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Can we trade out Oklahoma for Nebraska?

Amen, brutha!

I think the underlying reason for this is the common factor that has made things tricky for all three of the schools I listed above (UNL, UTK, and M). That factor is the proliferation of televised games.

My impression is that in the earlier period teams like the Cornhuskers, Volunteers, and Wolverines were on TV a lot more than schools like Iowa, Minnesota  North Dakota, Kansas, etc. Thus, I think that back then a kid from say Missouri might be a recruiting battle between three Helmets (UNL, UTK, M), but now maybe he stays home and goes to Mizzou.

I will agree.  Some programs were just going to get better such as the Hawkeyes under Hayden.  They didn't get many televised games back in the 80's they just built a program regardless.  Same with Wild Bill Snyder at K-state and Bill McCartney at Colorado and the Bison in North Dakota is an even better story

I think Oklahoma COULD "do a Nebraska" in the next decade.

I am completely agnostic about Nebraska but it boggles my mind a little that a wealthy Big Ten team would fart around over $7 million. The fans know he is done, the players know he is done, the recruits know he is done and saving $7 million seems like a big price to play for a throwaway season.

I agree which is why I don't believe it.  It's the kind of thing that the mediots latch onto and try to sell, because it sort of makes sense on the surface.  But thinking about it deeper, $7M is pretty minimal.  I don't think they're waiting until the buyout drops, I think they're waiting until they have something else lined up.

I think Oklahoma COULD "do a Nebraska" in the next decade.

Fingers crossed!

Or they could "do a Texas" also ...

Sure, as long as we flip flop positions I'm all good. 

College football made its return on Saturday, and a lot of people turned in. Especially to FOX’s coverage of the Nebraska-Northwestern game.

The Aer Lingus College Football Classic did pretty well for itself. It was the most-watched sports telecast of the day across any network with 4.4 million viewers. The viewership numbers were also up 35% from last season’s Week 0 matchup of Illinois-Nebraska. There was also a streaming average minute audience of 76,510, which is 24% higher than last year.

yup, a few seasons ago, Frost was an absolute slam dunk hire

there were a few that thought a jump from UCF to the Big Ten might not go real well, but no one was saying it was a bad hire at the time.

no guarantees on the next one