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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan
Stronger legacy? In football, yes. In basketball, no. As good as NU has been in football, they've been extremely poor in basketball. They are one of a short list of major conference teams to never win a NCAA tournament game. Stronger fan base? Really depends of your definition of that. They've fallen pretty hard in recent years.
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NU can afford to be extremely poor in basketball since they were extremely good for so long in football. The fact is they have multiple national titles under their belt in the last 20+ years. That means they were front and center of the college football world for a while. They've certainly declined since then, but that doesn't destroy the fan base. See Kentucky basketball, Notre Dame football, etc.
So are you suggesting that Missouri has a larger fan base nationally than Nebraska?