NEBRASKA REACTS Survey Results: 15 Years Later, Husker Fans Are Good with the Big 10…Mostly

Oct 22, 2011; Minneapolis, MN, USA: Nebraska Cornhuskers wide receiver Kenny Bell (80) out reaches Minnesota Gophers defensive back Kyle Henderson (14) in the third quarter at TCF Bank Stadium. The Cornhuskers won 41-14. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images THIS ARTICLE BROUGHT TO YOU BY FANDUELJuly 1st, 2026, marked the 15 year anniversary of the Nebraska Cornhuskers cutting ties with the Big 12 and joining their new neighbors north and east in the Big 10 conference.

So this week, I figured maybe a poll was in order to see how everybody felt about it. Here was the question and choices:July 1st, 2026, marked 15 years of Nebraska Cornhuskers membership in the Big 10. Are you glad we made the move?

A) Yes 100%. Huge financial upgrade, greater academic prestige & a much more stable situation. Osborn saw the Texas writing on the Big 12 wall.

B) Yes, but two schools with a bit of a different set of rules is a tad annoying. Also, the B1G scandals in that time period have been next-level awful.C) No, it’s not been great for football & has never felt like the right fit culturally.

For Nebraska, it was a last straw situation, as Texas, with Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe acting as their figurative Renfield and cabin boy, had taken full control of the conference, who were happy to follow Longhorn whims while bowing to all of them with Nebraska as the dissenting vote. Tom Osborne tried to convince them Texas did not have their best interests at heart, but it fell on deaf ears and Nebraska scooted.Things quickly went south for the remaining teams after that, beginning with the Longhorn Network throwing the balance of power completely out of whack as the others stood limply by.

Today, only half of the original Big 8 AND Big 12 remain (with Texas scooting away after turning it to rubble) as it has become barely more than a G5 conference with a Texas Tech booster calling the shots and Monster Energy Drink patches ready to appear on all their jerseys this season for a mere $1