Absolute, no worries, it's a good topic, regardless of when the story broke.
Now that NU is in the B1G, I have to admit, they've fallen off my college football radar screen and I only watch them 2, maybe 3 times throughout the season. When they were in the B12, I watched at least 8 or 9 of their games each year and I loved the old Big 8 rivalry with them. At the time, I'd say the NU rivalry was bigger than our rivalry with texass.
So, I have developed kind of a "meh" feeling about this game, especially since it's no longer a confernece/rivalry game, and partly because I still have some heartburn about them leaving the conference. I'm sure that as time draws closer, I'll get more excited about it, but right now it's just another "big name" non-conference game like Bama, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Oregon, tOSU, etc. Leading up to the game will be exciting, but once it's over, it will be just another score in the record books.