Will the Big 12 stick it to Nebraska?

News from the Big 12 Conference meetings indicates that scheduling changes could happen after the ABC TV contract ends in 2007. One of the major changes could affect the decades-long traditional Nebraska football game during Thanksgiving week. For years Nebraska played Oklahoma during that slot and now plays Colorado since the formation of the Big 12. The national television exposure from that game always has been important to Nebraska and no doubt very helpful in national recruiting efforts. Now other schools apparently want a piece of that action and would like to kick Nebraska out of the Friday spotlight to playing on Saturday where national exposure likely would be greatly reduced.

No immediate decision will be made right now but the Colorado AD is already on record opposing the move. Nebraska AD Steve Pederson hasn't said anything yet. Click the links to read the articles in the Colorado newspapers: Rocky Mountain News story and Boulder Daily Camera story.

Go Big Red,

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