The Great NU Debate

As Adam Rittenberg outlines, there is a growing debate between Northwestern University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln over who will get to use the much sought after NU abbreviation in the new Big 12 11 Ten. I've been a firm proponent of giving Northwestern a new abbreviation for years: NERDS. However, I'm against giving the new guys the abbreviation they want. Therefore, I submit that for one season Nebraska should play with the abbreviation CORN. It can be the Big Ten's way of hazing the new guy.


After the first year, Northwestern and Nebraska should have some sort of competition over the abbreviation. Although, they might have trouble agreeing to what that contest should be.

Northwestern might suggest:
- "whose parents have more money" contest
- research contest
- fencing
- "who has the better fight song" contest (for those that don't know, Northwestern's fight song is fantastic)
- "Armani and Brooks Brothers-wearing" contest

Nebraska might suggest:
- beer chug-off
- football attendance contest
- wrestling
- a campus-wide fistfight
- any sort of athletic contest
- "quantity of hot girls" contest