LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -With Nebraska on its way to the Big Ten, athletic director Tom Osborne is one of the key architects in putting the Big 12 on the brink of irrelevancy, if not destruction.
It’s an ironic twist. As a coach, Osborne helped build the old Big Eight, which folded into the Big 12 in 1996.
Osborne said the nostalgia he felt for the days Nebraska played Oklahoma for league titles waned years ago. He said he leaves the Big 12 behind with a touch of sadness but no regrets.
Kansas has played Nebraska every year since 1907 – the longest-running series in college football. That will end when the Huskers start playing in the Big Ten in 2011.
Of Osborne’s 255 coaching wins from 1973-97, 152 came against the old Big Eight.
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