ISU and Nebraska volleyball lives on

**AlumNi** · 06-09-2011, 11:30 AM

NU-ISU volleyball lives on | sports.omaha.com

ISU will visit Lincoln at the Devaney Center on Sept. 17. The Huskers will travel to Ames in 2012, with intentions to keep the series alternating between the two sites in following years.

**MNCyGuy** · 06-09-2011, 11:33 AM

That's good to see.

**isufan** · 06-09-2011, 11:35 AM

Good news for the volleyball program. They have had huge attendance the past couple years when Nebraska comes to town.

**twistedredbird** · 06-09-2011, 11:37 AM

Nebraska is also a good recruiting ground for ISU.

**weR138** · 06-09-2011, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by MNCyGuy

That's good to see.

I disagree. I can't think of a good reason to allow LCC to profit from ISU athletics in any way, shape or form.

LCC's athletic dept. set into motion a chain of events which could have cost ISU millions of dollars. They should not be rewarded for that. I am an ISU alumnus and I would prefer that ISU end any and all association with LCC athletics.

**alarson** · 06-09-2011, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by weR138

I disagree. I can't think of a good reason to allow LCC to profit from ISU athletics in any way, shape or form.

LCC's athletic dept. set into motion a chain of events which could have cost ISU millions of dollars. They should not be rewarded for that. I am an ISU alumnus and I would prefer that ISU end any and all association with LCC athletics.

We profit from it too. Itll be very well attended.

**MNCyGuy** · 06-09-2011, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by weR138

I disagree. I can't think of a good reason to allow LCC to profit from ISU athletics in any way, shape or form.

LCC's athletic dept. set into motion a chain of events which could have cost ISU millions of dollars. They should not be rewarded for that. I am an ISU alumnus and I would prefer that ISU end any and all association with LCC athletics.

I'm guessing LCC is the EIU equivalent for Nebraska now?

This game benefits the ISU program just as much as it possibly benefits Nebraska, maybe more. It would be stupid to put a grudge with the Husker AD and administration above something of value to one of our programs.

**d4nim4l** · 06-09-2011, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by weR138

I disagree. I can't think of a good reason to allow LCC to profit from ISU athletics in any way, shape or form.

LCC's athletic dept. set into motion a chain of events which could have cost ISU millions of dollars. They should not be rewarded for that. I am an ISU alumnus and I would prefer that ISU end any and all association with LCC athletics.

Could have cost us millions of dollars but in the end likely gained us millions of dollars.

Nebraska was the school that let their "prestige" get in the way of common sense and hold the Big XII back. Good riddance to the program but glad we are keeping the volleyball series going for the recruiting ties.

**weR138** · 06-09-2011, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by MNCyGuy

I'm guessing LCC is the EIU equivalent for Nebraska now?

This game benefits the ISU program just as much as it possibly benefits Nebraska, maybe more. It would be stupid to put a grudge with the Husker AD and administration above something of value to one of our programs.

So a "university" that gets kicked out of the AAU is more than a glorified football centric community college? News to me.

**MNCyGuy** · 06-09-2011, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by weR138

So a "university" that gets kicked out of the AAU is more than a glorified football centric community college? News to me.

First off, you realize that there are lots of universities that aren't part of the AAU, right? It's just the Big Ten that previously had all their members also be members of the AAU.

Second, that has nothing to do with my point that thinking ISU should stop having a volleyball series with Nebraska is a pretty damn stupid opinion.

**weR138** · 06-09-2011, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by d4nim4l

Could have cost us millions of dollars but in the end likely gained us millions of dollars.

Nebraska was the school that let their "prestige" get in the way of common sense and hold the Big XII back. Good riddance to the program but glad we are keeping the volleyball series going for the recruiting ties.

We have to play volleyball in Lincoln to recruit the state of Nebraska?

It must be a lot different than football because we recruit kids from CA and FL w/o playing there.

**weR138** · 06-09-2011, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by MNCyGuy

First off, you realize that there are lots of universities that aren't part of the AAU, right? It's just the Big Ten that previously had all their members also be members of the AAU.

Second, that has nothing to do with my point that thinking ISU should stop having a volleyball series with Nebraska is a pretty damn stupid opinion.

You brought it up, you know NONE have ever been kicked out, right?

We don't need a series with LCC to survive, do we?

**alarson** · 06-09-2011, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by weR138

You brought it up, you know NONE have ever been kicked out, right?

We don't need a series with LCC to survive, do we?

As i recall, part of why they were kicked out is because their ag strengths werent factored in. Similar reason to why we are near the bottom of the standings.

Its funny that nebraska got kicked out, sure. But i dont believe we were that much above them.

**weR138** · 06-09-2011, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by alarson

As i recall, part of why they were kicked out is because their ag strengths werent factored in. Similar reason to why we are near the bottom of the standings.

Its funny that nebraska got kicked out, sure. But i dont believe we were that much above them.

The OP isn't about LCC academics and I didn't make it about academics. I have a low opinion of their AD and I don't see a compelling reason to associate with them. At all.

**MNCyGuy** · 06-09-2011, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by weR138

The OP isn't about LCC academics and I didn't make it about academics. I have a low opinion of their AD and I don't see a compelling reason to associate with them. At all.

I just wanted to know what "LCC" was because I hadn't seen it used before. You're explanation made it seem like you thought it was something more than an embarassing story for the university.

Do we need the Nebraska game for volleyball to survive? Probably not. That absolutely does not mean that it makes a lick of sense to ignore all the benefits in terms of money, exposure, recruiting, etc. we get from the game in favor of a stupid grudge against them.