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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Lou Holtz using D-Day for some sick comparison to the college FB covid crisis
Please take the mics away from some of these guys.

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Ball back in your court, Scotty Tough Nuts
You get your bosses to give up that Big Ten check.
Good luck.

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

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Ball back in your court, Scotty Tough Nuts
You get your bosses to give up that Big Ten check.
Good luck.

Des Howard says Frost should apologize to the B10, or the commish should find a way to kick them out of the conference.

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

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Ball back in your court, Scotty Tough Nuts
You get your bosses to give up that Big Ten check.
Good luck.

Des Howard says Frost should apologize to the B10, or the commish should find a way to kick them out of the conference.

hear hear

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

I'd hate to see Nebraska kicked out. I like having a couple of sure wins built into the schedule.

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

I'd hate to see Nebraska kicked out. I like having a couple of sure wins built into the schedule.

Absolutely CRAZY how fast that actually became something some teams can say …

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

Nebraska has ended speculation about breaking from the Big Ten's plan to postpone fall football.

"The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a fully committed member of the Big Ten Conference," chancellor Ronnie Green and president Ted Carter said in a statement. "It is an unparalleled athletic and academic alliance."

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ORIGINAL: MDK

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

Nebraska has ended speculation about breaking from the Big Ten's plan to postpone fall football.

"The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a fully committed member of the Big Ten Conference," chancellor Ronnie Green and president Ted Carter said in a statement. "It is an unparalleled athletic and academic alliance."

Who do you want your institution to be associated with?

Universities of Michigan, Wisconsin or Minnesota? Schools that have made major contributions to the advancement of mankind?

Or Texas Tech University? The school that hired a fired Bobby Knight....the guy who uttered that famous line about women "I think that if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it."


Do bad Knight didn't wind up in a maximum security prison in the general population....maybe his words could apply to himself.

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

Back in June, Bill Moos and the Nebraska athletic department did their best to try and predict the potential economic hit of possibly losing part of the 2020 football season due to COVID-19.

The third-year NU athletic director and his staff could have never predicted how devastating the impact would eventually be when the Big Ten Conference announced this week that the season would be postponed until 2021.

During an appearance on the Husker Sports Network radio show, Sports Nightly, on Thursday night, Moos delivered some grave numbers to show just how substantial of a blow losing seven home football games would be this fall.

Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos estimated that NU's athletic department would lose more than $100 million from no fall football season.
Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos estimated that NU's athletic department would lose more than $100 million from no fall football season. (Nate Clouse)
When Nebraska’s athletic department initially trimmed its budget and eliminated 17 positions, including some senior staff, back in June, it did so with the projection of a roughly $12-15 million deficit.

Now, Moos said NU athletics alone were looking at a loss of more than $100 million.

Even more, Moos said the collateral financial damage expected for the City of Lincoln from no fall football season would be around $300 million.

“That’s a lot of businesses, a lot of jobs, a lot of families that are going to be affected,” Moos said. “That weighs heavy on me, and it weighs heavy on all of the administrators at the University of Nebraska.”

Moos said each Nebraska home football game was worth around $12 million, and that didn’t even factor in the additional income earned from the Huskers’ television contract through the Big Ten and other media partners.

With any hope of games this fall now officially out the window, Moos stressed the importance of playing at least a partial season this spring to receive at least part of the annual television revenue, which now tops $50 million per school for a full season.

Moos said his staff had been meeting for a while now, including as he spoke on Thursday night, to develop a new budget plan and thought they had “a solid feel for the dilemma we’re facing.”

However, Moos admitted: “That is a daunting exercise.”

Another consequence of the lost fall season that couldn’t be counted in dollars was the mental toll taken on Nebraska’s fall sports student-athletes. After preparing for months to compete in their respective sports this fall, many Husker athletes are now left wondering whether they will get the opportunity to play at all in 2020-21.

“For right now, those dreams are crushed,” Moos said. “It’s going to take all we’ve got to make sure we embrace them, love them, take care of them, and get through this together."

Moos’ interview had somber tune from the start, but he made sure to close with pep talk not only for Nebraska’s coaches, athletes, and staff members, but to the people of the entire state who will be equally impacted by the lost 2020 season.

“This is an amazing state, and we will lock arms and we will march through this much like we did in the aftermath of the floods that took place earlier last year,” Moos said. “We’ll get there, and it’ll make us stronger. We’ll come out better in the end, but I have a strong, strong care and feelings for the people that are going to be affected both in our department at the University, in Lincoln, and throughout the entire State of Nebraska.”

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

Back in June, Bill Moos and the Nebraska athletic department did their best to try and predict the potential economic hit of possibly losing part of the 2020 football season due to COVID-19.

The third-year NU athletic director and his staff could have never predicted how devastating the impact would eventually be when the Big Ten Conference announced this week that the season would be postponed until 2021.

During an appearance on the Husker Sports Network radio show, Sports Nightly, on Thursday night, Moos delivered some grave numbers to show just how substantial of a blow losing seven home football games would be this fall.

Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos estimated that NU's athletic department would lose more than $100 million from no fall football season.
Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos estimated that NU's athletic department would lose more than $100 million from no fall football season. (Nate Clouse)
When Nebraska’s athletic department initially trimmed its budget and eliminated 17 positions, including some senior staff, back in June, it did so with the projection of a roughly $12-15 million deficit.

Now, Moos said NU athletics alone were looking at a loss of more than $100 million.

Even more, Moos said the collateral financial damage expected for the City of Lincoln from no fall football season would be around $300 million.

“That’s a lot of businesses, a lot of jobs, a lot of families that are going to be affected,” Moos said. “That weighs heavy on me, and it weighs heavy on all of the administrators at the University of Nebraska.”

