OU-Nebraska not in the cards

Well said Fed Up! I don't have much to add to what you stated. Sure its a great rivalry, but Nebraska fans are coming in here like they are entitled to it and OU is saying no thanks, we've done better. RIP Nebraska football...the recruits you used to get from Texas will now be headed to A&M, Tech, and OK State which will only make the conference stronger as a whole and obviously with a more cohesive and cooperative group of schools.

Folks I am an OU fan who lived in Nebraska for 10 years. I used to live the rivalry everyday. I proudly displayed my SOONER bumper stickers and static cling stickers and window flags and whatever else I could put on my truck or my body. I loved the rivalry more than anything. I now live outside of St. Louis (YUK MIZZOU territory). On the Illinois side of the river. I am kind of exited to see Nebraska and Illinois play each other every year. I don't see why OU and the Huskers can't play each other every year because Illinois and MIZZOU play each other every year at the Edward Jones dome in St. Louis and they aren't from the same conference. Turkey day sounds good to me.

[...] in the Big 12 in 2010 As Promised: Here's My Working AP Top 25 for football | Campus Corner OU-Nebraska not in the cards | OU Sports Second guilty plea entered in ticket scandal - KansasCity.com "With Big 12 football media [...]

OMG WILL YOU HUSKER FANS JUST DIE ALREADY?! I'M SO SICK OF YOUR CRAP. YOU BLAME TEXAS FOR YOU RUNNING YOU OFF TO THE BIG 10 AND THEN DEMEAN OU AND CALL THEM A FOLLOWER BECAUSE THEY CHOSE TO STAY WITH UT IN THE BIG 12? FIRST OF ALL YOU CLOWNS WEREN'T WHINING ABOUT UNEQUAL REVENUE SHARING WHEN THE CONFERENCE WAS FORMED AND YOU WERE GETTING THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY - REMEMBER IDIOTS? YOU AGREED TO THOSE TERMS AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE. SO NOW IT IS SOME HOW TEXAS AND OU'S FAULT THAT YOU COULDN'T KEEP WINNING AND TV SETS GLUED TO YOUR GAMES CAUSING A DROP IN PROFITS - MAKES SENSE. UT WAS INVITED INTO THE CONFERENCE, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND SO STFU ABOUT THAT! AND OU AND UT ARE THE ONLY TWO SCHOOLS IN THE BIG 12 THAT CAN GO WHEREVER THEY WANT - BUT THEY BOTH NEED EACH OTHER, NOT ONE MORE THAN THE OTHER. THEY FORTUNATELY HAVE PEOPLE SMART ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT IT IS BETTER TO KEEP THE TWO SCHOOLS TOGETHER RATHER THAN APART. NEITHER SCHOOL RAN FROM THE OTHER CAUSE THEY COULDN'T WIN. AND IF YOU FOOLS DON'T THINK THAT YOUR RECRUITING OF THE STATE OF TX WON'T HURT BECAUSE OF YOUR MOVE, YOU ARE IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE! SEE ARKANSAS AND HOW WELL THEY WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT THE STATE OF TX AFTER THEY WENT TO THE SEC WHICH IS A MORE DESIRABLE CONFERENCE THAN THE BIG 10 TO SOUTHERN KIDS! SPARE ME WITH THE BIG 10 HAS BETTER ACADEMICS WHEN YOU CAN DRIVE ON THE NB CAMPUS, STICK YOUR HAND OUT OF THE WINDOW AND GET A DIPLOMA HANDED TO YOU. YEAH YOUR ACADEMICS SUCK NB! ARAKANSAS WENT FROM THE MAJORTY OF THE TEAM BEING FROM TX TO BARELY BEING ABLE TO RECRUIT THE STATE. JERRY