[NU Sports] Big Ten Expansion this week?

[Alan Abrahamson]

It doesn't matter whether we think NU is their name or not.

It's whether they think it's NU. And apparently they do. So that's that.

We are going to be NWU to the world, whether we like it or not. Frankly, I
have more interesting things to think about -- like beating Iowa. They can
call us anything they want. After our last couple trips to Kinnick, I call
us "winners."


On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Roy S. Lamberton
<rstetson at capps-assoc.com>wrote:

> Gee, how are we going to resolve the NU thing with Nebraska in the house?
>
> We call them UNL but they seem to be hung up on NU, which isn't their name.
>
> Could be interesting
>
> rsl
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> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of Mike
> Nolan
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 11:32 AM
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> Cc: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Big Ten Expansion this week?
>
> > I think you're right about the super conferences and I also think there
> will
> > probably be five or six when all is said and done.  However, we will
> still
> > have BCS automatic qualifiers and non-qualifiers since the money and
> power
> > are divided that way and I don't see the current six relinquishing that
> > without a fight.
>
> Yeah, but the non-BCS schools have got the United States Senate and
> the President of the United States to carry their water.  Obama has got
> to be drooling over the prospect of dealing with something that can
> actually
> get done (even if it has no impact on the USA as a nation-state) rather
> than standing around watching the media count oily birds.  Of course,
> the fact that it is likely to get done better and faster without a bunch
> of political hoo-ha's getting involved has never stopped them from
> getting involved anyway.
>
> > Although you're a great deal closer to UNL than I am, I can't but think
> that
> > it is farther along with the Big Ten than they would have us believe by
> > what's publicly known.  Otherwise there would not have been an ultimatum
> as
> > UNL would not have given the Big XII reason to question its desire to
> stay
> > in the conference.
>
> Only geographically, but I suspect you are correct there has been a lot
> more happening behind closed doors than anyone has let on, possibly even
> in South Bend.  (Wait until the FOIA requests start getting filed!)
>
> One spin on it that I've seen is that Texas was the one behind the power
> play at last week's Big XII meetings, that they wanted the Big XII to
> draw a line in the sand and dare SOMEONE ELSE to cross over it--first.
>
> Texas is in many ways a bigger prize than Nebraska (what conference
> wouldn't want them?), but making Nebraska out to be the bad guys has
> been a Texas theme since the initial talks that led to the formation
> of the Big XII.
> --
> Mike Nolan
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