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Between TV specials, six days that led to the postponement of the Big Ten's football season

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Between TV specials, six days that led to the postponement of the Big Ten's football season

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Nebraska vs. Purdue, 10/28/17

Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos (second from right) heads toward the Huskers' locker room with UNL Chancellor Ronnie Green (left) before a football game at in October 2017.

Rutgers vs. Nebraska, 9/23/17

Balloons fly over Memorial Stadium after the Huskers scored against Rutgers on Sept. 23, 2017. 

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Bill Moos had been nervous for days, understanding the gist of the conversations taking place among the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors, but unable to read the room for himself.

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