The ongoing, albeit subtle in a way, feud between the Big 12 and soon-to-be-departed Nebraska added another layer Friday. The Huskers blew away Colorado, 45-17, to win the Big 12 North, though the team was not presented the trophy by a conference representative as is usually the custom. To hear it from many Cornhuskers fans, the Big 12 is just blatantly slapping Nebraska in the face because commissioner Dan Beebe and the conference are bitter Nebraska is leaving next season for the Big Ten. Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne got a different story.
"They didn't think it would be safe to send somebody up," Osborne said, referencing "nasty" e-mails the Big 12 said it had received from Huskers fans. "That's the word I got."
Bo Pelini's Huskers moved to 10-2 (6-2 in Big 12) after dominating also-departing Colorado (which will be in the Pac-12 next year). Nebraska will likely face the winner of the Oklahoma-Oklahoma State game next Saturday -- though it's possible Texas A&M could sneak in there, the Aggies are a longshot to win the tiebreaker, which is the team with the highest spot in the BCS rankings.
In fairness to the Big 12, the trophy could still be delivered quite soon.
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