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Nebraska AD quickly shuts down any rumor of return to Big 12
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For some reason, there was an odd rumor surrounding Nebraska on Thursday.
Somebody told somebody who told somebody that the Huskers were interested in returning to the Big 12.
I was told today members of the #BIGXII are willing to let #OU walk because Nebraska has expressed serious interest in rejoining league…
— YouTube: The Monty Show (@TheMontyShow) October 5, 2016
Yeah, about that.
Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst made sure that rumor never got any ounce of momentum:
https://twitter.com/BigRedAD/status/784107343629856768
Nebraska came into the B1G in the beginning of the 2011 season, which meant that the conference got to split into divisions and have a conference title game.
The Huskers haven’t had the success that they had in the Big 12, but they’ve benefitted financially from the ever-profitable Big Ten Network. The Big 12, on the other hand, is just coming around to the idea of expansion and a conference-wide cable network.
Did Eichorst even have to tweet that? No, but hey, why let a dumb rumor linger?
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.