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Nebraska Cornhuskers News: Front and center of the dangers of realignment, more

ByOliver Vandervoort|
Oct 16, 2007; Lincoln, NE, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers former football coach Tom Osborne finishes addressing the media at the Van Brunt Visitors Center during a press conference where Chancellor Harvey Perlman (left) introduced Osborne as the interim athletic director. Perlman on Monday, Oct. 15 fired athletic director Steve Pederson. Osborne coached the Cornhuskers from 1972 to 1997, winning three national championships in his final four years. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Thorson, USA TODAY Sports
Oct 16, 2007; Lincoln, NE, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers former football coach Tom Osborne finishes addressing the media at the Van Brunt Visitors Center during a press conference where Chancellor Harvey Perlman (left) introduced Osborne as the interim athletic director. Perlman on Monday, Oct. 15 fired athletic director Steve Pederson. Osborne coached the Cornhuskers from 1972 to 1997, winning three national championships in his final four years. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Thorson, USA TODAY Sports

Realignment has been the talk of the college sports world this summer and the Nebraska Cornhuskers are one of those schools that have seen both sides of it.

USA Today recently took a long look at what realignment can do to the programs that were involved. The Huskers are one of those programs that were supposed to only see the good side of realignment. And they definitely did not. In fact, in these last 12 years the question has been asked more than once, “should the Nebraska Cornhuskers have left in the first place.”

"“Harvey Perlman had a big choice to make as the chancellor of Nebraska in 2010. Should his university’s sports teams join the Big Ten Conference in 2011 for more money and stability? Or should they stay in the Big 12, where they played all of their old rivals and won two championships in football since 1997? He chose the money. But that decision has come with an apparent cost. The Cornhuskers haven’t been nearly as good in football as they used to be, in part because they are playing in a league where entrenched powerhouse teams have continued to dominate.  Next year, that league is expanding from 14 to 18 teams, making it even tougher to rise to the top in the Big Ten.”"

While Nebraska will always claim that they don’t regret the decision to move from the Big 12 to the Big Ten, the question is going to be there until one of the men’s programs starts winning again.

Hail Varsity magazine reaches the end

It’s never good to see what has been a staple of Nebraska Cornhuskers media shutter. Hail Varsity was purchased by Hurrdat Sports this summer and the new company decided it was time to end the magazine publication.

Those who have enjoyed reading its writers should be happy to know that most of those writers will continue on its website. Still, it’s the end of an era.

Max Anderson representing Nebraska Cornhuskers well

Former Nebraska baseball star Max Anderson has represented Nebraska well since being drafted by the Detroit Tigers.

Earlier this week, Anderson hit his first professional triple. On the season, Anderson is hitting .306 with two homers and 17 RBI. He’s also got a steal. The Nebraska Cornhuskers might have a hitter in the majors before all that long.

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