Insi(de)ght Job.
by Aaron Musfeldt on Dec 5, 2010 7:51 PM CST
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So we get to play Washington again. For your reading pleasure, I have managed to get a copy of the conference call that included Commissioner Dan Beebe, Insight/Fiesta Bowl officials and Holiday Bowl officials.
Dan Beebe (DB): Thank you your time. We have some very important business to discuss.
Insight Committee (IC): np.
Holiday Bowl Committee (HC): Good to be here. We are incredibly excited to invite a most deserving Oklahoma State team to San Diego.
DB: Yea, about that. I think we are going to send them to San Antonio for the Alamo Bowl.
HC: Really? But that means we get stuck with Missouri. None of their fans travel! The stadium will be empty! We'll have to take Arizona (who has lost 4 in a row) or Washington (who just scrapped by with 6 wins). We can't take Missouri!
DB: Not a problem. We've got that all worked.
IC: I can't believe we get such a great game! Nebraska and Iowa fell into our laps! Think of the story lines! Potential Big 10 rivalry game. Maybe they will even start their trophy game this year!
DB: Yea, about that. We don't want commentators talking Big 10 for three-and-a-half hours. We don't want you to take Nebraska-Iowa.
IC: WHAT! We finally move up the pecking order and get a real game and you are cock-blocking us! WTF!
DB: Now now, don't see it that way. We have to protect our brand.
IC: So do we!
DB: Calm down Insight. You do realize that we are losing two teams next year right?
IC: Yea.
DB: You also realize that we will probably have to cut some of our bowl tie-ins right?
IC: Huh?! Are you saying what I think you are saying?
DB: No no. We like our partnership with the Insight Bowl, but we can't have Nebraska-Iowa. We want you to take Missouri.
IC: Missouri! NO. This is unfair.
HC: Heh. Sweet, we don't get Missouri.
IC: We finally move up in the selection process and now we are getting hosed over! How can you do this to us!
DB: Listen, I'll make it up to you. We'll make sure we keep you around in our bowl rotation and we might even give you a better pick somewhere down the road, but you need to take Missouri.
IC: This is the worst day of my life. It makes no sense!
HC: Well, I just heard that the Alamo Bowl picked up Arizona, that means we get Washington. So who's our Big XII team?
DB: You get Nebraska, Holiday.
HC: Wait what? But they already played this year. They play next year too. Nebraska kicked the crap outta Washington earlier this year. No one is gonna show for the game!
DB: Husker fans will show, they always do. Besides we still hadn't given them their official "kick-in-the-crotch" for leaving yet. This will do.
HC: Oh, so now we are relegated to PoS bowl?
DB: No no. Hey you should at least fill your stadium. Husky fans haven't been to a bowl in 8 years. They'll come.
HC: Not if they are gonna get another ass-whoppin' by Nebraska. This is stupid Dan. You know what, we want Missouri after all. Missouri-Washington, at least there's a possibility of a good game there.
DB: Sorry it's going to be this way. Deal with it. Nebraska-Washington in the Holiday Bowl. Iowa-Missouri in the Insight Bowl.
Afterwards, the Insight Bowl Committee and Holiday Bowl Committee were seen at the local bar.
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Solid effort
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Very good
To pile on, the Alamo Bowl took OSU and Arizona, despite those two teams playing in the second game of the year next season. Just about any other combination between those 3 Big 12 teams and their respective opponents would have been better for pretty much all involved.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
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Great take. Could picture the whole thing. Smile and wave.
Be miserable or motivate yourself. What's to be done it's always YOUR choice.
Hutch-Tech Class of '76 Buffalo born & bred. Bills fan since 1968.
by MtJulietTNBillsFan on Dec 6, 2010 12:47 AM CST reply actions
Holiday Bowl to Dan Beebe:
“I PRAISE YOU 24/7!!!!!! AND THIS HOW YOU DO ME!!!!! YOU EXPECT ME TO LEARN FROM THIS? HOW?!!! ILL NEVER FORGET THIS!! EVER!!! THX THO…”
i would hope
that the commissioner of the big 12 would go to bat for teams that are staying in the big 12, rather than allowing a 3.5 hour infomercial for the big ten. i mean, what do you expect? it would be stupid to let nebraska play in the insight bowl. its more so common sense than conspiracy.
also, i wouldn’t be surprised if mizzou would be favored by more than nebraska if mu was the team playing washington, so don’t know that nebraska is going to scare off more washington fans than missouri would, if they would even be “scared” in the first place
Eh
I don’t think anybody really thinks that it’s a conspiracy. The Big 12 pressured the Insight Bowl into taking Missouri over Nebraska, end of story. You’re right, it’s common sense, and if I was Beebe, I very well might have done it too. But since it was our cat that Mr. Beebe just proverbially ran over, we’re going to be a little hacked off over it.
I don’t really think any UW fans are going to not travel just because its Nebraska. It’s a bowl game and they’ve waited a long time for it. Meanwhile, I’d be hoping your team has its head on a swivel. Iowa is 7-5….with 5 last minute losses. If Mizzou thinks they’re going to walk all over the Hawkeyes, they’re in for another bowl depantsing on national tv.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
Exactly
It wasn’t a “conspiracy” (that word doesn’t really make sense in this situation); it was a guy acting in his own best interest. Doesn’t mean it wasn’t still a toolish move, though.
