Nebraska draws ratings, why else would they be added to the Big Ten? Their stellar academic reputation? Their recruiting base? Nebraska brings eyeballs.
You mean Debbie out recruits on paper. Most of those recruits are trouble and don't amount to much. As for your head coach, please keep us rolling in laughter
I’ll bite. If the following 2 answers are yes I agree. First, be average on D (not great but just average). And second, not blow big leads cause they are bored. It seems every year Okie gets up big in a game and either loses or tries to lose. They do both then yes I would concur they are going to be elite.
They are becoming elite on D. They took a huge step forward on that side of the ball last year and their offense is going to be just as strong. They are a very legitimate National Title Contender this year. I believe Nebraska is going to be much improved this year and OU will handle them with relative ease, but strange things can happen on week one.
The only reason that the Big10 added Nebraska was the thinking that they were adding a legitimate higher level football program with national recognition. In retrospect that was a mistake. In the past 10 years it has become obvious that Nebraska's best days are in the rear view mirror and they added pretty much nothing to the league. Ratings? The fact of the matter is that nobody east of the Missouri River or west of the Rockies cares about Nebraska anymore. Both basketball and football have been mediocre/bad pretty much from the start, seemingly getting worse every year, and the academics drag down the reputation of the conference as the lowest ranked and the only institution not a member of the AAU. It was a dumb move by the Big10. A lot of people question adding Rutgers and Maryland but those markets are massive and the academics are strong. Maryland is also a top 15 basketball program. Nebraska on the other hand has been a doormat the last several years in both sports.
11 is Fox prime time because they don’t want to compete in the other time slots with their best game.
I agree. Mountain time is just a smidge better than Central time for sports.
Midwest fans really don't understand how well they have it when it comes to time slots for games.
The east coast willingly subjects themselves to the 8 pm start times for the night games, which means games don't get done until 11 or later. But perhaps they've really just been serving their Midwestern overlords this entire time........
