwed at the moment
In 2009 we almost won, in 2010 and 11 we could very have won the big 12 because we were built to play that style. Again I think TO was shortsighted and butthurt over the loss of the big 8 and the transition of power to the south, and instead of adapting and being patient he jumped at an opportunity to completely rebrand nebraska into ohio state's little brother or sister.
For apples to apples comparison, the recent Big 12 payout was $36.5 per school BEFORE any tier 3 revenue (which is done by each school and varies). With tier 3 UT is probably $52m and most of the other schools $42-45m. I'd expect if NU sold it's own tier 3 rights, current revenue in the Big 12 for NU would be pretty close to the $48-50m range.
In the early 90's the players didnt all have laptops, phones etc with google search bar. Those peripheral inventions have already cut major time down for kids for research, studying, etc to cut that time down quite a bit from earlier days.
Also more schools offer internet classes, so again thats another periph invention which has also cut down tine for kids w honework and study. Crawling two feet to ur laptop to log into a class sure beats having to make a 25 to 30 min round trip travel time to a class.
...and what would have happen to Nebraska had those other schools joined the PAC. I think TO was more about insuring we had a conference.
Add to this a large and growing anti-college movement right now among younger millennials, and many Universities seeing continued declines in enrollment, and things don't look so good on the horizon. While this likely won't affect Nebraska in the short term, eventually it could have a big impact.
Bill Moos, start working on getting the facilities for the football coaches, athletes and recruits to look similar to this or better -
Don’t forget the 25 threads about the tunnel walk...falling behind the musical times!!!
We need more Bach and Mozart!!! It WILL put our opponents to sleep!!!Don’t forget the 25 threads about the tunnel walk...falling behind the musical times!!!
Just out if curiosity what do you like? Change it, and if so: what? Or dont fix what isnt broke?Don’t forget the 25 threads about the tunnel walk...falling behind the musical times!!!
I would like to keep it. I am lucky to attend 1 game a year due to teaching/coaching schedule in the fall so I really look forward to seeing/hearing “the” tunnel walk. Maybe I would feel differently if I could attend more games but there is just something about hearing that music when it hits the speakers!!
I think a lot of the music ideas that people have are intriguing and they can be incorporated on a change of posession, start/end of quarters, etc... Keep the tradition alive before games and incorporate the newer songs at different points during the game.
You! I Iike u! I got to see NU when i was a kid. 1993 thru 2006. Then I was a student and i was present for every home game 2007 thru 2012. I was front row in East.I would like to keep it. I am lucky to attend 1 game a year due to teaching/coaching schedule in the fall so I really look forward to seeing/hearing “the” tunnel walk. Maybe I would feel differently if I could attend more games but there is just something about hearing that music when it hits the speakers!!
I think a lot of the music ideas that people have are intriguing and they can be incorporated on a change of posession, start/end of quarters, etc... Keep the tradition alive before games and incorporate the newer songs at different points during the game.
This ask is going to be very outlandish. You're the first ive asked of any NU fan of this. So. I spent a few days watching Nebraska 70's games. I already knew the outcomes. But!!!,i noticed something!! Our "Pride of all Nebraska" the Husker marching band was SO TALENTED!!! It easily rivaled the greatest bands in the country!! Go look at Ohio St's pregame.I would like to keep it. I am lucky to attend 1 game a year due to teaching/coaching schedule in the fall so I really look forward to seeing/hearing “the” tunnel walk. Maybe I would feel differently if I could attend more games but there is just something about hearing that music when it hits the speakers!!
I think a lot of the music ideas that people have are intriguing and they can be incorporated on a change of posession, start/end of quarters, etc... Keep the tradition alive before games and incorporate the newer songs at different points during the game.
Why did the NU band transition to glide?? Today, high step is far more neat and professional looking
If Clemson can do this then Nebraska can do something like this or better including changing up the aesthetics of the stadium a little to make it look newer. Come on boosters, pony up that $.
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Easy, every year there are schools who make huge investments in their facilities, this year it was Northwestern. If Nebraska makes no improvements, they are falling behind.
Even small school Miami University in Ohio a non power 5 has a nicer facility than some of the Power 5 conferences schools.
It isn't a big deal, I am just saying that is why the topic seems to come up yearly.
Clemson is pretty sick. I'm sure now that NU is getting its full cut of Big 10 money and Frost is running the show that NU will see some new bells and whistles very soon. Its an arms race. Have to keep pace with the big dogs. GBR
Ya its been 6-7 yrs since they renovated. We need a therapy pool, new lockers, strength and conditioning facility, lounge area, and etc. Needs a overhaul.
word just out that upgrades, renovations, and expansion for the strength complex in the offing for the near future
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Watching the Oklahoma/Clemson videos, and comparing to Nebraska, one thing stands out to me: those schools have done a much better job promoting their brand. Everywhere you turn, there are museum-quality displays, with video, pictures of players, trophies, logos, big moments, slogans, etc. promoting a unified message. The marketing screams that they are the best program in the nation, with the most exciting style of play, and the best coaches, and the longest legacy of winning.
Nebraska has a similarly-sized weight room, training table, lounge, and locker room. But most of Nebraska's facilities are just plain beige painted walls, with maybe a small glass display case in the corner. At many other schools, something like a national championship trophy or Heisman Trophy would have an entire room dedicated to it, with tons of videos and pictures.
The list of great coaches at Nebraska alone could justify a football museum of some kind: Fielding Yost, Bummy Booth, Jumbo Stiehm, Dana Bible, Bob Devaney, Tom Osborne, Frank Solich, some other guys, and Scott Frost. A direct line can be drawn from Devaney to Osborne to Solich to Frost. Recruits should see that Frost isn't a first-year coach, he's the continuation of a 55 year legacy going all the way back to 1962.
Nebraska has a similarly-sized weight room, training table, lounge, and locker room. But most of Nebraska's facilities are just plain beige painted walls, with maybe a small glass display case in the corner. At many other schools, something like a national championship trophy or Heisman Trophy would have an entire room dedicated to it, with tons of videos and pictures.
The list of great coaches at Nebraska alone could justify a football museum of some kind: Fielding Yost, Bummy Booth, Jumbo Stiehm, Dana Bible, Bob Devaney, Tom Osborne, Frank Solich, some other guys, and Scott Frost. A direct line can be drawn from Devaney to Osborne to Solich to Frost. Recruits should see that Frost isn't a first-year coach, he's the continuation of a 55 year legacy going all the way back to 1962.
I could be wrong but isn't against NCAA rules to have housing specifically just for athletes? I am pretty sure that regular students have to have the ability to live there as well.
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