[Husker] More on increased league games

[Dave Ratchford]

>From Adam Rittenberg's Big 10 Blog.  Here is link and then scroll down:

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten



Love what Gene Smith (OSU AD) has to say about "buying" games. Nebraska
should have the same attitude about scheduling quality non-conference
opponents:

"One concern with increasing the number of league games is its impact on
future nonleague scheduling. Ohio State, for example, recently added series
with big-name opponents Texas, Oregon and TCU.

Could those games be in jeopardy?

"We're going to hold onto those," Smith said. "That's what's going to cause
us in a 10-game conference scenario to have some challenges with having six
home games. If we move to 10 conference games, in a normal situation, I'd
just buy in two games every year. Then I wouldn't have a problem. But we're
going to maintain our philosophy of playing those type of [bigger
nonleague] games, whether it's nine or 10.

"Those are great experiences for our kids. We're a national program. It's
something I don't see us changing."