JONES EVEN STATED HE WANTED ARKANSAS IN THE BIG 12 TO HELP WITH THEIR RECRUIING OF TX AGAIN. I'M FROM THE TX AND SORRY BUT WE DON'T THINK TOO HIGHLY OF BIG 10 COUNTRY. IF THE BIG 10 OR SEC WAS MORE DESIRABLE THAN THE BIG 12, THEN HEY GENIUS, TELL ME WHY ALL THESE KIDS AREN'T BOLTING FOR THOSE TWO CONFERENCES NOW AND ARE CHOOSING OU, TX, HELL EVEN OSU AND TECH OVER THEM? SOME OF YOU NEED TO TAKE OFF YOUR BIG RED SHADES. YOU HAVE A PISS POOR AD THAT IS MAD BECAUSE TX HAS THE UPPER HAND ON NB, AND YOU CLOWNS SIMPLY CAN'T WIN. NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR WELL WE ALMOST SHOULD'VE WOULD'VE COULD'VE. THE POINT IS YOU DIDN'T AND YOU CAN'T. AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO ANYTIME SOON. HE AND YOUR ARROGANT WHINY COACH SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL AND KNOW THAT AS LONG AS OU AND UT ARE IN THE CONFERENCE, YOU WON'T BE HEADING TO ANY MNC'S ANYTIME SOON. YOU CAN BARELY EVEN HOLD YOUR BROTHERS OFF IN THE NORTH, LET ALONE THE BIG 12 SOUTH WHICH IS THE FAR SUPERIOR DIVISION. OU OWES YOU NOTHING! YOU BOLTED TO THE BIG 10 CAUSE YOU CAN'T WIN AND FOR MONEY SO DEAL WITH IT! QUIT BLAMING TX FOR YOUR SUBPAR PROGRAM. TX IS ONLY ONE VOTE IN THE CONFERENCE. IF YOU THINK THE STATE OF TX BY ITSELF HAS CONTROL OVER ALL THE OTHER STATES WITH SCHOOLS IN THE CONFERENCE THEN WELL YOU ARE ADMITTING PEOPLE FROM YOUR OWN SCHOOL AND STATE AREN'T COMPETENT. THERE'S NO WAY ONE SCHOOL CAN RUN A CONFERENCE WITH OTHER STATES THAT CAN BAND TOGETHER AND COME AGAINST IT. QUIT WITH YOUR CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND WHINING. BTW AGGIES DIDN'T STAND UP TO UT. AGGIES WEREN'T GOING ANYWHERE. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO T.BOONE - ALL THAT A&M TO THE SEC HYPE WAS FOR THE MEDIA - SOMETHING USED TO GIVE THEIR FANS THE ILLUSION THAT THEY WERE STANDING UP TO UT. IF YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH, THEN YOU WOULD KNOW THE TX LEGISLATURE WHO RUNS THE STATE - NOT THAT DUMB AGGY GOVERNOR, DICTATES WHERE UT, A&M AND THE OTHER TX SCHOOLS WILL GO. YOU ARE SERIOULSY MISTAKEN IF YOU THINK UT EVEN FLINCHED AT THE AGGIES. CHECK TO SEE WHO MAKES UP THE MAJORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE IN TX - TRY UT ALUMNIS. TEXAS DOESN'T WANT THE SEC IN TX SO IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN, AND YOU SHOULD BE THANKFUL OR YOUR SORRY TEAM WOULD STAND AN EVEN SLIMMER CHANCE OF GETTING TOP ATHLETES FROM TX. TO END I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO NB AND COLORADO FOR BOLTING, YOU HAVE MADE THE CONFERENCE STRONGER BY DOING SO. COLORADO IS A NON FACTOR AND YOU GUYS AREN'T ANY BETTER. QUIT LIVING IN THE PAST. THIS ISN'T THE 90S ANYMORE - YOU'RE NOT DOMINATING AND HAVEN'T BEEN FOR A WHILE. YOU HAVE ONE GOOD GAME AGAINST UT AND BEAT UP ON DEPLETED OU TEAM AND YOU THINK YOU'RE GREAT AND ON YOUR WAY BACK. I'M SORRY BUT DIDN'T IOWA STATE BEAT YOU LAST YEAR? ENOUGH SAID. YOU GUYS CAN'T LEAVE FAST ENOUGH FOR ME. I HOPE EVERY BIG 12 SCHOOL SLAUGHTERS YOU THIS YEAR. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU GET YOUR ASSES KICKED IN THE BIG 10 AS WELL.

