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Five – Time National Champion Nebraska Finally Among Elite With Move To Big 10

Tom Osborne speaks at Big Ten Media days, solidifying his place as a good coach.

June 11th, 2010 is a day that will go down in Nebraska history, the day that the Huskers finally arrived, the big time, the flashing lights, the Big Ten.

Tom Osborne and company sent shockwaves throughout the college football landscape, nearly destroying the Big 12 and sending college football into a myriad mix of mega-conferences. Fortunately, tradition pressed through and Nebraska immediately skyrocketed up to college football’s select few.

“Well guys, we finally made it.” College Football Hall of Fame member, Osborne, divulged to a group of reporters following the announcement. “Now that the program is finally among the nation’s elite, I hope that people start to consider me on the same level that they hold the best coaches of all time, like Urban Meyer and Pete Carrol.”

The significance of the move is not lost on Nebraska’s residents, many of whom have taken their educated thoughts and adulation to local Cornhusker Football forums.

Husker_Daddy69 had a few well-formulated words to add to the HuskerPedia online discussion: “GOOOOOOOO BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG REDDDDDDDDDD” he added, “Tom Osborne is Jesus, if Jesus weren’t Jewish!!”

Though moving to a new conference that many Nebraskans had prior labeled as “pussy-shit” may be seen as shortsighted, and reeking of homerism, college football sweetheart, Lee Corso, had a change of heart.

“The Big Ten used to be considered the SEC’s bitch, but now that we’ve spent an entire Summer talking about nothing but the Big Ten, I feel like the SEC has gotten less dominant.” Corso went on to make a few over-exaggerated arm gestures and proceeded to fall asleep.

Despite the fact that the past four national champions have all hailed from the SEC, as well as the fact that only two Big Ten teams have claimed the national championship in the past 24 years, the entirety of college football punditry appears ready to claim the Big Ten the new top dog.

“I can’t say that the Big Ten is going to be the best conference in America,” ESPN pundit Skip Bayless noisily exclaimed, “but I will tell you this, LeBron James is going to forever regret leaving the Big Ten.”