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Steven M. Sipple: After Big Ten reverses field, Nebraska fans' celebration likely muted

About a month ago, Bill Moos had a troubling scenario in mind.

You could see the seriousness in his eyes. The Nebraska athletic director had a vision of the SEC, Big 12 and ACC pushing forward this fall with their college football seasons. We're talking about pushing forward to the end, right down to bowl games and maybe even a national championship game.

Meanwhile, the Big Ten and Pac-12 would be on the sidelines until at least January -- you know, until the big boys' season was basically done.

"I always thought the JV game was before the varsity game," Moos said then.