Nebraska 2018 Season Thread

[847badgerfan]

Well I like having Nebraska as OSU's fixed crossover, but would gladly swap with Penn St if it would protect the geographical soundness of the Big Ten divisions.

UW/OSU and UNL/PSU makes much more sense to me than OSU/UNL and UW/PSU.

UW and OSU have a very long history in a conference together and a rivalry that would really flourish if allowed to happen.

PSU and UNL played a pretty good number of games over the years before joining the B1G, plus they have that 1994 thing.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Michigan is Wisconsin's fixed crossover rival. Not Penn St. 

Penn St's fixed crossover is Iowa. 

I'd rather play Nebraska every year than Iowa because of their helmet status, but I'd reluctantly switch with Penn St because I am a geography-minded individual and it would absolutely bug the crap out of me if MSU and Purdue were switched. It wouldn't even do all that much to balance the divisions. Sure MSU is better than Purdue right now, but there would still be a 1-3 split of the "helmet" schools. 

The inner-outer idea that we had when they were contemplating the new divisional alignment is a compromise that I could have lived with, but the proposal of swapping MSU for Purdue is not one that I could ever get behind. 

If you wanna beef up the West by adding Texas and Oklahoma, now we're talking. 

[847badgerfan]

Michigan is Wisconsin's fixed crossover rival. Not Penn St.

Penn St's fixed crossover is Iowa.

I'd rather play Nebraska every year than Iowa because of their helmet status, but I'd reluctantly switch with Penn St because I am a geography-minded individual and it would absolutely bug the crap out of me if MSU and Purdue were switched. It wouldn't even do all that much to balance the divisions. Sure MSU is better than Purdue right now, but there would still be a 1-3 split of the "helmet" schools.

The inner-outer idea that we had when they were contemplating the new divisional alignment is a compromise that I could have lived with, but the proposal of swapping MSU for Purdue is not one that I could ever get behind.

If you wanna beef up the West by adding Texas and Oklahoma, now we're talking.

I was speaking to Entropy's idea for fixed crossovers with MSU in the West (and I assume Purdue in the East) as well as to your reply.

[Brutus Buckeye]

MSU spent the entire two decade 11 team era as the only team with two of the three helmet schools as their locked in opponents, with the chance to play the third.

Then in the brief 12 team era we landed Indiana as our guaranteed crossover "rival."

Things change

They do indeed.
Now MSU has three of the four helmet schools as their locked opponents, with the chance to play the fourth. 

[Entropy]

I'd love to have OU in the BIG... love it.    Growing up there was no team I wanted UNL to beat more than the sooners.  Yet, I had a lot of respect for OU program.   Still do.   I never pulled for Colorado or even Missouri while in the Big8, but I'd always pull for OU to win when they didn't play Nebraska.   Just something about wanting to beat them when they were the best...

[FearlessF]

I'd love to simply schedule the Sooners as a non-con game every season

I understand most of the cons to this arrangement, but think the pros outweigh them significantly

perhaps Moos and Frost would be up for the challenge

[Brutus Buckeye]

Do Colorado and OSU2 take a back seat to the original Big 6 on the rivalry pecking order? 

Or are all of the Big 8 teams other than Oklahoma on relatively equal footing, since the expansion happened clear back in the 50s? 

[FearlessF]

since the Buffs started playing the Huskers yearly in 48 and the Cowpokes in 1960, they are nearly the same as the rest

but, I'm not REALLY old.  Just old.

And many Husker fans only stretch their memories back to 1962, "The year of the BobFather"

[Brutus Buckeye]

Poaching the Buffs was a devastating blow to the Skyline/Mountain States Conference. 

[FearlessF]

and ungrateful Ralphie left her brothers to go west to the Pac

[CWSooner]

and ungrateful Ralphie left her brothers to go west to the Pac

Ralphie had been batting her eyes at the Pac for a long time, had she not?

[Brutus Buckeye]

and ungrateful Ralphie left her brothers to go west to the Pac

Returning to her roots, with da Utes.

[FearlessF]

no wonder Devaney bolted from Wyoming in 62

[Brutus Buckeye]

no wonder Devaney bolted from Wyoming in 62

The Big Six raided the Mountain States Conference for their best team (Colorado) and then the SWC raided the Border Conference for their best team (TX Tech). Then the haves from each Conference ditched the have-nots, and from the ashes formed the WAC; Arizona, ASU, BYU, Utah, Colorado St, Wyoming, New Mexico and UTep.