nwwarrior09
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That would be a giant mess in all of the other sports. It makes far more sense for them to be in a division/pod that has Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc.
NIL is the only saving grace Nebraska's football program may have. Everything else being equal a recruit in LA is likely going to choose any of the other schools in that pod over Nebraska due to the distance and the significant cultural differences between being in Lincoln and being on the west coast. I don't think you can understate how much further Lincoln is from LA not just geographically but also culturally than what they were from both the recruiting hot spots in Texas and the schools they played in the Big XII. They have to try to spend their way out of that problem regardless of who they play against in the Big Ten.
NIL is the only saving grace Nebraska's football program may have. Everything else being equal a recruit in LA is likely going to choose any of the other schools in that pod over Nebraska due to the distance and the significant cultural differences between being in Lincoln and being on the west coast. I don't think you can understate how much further Lincoln is from LA not just geographically but also culturally than what they were from both the recruiting hot spots in Texas and the schools they played in the Big XII. They have to try to spend their way out of that problem regardless of who they play against in the Big Ten.
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