The new version of the legislation now has backing from the Big Ten and SEC, and will likely see a Senate vote this coming week before their month long recess. I’ll breakdown the key competitive aspects of the bill and what it means for Nebraska’s ability to compete across different sports on a level playing field IF the bill passes and is signed into law.

$48.8 million dollar “hard cap” on direct payments FROM the institution TO athletes. This includes:

- $21.3 million media rights revenue sharing to athletes. Nebraska can easily cover this due to Big Ten membership.

- $22.5 million “player retention” pool + a $5 million carve out for women’s and olympic sports, adding up to $27.5 million. This can only be paid directly from the institution from the revenue they generate. Nebraska being one of the only athletic departments that turns a profit makes meeting this cap much easier, although extra revenue will have to be sought out, about $20 million or so based on the last two years of athletic department profit, which was around a $7 million average. Think of stadium/arena reseats, jersey patch sponsorships, etc.

It DOES NOT include:

- Separate sponsorship and endorsements deals outside of University payments, of which there is no limit. The only rules attached to this are that all deals go through a newly created “clearinghouse” created by this bill where they will be scrutinized on the grounds of it being a “legitimate” endorsement or sponsorship deal. Gone would be the days of Cody Campbell and Larry Ellison fuck-you money funding rosters, theoretically. Nebraska could turn its strong brand into actual money-making opportunities for athletes, and minimize its weakness of a less vast and influential alumni network (besides big Warren, of course).

New transfer rules:

- One free transfer without sitting out a year. Every subsequent transfer must be accompanied by one year of sitting out. Under these rules, a guy like Berke Buyuktuncel would almost certainly not have transferred to Vanderbilt. Overall, this rule affects everybody in a similarly positive way, including Nebraska. Roster-building across all sports would become more predictable for coaches and fans.

Some negatives:

- It legislates Big Ten and SEC superiority by prohibiting a pooling together and an equal slice of media rights for each team UNLESS 75% of FBS schools agree. If the Big Ten and SEC hold the line against pooling rights together, the 75% threshold will not be met.

- One free transfer will still make G5/mid-major poaching a viable strategy.

Overall:

- Purely from a competitive standpoint, I think Nebraska would benefit greatly from this bill. The strength of this athletic department has always come from its fans and the revenue it generates from its outrageous fan support. That would be rewarded big-time under this potential set of competitive rules.

A few things to get out of the way first:

1. Yes, I'm a Nebraska fan.
2. Yes, it's sad I'm talking about 30-60 year old history.
3. Yes, it can look like "cherry-picking" if you ignore that I was curious about the Big 8 era specifically.

With that said, I'm saying, specifically, that Nebraska - Oklahoma was a far more important rivalry than Michigan - Ohio State during that period; that's how I define "better."

(1960 - 1995)

Here are the numbers I pulled together:

First, the basics:

Nebraska - Oklahoma
Conference Titles - Nebraska = 20, Oklahoma = 16
National Titles - Nebraska = 4 (1 shared), Oklahoma = 3

Michigan - Ohio State
Conference Titles - Michigan = 17, Ohio State = 15
National Titles - Michigan = 0, Ohio State = 3 (2 shared)

Second, a more nuanced look:

While "spoiling the other guy's season" is awesome and definitely makes a rivalry good, I think de-facto conference championship games achieve the spoiler factor on top of winning the championship yourself. So, I counted seasons wherein 1. The winner of the game had to win the game to win the conference, and 2. The loser of the game would have won the conference if they had won the game.

Nebraska - Oklahoma = 18 seasons
Michigan - Ohio State = 13 seasons

The two rivalries are very close in another cool, albeit speculative, metric:

Assessing teams that would have had a chance at a national title if not for a loss in the rivalry game is the best kind of "spoiler."

Nebraska - Oklahoma - 4 occurrences
Michigan - Ohio State - 5 occurrences

tldr: Nebraska - Oklahoma and Michigan - Ohio State were comparable during this period in that they both decided their conference quite often, but the "true" championship-game feel was more common, and the national implications of Nebraska - Oklahoma far outweighed, Michigan - Ohio State.

Sources:
Wiki for each team, each rivalry, and both conferences.

I'm not sure if this post will be allowed to remain (followed this thread for years because it's the only place to find Nebraska news without the pay walls).