And I think UW’s fans are showing up regardless. For them right now, a bowl is a bowl is a bowl.
by Cheeseandcorn on Dec 6, 2010 10:19 PM CST up reply actions
yeah
i’d would really hope that mizzou was taking iowa seriously and i’m sure they are. they’ve looked pretty awesome at times, beating oklahoma and dominating a&m, but this is the team that lost to texas tech and never had a chance against you guys. as for dan beebe acting like a tool… got to say, that’s kinda undebatable.
Only thing to add
is I hope all the the remaining Big-12 teams see Beebe for what he is and the direction this conference is heading.
All non-Texas based teams might want to rethink what they want their future to look like.
Be miserable or motivate yourself. What's to be done it's always YOUR choice.
Hutch-Tech Class of '76 Buffalo born & bred. Bills fan since 1968.
by MtJulietTNBillsFan on Dec 7, 2010 7:39 AM CST reply actions
its pretty obvious
that the conference is not in good shape when its called the big 12 and has ten teams. texas and their minions would be in better shape if they were not so arrogant and would have somehow worked to try to keep nebraska and colorado in the fold. did they even try? what leverage do they have outside the big 12 when they are in a weakening conference?
as for the decision, was animosity towards texas a large piece of the decision or was it just nebraska doing it thought was best for nebraska? nebraska wasn’t doing so bad with unequal revenue sharing in the big 12. that’s a legit question, i don’t know the answer.
on a side note, i think opposing fans get ticked off when some nebraska fans act like the big 12 is an awful place that had nothing to offer. i mean, that is all nebraska has been, going back a loooooong time and the big 12 has been an awesome football conference. i think clearly it has been better than the big ten at the top of the conference throughout the big 12’s existence. also, nebraska as a place is more like missouri, kansas and oklahoma than it is michigan state, indiana and northwestern, so while i can’t argue with their decision, things will just be different for better or worse. i always thought it was neat that the conference was based on teams with a long history of playing in the midwest
We had that
Then Texas got all diva and started lookin to jump to what would have been the PAC-16 and then realized the PAC -16 wouldn’t take as much of their bull@#$% they came runnin back to the little 10 and said hey, we saved your lives! Along with the obvious fact that the big 10 is more money and less divas. Blame NE all you want, but realize that you’re just blaming us for being logical and not putting up with all the steers and queers. (complete emphasis on queers)
i dont think anyone is blaming nebraska, at least for leaving
missouri would do the same thing. you have your revenge on texas already cause you are leaving and that pretty much says it all. but it does seem that some of this anger related to the big 12 and texas somehow rubs off on missouri, who if anything helped you leave the conference by indicating they were interested in the big ten. i don’t think mizzou has ever really done anything to hurt nebraska, aside from making the game between the two in football interesting in the last decade.
We won't blame you if you won't blame us.
The ONLY criticism I have heard from MU fans regarding Nebraska’s departure was the press conference in which Pearlman basically pointed a finger at Missouri. Perhaps a shrewed buyout-nogootiations startegy, but transparently false and self-serving.
An invitation to the Big Ten (and the CIC) is a no-brainer. Any school would be stupid to turn it down. Leaving behind the Big Twexas is a nice bonus. Good luck, Huskers.
I still think that our two Athletic Departments
should set up a series for the MU-NU victory bell every year. There’s no reason the two schools can’t play every year in Volleyball, Basketball, Baseball, etc. Which ever school wins the most games between the two schools that year claims the victory bell.
by Aaron Musfeldt on Dec 7, 2010 12:11 PM CST up reply actions
I would say you're generally right
Mizzou fans have been pretty upfront. They wanted out, they felt slighted (bowl choices), unequal distribution, etc. They’ll tell you “we would have wanted our school to move if given the opportunity”.
It’s why I wouldn’t mind Mizzou coming to the Big 10 as well, if they were still expanding (which unfortunately, they’re not). You’re honest about being upset that we got the opportunity you wanted, but you understand the desire. We get less of the “get the f*** out, we’re better off without you, how could you leave us and our history and traditions” bit.
As for the decision itself, you can go by what Perlman and Osborne said months ago as the official reason for the school. As a fan, I would point to the instability (as referenced above by Mactruck) as a main reason. If the South did move to the “Pac-16”, we’re screwed. There’s also a HUGE benefit to the academic side with inclusion in the CIC (as you referenced). There’s also the perception of it being Texas’ conference, and the references to 11-1 votes.
While trolls and other detractors will say “you couldn’t beat Texas, so you took your ball and went home” (or some variation), I thought of it like this. You own a home in a tiny neighborhood, with a few neighbors, under a Neighborhood Association. Neighbor squables always occur, but you think you all tend to agree how the neighborhood should look and be treated. Then you allow four new houses to be built and new neighbors move in, with their own ideas. The look of the neighborhood changes as everyone but you in the Association votes with one of the new neighbors. Suddenly the neighborhood isn’t what you remembered, and everyone else seems to be voting with the new guy. Maybe you didn’t agree after all on how the neighborhood should look. If you’re the odd man out…maybe you don’t belong there. Do you continue to live there and suffer, and be unhappy, or do you decide to move to a new neighborhood where you think you fit in more?
It’s not a perfect analogy (not all the votes were 11-1 against us), but there were several. And there’s no one decision that led to it. But I think there were several things over several years, that eventually led the Administration to strongly consider a move when the opportunity arose.
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