RedstickSooner
11/1/2008, 10:07 PM
Okay, look. Here's the deal. We've done a *lot* for this conference. We're responsible for fully 3/5ths of all BCS championship appearances by Big-12 teams, and responsible for fully *half* of all BCS titles in the Big-12.
We've filled the stands in the horrid, frozen nightmare stadium you've picked for the Big-12 CCG more times than we care to remember. We routinely bring huge TV audiences to our games, and those audiences help drive the TV revenue the conference enjoys.
So, here's the dealio:
We want to keep playing Nebraska.
For the rest of the season.
There's a couple reasons. First, it's fun. We like playing Nebbish. Second, thing is, you *owe* us. The OU-Nebraska game is a cornerstone of football tradition, and making it a non-annual event means you've robbed us of, what, six meetings we should've had? I mean, when I was a kid, the Big Game each year wasn't Tejas, it was Nebraska. At least in my household. I try to toe the line and give lip service to Tejas being the biggest game of the year, but for me, it's mostly the biggest because they're the second best team in the conference since Little Red stumbled.
Oh, which brings me to a side part of my request -- I want our nickname back. We're Big Red, and it's total BS that Nebbish stole our nickname during our "unfortunate decade". Now that they're stinking it up, it's time we get our name back.
Go Big Red. Beat Nebbish! Four or five more times this year!
Whadya say, Big 12? Pretty please?
We've filled the stands in the horrid, frozen nightmare stadium you've picked for the Big-12 CCG more times than we care to remember. We routinely bring huge TV audiences to our games, and those audiences help drive the TV revenue the conference enjoys.
So, here's the dealio:
We want to keep playing Nebraska.
For the rest of the season.
There's a couple reasons. First, it's fun. We like playing Nebbish. Second, thing is, you *owe* us. The OU-Nebraska game is a cornerstone of football tradition, and making it a non-annual event means you've robbed us of, what, six meetings we should've had? I mean, when I was a kid, the Big Game each year wasn't Tejas, it was Nebraska. At least in my household. I try to toe the line and give lip service to Tejas being the biggest game of the year, but for me, it's mostly the biggest because they're the second best team in the conference since Little Red stumbled.
Oh, which brings me to a side part of my request -- I want our nickname back. We're Big Red, and it's total BS that Nebbish stole our nickname during our "unfortunate decade". Now that they're stinking it up, it's time we get our name back.
Go Big Red. Beat Nebbish! Four or five more times this year!
Whadya say, Big 12? Pretty please?