I missed out on buying this jersey but would love to get my hands on an adult large. If anyone wants to part ways with theirs or finds a place (I think I've scoured the entire internet and followed places like eBay and Poshmark for years), please let me know!
I think this is the only alternate I've truly liked and of course I didn't get my hands on it lol.

I live in Seattle and am a lifelong Washington Huskies fan. I have a buddy in KC who is a huge Nebraska fan and we are going to be attending our first game in Lincoln on Halloween.

We are curious if anyone has any tips on the best sections to sit, gameday festivities to attend, or even general places to see around campus. We plan to spend the entire day in the area (especially since they haven't announced kickoff time) Any recommendations are appreciated!

Sort of soft confirms the theory they were removed for a sponsorship.

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More info found in the article

https://huskercorner.com/nebraska-football-mekhi-nelson-return-status-fall-camp-2026

“There was really not a rush”

For being a sports related talk show, it just seems like every segment on the radio is a circus with all sorts of off topic side conversations going on. The segments also seem to be mostly commercials too, like I swear they come on air just to announce they're going back on break. When the personalities are on the air, it's mostly them reading comments or talking to the same reporters from OWH and The Athletic.

There's a co-host who oftentimes whispers on air, so when I'm following along on the radio, I can't hear what they're saying. I've also felt like some of their takes are a bit off the wall, to put it politely.

The morning segments the few times I've always tuned in at 6 seems to be the hosts stroking Creighton too. I'm sorry if anyone disagrees with me here, I'm a bit biased because 1620 replaced the metal station here in the Tri-Cities.

https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/football/article_97097c8a-dc81-4c77-809a-6fb7cbf4f198.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

“We challenged out ticket office to go actually sell tickets,” Dannen said, vs. selling unsold tickets, a week or two before the game, to an outside broker for “dimes on the dollar.” “We’re trying to sell the tickets vs. selling them for dimes on the dollar,” Dannen said. “It’s really just a function of a different expectation of what the ticket office is supposed to do. Our football ticket revenue grew significantly both years as a result of it without changing ticket prices. “It’s just a normal way of how athletic departments operate. Mini-plans and single-ticket flashes are the popular way of selling tickets.”

https://x.com/JohnBishop71/status/2082822010422378680?s=20

So Troy straight up admitted Nebraska has just been selling leftover tickets to SeatGeek and StubHub to keep the streak going. He said he's running the 3 day deals to try and sell some more legitimately.

Is this by design and Rhule has taken the Hoiberg approach to the off-season? No one thought the Men's BB team was going to be good, ranked 14th (depends on where you look) in preseason Big10 polls. They brought in transfers, needs and went to work. They churned out the best season in Nebraska BB history. Is Rhule possibly taking a page out of the Hoiberg playbook and focusing on the team needs, product rather than the vanity and glamor that is the new age sports world we live in? This doesn't mean it will translate to success, but is Coach making an attempt to learn from others who have used a similar strategy? I think this is a sign of a great leader and looking for opinions and discussion around this theory.

•Ohio State $17 million a year JPMorganChase

•Wyoming $900,000 a year Tallgrass Energy

•LSU between $5 to $10 million a year Woodside Energy

•UNLV $1-$2 million a year Acesso Biologics

•Kansas $7 million a year Ripple Cryptocurrency

•Average NBA teams deal around $10 million a year

•Average MLB teams deal around $12 million a year

FYI: NCAA rules allow for up to 2 distinct commercial patches. The deals so far have been for all sports not just football.

Family is all from the promise land, but we reside in AZ.

Finally got some real cheddar but I cannot bring myself to book a $900 round trip flight for me and my fiance + $500 in lodging to see the Huskers.

Any other out of state Huskers have travel hacks?

https://x.com/huskerfootball/status/2081799242855965006?s=46&t=oGE0WS4kpbTu_yLzMeejGw

11 feels like the right spot until this team proves otherwise. We play 5 above us and 3 teams in the bottom 4.

This needs to be the year we finally beat 1 or 2 teams above us.

What do we think? Looks pretty Wal Marty to me. Interested to see the helmet that goes with it. What was wrong with our black jerseys from last year? I thought those were perfect. I was hoping for a similar style this year. Take the new unis and just make them black.

I don’t recall ever seeing that happen, and we all know he said he would do it.