It was what the partial qualifiers represented to Nebraska. They bought in to the Deloss Dodds Conference because they grossly overestimated their importance. They saw an opportunity to establish a major recruiting home in Texas by playing in the state at least twice a year. Plus they thought they had the stroke to dominate the politics of the conference and have the offices located in Kansas City. Instead, they found themselves behind Texas, OU, Missouri, oSu, Tech, and A&M politically. The Texas/Missouri tandem that forced Nebraska to accept stiffer academic requirements was just the tip of the iceberg, which included go along or get out, end steroid abuse, major cuts in the "community scholarship" program.
I shall never ever forget a conversation I was privileged to witness that included Deloss and an ABC executive, where this comment was made, "Nebraska brings nothing to the table. There are more televisions in Harris County than in the entire state of Nebraska, not to mention the TVs in Houston are tuned in to college football; the TVs in Nebraska belong to people attending the games in Lincoln."
Still, I miss their fans and the way we were treated in Lincoln.
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