Moos said each Nebraska home football game was worth around $12 million, and that didn’t even factor in the additional income earned from the Huskers’ television contract through the Big Ten and other media partners.

With any hope of games this fall now officially out the window, Moos stressed the importance of playing at least a partial season this spring to receive at least part of the annual television revenue, which now tops $50 million per school for a full season.

Moos said his staff had been meeting for a while now, including as he spoke on Thursday night, to develop a new budget plan and thought they had “a solid feel for the dilemma we’re facing.”

However, Moos admitted: “That is a daunting exercise.”

Another consequence of the lost fall season that couldn’t be counted in dollars was the mental toll taken on Nebraska’s fall sports student-athletes. After preparing for months to compete in their respective sports this fall, many Husker athletes are now left wondering whether they will get the opportunity to play at all in 2020-21.

“For right now, those dreams are crushed,” Moos said. “It’s going to take all we’ve got to make sure we embrace them, love them, take care of them, and get through this together."

Moos’ interview had somber tune from the start, but he made sure to close with pep talk not only for Nebraska’s coaches, athletes, and staff members, but to the people of the entire state who will be equally impacted by the lost 2020 season.

“This is an amazing state, and we will lock arms and we will march through this much like we did in the aftermath of the floods that took place earlier last year,” Moos said. “We’ll get there, and it’ll make us stronger. We’ll come out better in the end, but I have a strong, strong care and feelings for the people that are going to be affected both in our department at the University, in Lincoln, and throughout the entire State of Nebraska.”

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

Back in June, Bill Moos and the Nebraska athletic department did their best to try and predict the potential economic hit of possibly losing part of the 2020 football season due to COVID-19.

The third-year NU athletic director and his staff could have never predicted how devastating the impact would eventually be when the Big Ten Conference announced this week that the season would be postponed until 2021.

During an appearance on the Husker Sports Network radio show, Sports Nightly, on Thursday night, Moos delivered some grave numbers to show just how substantial of a blow losing seven home football games would be this fall.

Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos estimated that NU's athletic department would lose more than $100 million from no fall football season.
Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos estimated that NU's athletic department would lose more than $100 million from no fall football season. (Nate Clouse)
When Nebraska’s athletic department initially trimmed its budget and eliminated 17 positions, including some senior staff, back in June, it did so with the projection of a roughly $12-15 million deficit.

Now, Moos said NU athletics alone were looking at a loss of more than $100 million.

Even more, Moos said the collateral financial damage expected for the City of Lincoln from no fall football season would be around $300 million.

“That’s a lot of businesses, a lot of jobs, a lot of families that are going to be affected,” Moos said. “That weighs heavy on me, and it weighs heavy on all of the administrators at the University of Nebraska.”

Moos said each Nebraska home football game was worth around $12 million, and that didn’t even factor in the additional income earned from the Huskers’ television contract through the Big Ten and other media partners.

With any hope of games this fall now officially out the window, Moos stressed the importance of playing at least a partial season this spring to receive at least part of the annual television revenue, which now tops $50 million per school for a full season.

Moos said his staff had been meeting for a while now, including as he spoke on Thursday night, to develop a new budget plan and thought they had “a solid feel for the dilemma we’re facing.”

However, Moos admitted: “That is a daunting exercise.”

Another consequence of the lost fall season that couldn’t be counted in dollars was the mental toll taken on Nebraska’s fall sports student-athletes. After preparing for months to compete in their respective sports this fall, many Husker athletes are now left wondering whether they will get the opportunity to play at all in 2020-21.

“For right now, those dreams are crushed,” Moos said. “It’s going to take all we’ve got to make sure we embrace them, love them, take care of them, and get through this together."

Moos’ interview had somber tune from the start, but he made sure to close with pep talk not only for Nebraska’s coaches, athletes, and staff members, but to the people of the entire state who will be equally impacted by the lost 2020 season.

“This is an amazing state, and we will lock arms and we will march through this much like we did in the aftermath of the floods that took place earlier last year,” Moos said. “We’ll get there, and it’ll make us stronger. We’ll come out better in the end, but I have a strong, strong care and feelings for the people that are going to be affected both in our department at the University, in Lincoln, and throughout the entire State of Nebraska.”

Wait for the outrage when the negative income producing sports get cut.

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

This isn't going to solve the pandemic problems, but sounds like Nebraska is getting a commitment from the #1 or #2 ( depending on rating services) TE in the country. Will be officially announcing on the 26th.

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

This isn't going to solve the pandemic problems, but sounds like Nebraska is getting a commitment from the #1 or #2 ( depending on rating services) TE in the country. Will be officially announcing on the 26th.

Word is Nebraska wants out of the B1G Conference.

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

This isn't going to solve the pandemic problems, but sounds like Nebraska is getting a commitment from the #1 or #2 ( depending on rating services) TE in the country. Will be officially announcing on the 26th.

Word is Nebraska wants out of the B1G Conference.

Not true.
Too much money and prestige in this conference both in football and academics.
They probably are tired of getting beat so much.

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

This isn't going to solve the pandemic problems, but sounds like Nebraska is getting a commitment from the #1 or #2 ( depending on rating services) TE in the country. Will be officially announcing on the 26th.

Word is Nebraska wants out of the B1G Conference.

Not true.
Too much money and prestige in this conference both in football and academics.
They probably are tired of getting beat so much.

If a Nebraska, Ohio St. or Iowa wants to play 3 non conference games this Fall, what is the problem?

They can still fulfill their obligation to the Big10 schedule in the Spring.

Players want to play. Have them sign a waiver and let them play. Guys that still want to sit out, keep your scholarship and get ready for Spring games.

The stats are out there. You have a 99.7% chance of surviving Covid19.