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If the Big 12 Calls, Will/Should we answer?

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During Thursday's meeting, conference officials also scratched the surface on discussions of what the Big 12 might do if OU and Texas left, and one source said that included looking into whether there were other Power 5 programs that might want to join, or if schools such as UCF, Houston, Cincinnati or BYU might make good additions. There was some appetite in the meeting for possibly adding two teams even if OU and Texas decide to stay.

Upside: No Texas
Downside: No Oklahoma
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I'd suggest that this is a serious question that calls for a serious gut-check on DONU's realistic football aspirations. I fear that our former success has immunized us from the reality that Nebraska may never again be a factor in "big-time football." We can hardly compete in the B1G West, let alone the conference as a whole or against the SEC. Yes, we make more money in the B1G, but we are paid to merely be the floormat and cannon foder for the overlords to the east.

It may be time to scale back our expectations, approach this question with a clear eye, and return to a conference in which we can compete and perhaps win a few games. Returning to the Big 12 would return us to our former rivals and recruiting roots, secure easier access to road games for fans, and provide us with a level of competition more appropriate for the skill level of our coaches and players. And as long as the Big 12 remains a power conference, we'd still be in play for the football playoffs.
The conference move wasn't just about football.

Moving to another conference (the one we just left, no less) in hopes it will make our football program more successful, is dumb idea not worthy of discussion.
 
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Outlandish idea. Which means I'm in agreement with everyone but the OP.

Also, there seems to be some concept that if OU and UT leave the Big 12, they will be the only schools to leave. Nope.

Kansas and Iowa State will very likely have other suitors. West Virginia will do all they can to leave a weakened conference that they are already geographically removed from. And any of the others schools that remain will all take significant recruiting hits -- because simply, the Big 12 will not have nearly the same national appeal nor garner near the same TV revenue.

I'd be surprised if the Big 12 even still exists within five years. OU and UT leaving would be the trend toward creating 3-4 super conferences. And if you're not a part of one of those, you will become the equivalent of a MAC school. This is not like when Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, and A&M left a decade ago. The college football landscape is much different now and in a period of tremendous transition. NIL, 12-team playoffs, the NCAA losing power, etc.
 
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During Thursday's meeting, conference officials also scratched the surface on discussions of what the Big 12 might do if OU and Texas left, and one source said that included looking into whether there were other Power 5 programs that might want to join, or if schools such as UCF, Houston, Cincinnati or BYU might make good additions. There was some appetite in the meeting for possibly adding two teams even if OU and Texas decide to stay.

Upside: No Texas
Downside: No Oklahoma
Little early to be drinking.
 

So many people are forgetting that the move to the Big 10 for Nebraska was monumental for the academic side. There is ZERO CHANCE that Nebraska will even entertain a move back to the Big 12. It would be taking a huge step backwards regarding academics. Those of you still hoping and thinking this is a remote possibility need to…

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