Uh-oh. This is no good. Not for the rest of us, not the ones left to watch Nebraska run through its eight remaining Big 12 games and leave as something like the permanent reigning conference champion.
The school with the fans a little too willing to tell you how great they are picked the absolute worst season to regain its powerhouse mojo.
This Big 12 breakup already felt like Nebraska moving on to a better relationship, and after a 48-13 debilitation of Kansas State here in front of a national television audience on Thursday night, it looks like the Huskers will get our shiny football championship trophy in the...
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