their fans cared about beating Texas, Texas beat them every time. Pelini wasn't winning a natty there, that's all their fans care about. he would have eventually been fired, maybe they hire someone other than mike riley, but whoever they would have gotten it wouldn't have been good enough, and i think you always end up where they are at. no way of knowing obvs, but all the schools in the big 12 that were here when Nebraska was still around, all have better facilities and care more about football now, and are for the most part more competitive than the Purdues and Indianas.