Nebraska...not feeling Frosty anymore

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After an awkward wait, Nebraska officially becomes a Big Ten member July 1. While the move brings anticipation, it also presents transitional challenges, explains Stewart Mandel.

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[drok]

I'm really excited by Nebraska joining the Big Ten. It's such a great fit and I look forward to meeting you guys in Ann Arbor this fall!

[Mike]

I'm looking forward to stopming you guys in everything from football to volleyball.

[WM Wolverine]

I've heard stories about the B10 being interested in Big 8 schools previously; Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska I think... Some schools multiple times...

Can any of you fill us in on the B10's previous flirtations with Nebraska. Believe the B10 was looking at the aforementioned three schools around the time the Big XII was created.

[Jamie H]

No Big Ten team is going to say (football related at least) that Nebraska doesn't deserve to be in the conference. Regardless of their current team, they are clearly one of the best 4 football programs in the Big Ten now by any measure, along with UM, OSU, and Penn State.

[entropy]

We are now officially in the big ten.....suckers.

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http://www.bigten.org/

[lineygoblue]

Well ... officially to our Husker contributors here, .. welcome aboard!

I'm sure we'll run the entire gamut of feelings about this over the next several years. For me, I hope that Nebraska becomes a friendly rival. I'm looking forward to going to Lincoln to see a game there.

[lineygoblue]

http://blog.johnubacon.com/

[entropy]

Lincoln will always be a friendly place to visit

[lineygoblue]

Well, it will be as long as you guys can keep The Wizard under control ... :-)

[entropy]

Wiz is actually a choir boy.

[whodean]

First, welcome to the Big10 Nebraska!

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/blog?name=feldman_bruce&id=6728849

From @uscfan981: Can the Nebraska Cornhuskers run the table in the newly weakened Big Ten?

I have picked the Huskers to win the Big Ten, but I'm skeptical about whether they'll be consistently good enough on offense to be a BCS title contender and run the table this year.

The best thing going for NU is an outstanding defense, led by defensive tackle Jared Crick and tackling machine Lavonte David. Bo Pelini also has one of the best schemes in college football.

The other side of the ball is more of the question mark. Taylor Martinez can be spectacular. The only QB in the conference who is more of a running threat is Denard Robinson, but Martinez has to prove he can do it for a full season. I like the switch to Tim Beck as offensive coordinator. Beck will get the running game cranked up even more and will simplify things for the players from Shawn Watson's West Coast system.

My colleague Ryan McGee wrote about the rising expectations for the Huskers on Thursday. Part of that should stem from NU getting almost all of it toughest Legends Division opponents at home, with the Michigan State Spartans, Iowa Hawkeyes and Northwestern Wildcats all coming to Lincoln. The Huskers also get Ohio State at home, but they play one week after a road trip to Wisconsin, so I wouldn't be surprised to see NU stumble during that stretch. The other tricky back-to-back on the schedule comes in mid-November, when the Huskers visit Penn State and Michigan. My hunch is that they will split both of those doubles.

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looking at the two pages, big difference. One conference website splashes its newest member with an introductory wallpaper type page (bigten.org) while the other has two small links at the top of the page for their newest members next to a link to Andrew Luck. Pretty easy to assess the level of excitement.

https://www.bigten.org

https://www.pac-12.org

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRn_L3Hwr1Y&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - ‪A Tour of the Nebraska Football Facilities‬‏[/ame]