As a Husker fan, the last thing I want to do is play OU, expecially the day after T-Day. The game has no way of living up to the past since there will be little to no significants to the game. This rivalry is water-under-the-bridge and it's time to let it go. NU and OU will meet again down the line in bowl games. Until then, OU will continue to dominate the Big 12/10 and NU will move on and form new rivalries in the Big 10/12. No hard feelings or regrets.

Good riddance to the Cornhuskers. They claim to be good sports, but keep reminding everyone of their every good deed. Hey, Huskers! We know about the standing-O you gave Ricky Williams! We don't need to hear about it again. Sheesh. Sadly, we know, too, about what you did after the Big 12 CG. Bo Pelini is not the epitome of sportsmanship, and apparently neither is Dr. Tom. So, if Castiglioni and OU decide not to continue the series with you, that's their right. Let's hope you get the message. I'll say adios, but amigos would be stretching it.

[...] Sooners do not want to play with the Cornhuskers [...]

The Nebraska trash talking continues and the bridges keep burning.

Osage Willie wrote: Nebraska had 21 players from Texas and 13 from California on the 2009 roster. Does anyone else think that they will be losing, or at least diminishing, there recruiting in these areas, given this move? I just don’t see that many Texas and California kids wanting to play in the Big 10, and never getting to be seen by the home folks, but I could be wrong. Some may, but it has to hurt. -------------- Sorry but you give the recruit a chance to play Texas or OU every 2 years or you give a recruit the chance to play OHIO St, Michigan or Penn St every year on a national stage, in a conference as old as dirt and well established with their own tv network, with better academics is going to win everytime. The number of players who make it thru to the NFL is maybe 10-20% of the conference players. The rest fade away in camps and move on in life, so parents want the best academics for their kids and the big10 provides that chance.

Texas would bring down the wrath of Texas and the Big12 IF OU even CONSIDERED a series with NU. OU has to get approval first from Texas before any kidna home and home series with NU.. Sorry OU fans but the fact of the matter is, your are now owned by Texas' and losing the last 4 of 5 doesn't help either.

Dan in Boulder....why would you use 2000-2009 to argue against Tom Osborn's success? They didn't bring him back to the program until 2007. Typical Colorado comment...lost in the world of college football.

Nebraska's Administration and a numberous fans have done everything possible in the last few months to justify their leaving the Big XII including trashing it as a conference. I don't think OU should play Nebraska for any reason and I hope the remaining members of the Big XII feel the same way.

I can see scheduling 4-6 years ahead at all times. That gives you 2-3 teams with a home-and-away. Scheduling ahead needs to be capped off to allow for more manuevers because of the dynamic aspect of football. But anything more than 6 and it gets absurd. What if LSU is terrible starting in 2015 and they are still bad in 2018-2019...I'm not saying its a fact but anything is possible.

[...] The report by Jake Trotter of The Daily Oklahoman may be brief but it gets right to the heart of the matter. When asked about the possibility of playing Nebraska out of conference, Castiglione responded, “Given our current schedule, I don’t see a place for them for 10-12 years.” [...]

[...] AD Joe Castiglione doubts a series with Nebraska will continue, Jake Trotter writes in The [...]

Such hatred for Nebraska, everyone is afraid we are back, and are only convincing themselves from fear...We are back, and stronger than ever, and the only one's to stand up to TexAss.......

This rivalry isn't dead.

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