[Husker] Pac-10 To Invite Six Big XII Teams

[Steven]

Man... I move from Papillion to Oklahoma and all hell breaks loose. At least 
I have our Oklahoma Cornhusker Club....

Steven K
Class of 1983
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Nolan" <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
To: "Mike Jaixen" <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
Cc: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Pac-10 To Invite Six Big XII Teams


>> Northwestern likely could accommodate 15,000 Husker fans for a weekend in 
>> Chicago.  If they thought they could get more, they might move the game 
>> to Soldier Field.
>
> Michigan brings at least that many every other year, about the only time
> that The Stadium Formerly Known As Dyche is anywhere near its 47,130
> capacity.
>
> Notre Dame will sell it out, in fact they used to set up bleachers to
> raise the capacity to over 50,000, though the construction of the new
> locker room in the north end zone now makes that impossible.  But 
> according
> to multiple sources, Notre Dame has declined several offers of a home/home
> schedule with Northwestern.  (I suspect Nebraska has as well.)
>
> As to playing in Soldier Field, apparently that's not as easy to schedule
> as it sounds.  FWIW, Northwestern is moving the Illinois game to Wrigley
> Field this year.  Wrigley hasn't hosted a football game since the Bears
> left after the 1970 season.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I think Nebraska would be foolish not to accept an
> invitation to join the Big Ten (especially if the Big XII falls apart
> as rapidly as appears possible), but other than a good football program
> and a devoted football fan base (though with a small media market),
> Nebraska really doesn't bring a lot to enhance the reputation of the
> conference in athletics, and not that much in academics, either.
>
> The Big Ten is a strong basketball conference, our men's basketball team
> is pathetic and the recent strength of the women's team is far from the
> dynasty stage.  The best years of the men's gymnastics team are in
> the past (I don't know that the NCAA is committed to maintaining that as
> a championship sport, either), and the baseball team appears to have
> returned to mediocrity.  Women's volleball might challenge Penn State's
> recent domination of the conference.  I don't know what status bowling has
> in the Big Ten.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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