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Fox Sports Ohio Reporting Neb to Big 10

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Posted this in another thread, since it's an actual news journalism source, instead of UTs puppte (Chip Brown) I though tit deserved it's own thread.

http://www.foxsportsohio.com/06/09/...g-Ten/landing.html?blockID=250141&feedID=3724

By Jeff Seemann
Fox Sports Ohio
June 9, 2010

After a weekend of denials and hushed discussions, the Big Ten will expand to 12 teams as early as Friday. Reports are emerging that the Nebraska Cornhuskers will become the 12th team in the league.

The Big Ten has officially offered an invitation to Nebraska.

Over the weekend, the Big 12 Conference demanded a loyalty pledge from all of its' members, and only 9 teams complied. Two of the three holdouts, Nebraska and Missouri, were given until this Friday to decide if they wanted to stay in the league, and the ultimatum has apparently pushed the Huskers into the Big 10.

“I think before too long — I don't know exactly what that time frame is — we'll be able to put this to bed,'' said Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne, “because I'm getting tired of it.''

The Big Ten had announced plans to explore expansion six months ago, but had placed a 12-to-18 month timetable on the matter. But as other conferences began the same discussions, each league found themselves pushing up their plans. The Big Ten will be the first conference this year to grow.

The Big 12's ultimatum appears to have been the deciding factor, but Osborne downplayed that possibility.

“We certainly don't have anything against anybody in the Big 12,'' the former Husker coach said. “This decision is not going to be based on animosity or petty jealousy. You're talking about something that could maintain for the next 75 to 100 years."

An official announcement is expected by Friday afternoon, but a press conference could be held as early as today.

With Nebraska moving to the Big Ten, the conference would now be home to four of the NCAA's most legendary football schools. Ohio State, Penn State, and Michigan are the league's standard-bearers and a fourth powerhouse would boost the overall image of the conference. Furthermore, it would bring another enormous fanbase into the league.

Memorial Stadium currently averages 86,000 fans per home game, which would give the Big Ten five stadiums that hold 80,000 fans or more. Ohio Stadium, Michigan Stadium, and Penn State's Beaver Stadium each top out at over 100,000. Wisconsin's Camp Randall holds just over 80k.

With the first shift in conference expansion taking place, most college football analysts expect more to occur soon. There is outside interest in adding Missouri to the Big Ten, and the talks regarding Notre Dame has picked up again.
 
Good for NU. I hate the corn, but I'm so sick of all things Texass. I wish CU could hold a new conference and tell UT to go eff themselves.
 
Boom, the first shot is fired...game on.

You knew something was up when a special meeting of the Bd. of Regents was called, I am sure they knew this was in the offing.
 
Interesting, a source that does not have a big rooting interest and sounds a bit more legit.

Also very interesting is setting up this scenario, kNU accepts and becomes number 12, Big X decides that it will only expand in even numbers, ND chooses to stay independant so Big XII does not offer officially to Mizzou. Even though all of this stuff really started around Mizzou, they could end up out in cold if the Big XII disolves. I can imagine the cold stares in the room with the Mizzou AD trying to talk with the KU, KSU, ISU, Baylor ADs about forming a new conference after that group has been left behind by the rest of the Big XII.
 
“We certainly don't have anything against anybody in the Big 12,'' the former Husker coach said.
:lol:
Yeah, and I've got beachfront property in Idaho I'd like to sell too!

Well played, Dr. Tom, well played. :thumbsup:
 
Looks like that Fox Ohio report is sourcing the same Omaha report that everyone else is sourcing.

This kind of feels like everyone running with the nebraska/missouri/rutgers report from radio station WHB about a month ago.
 
Assuming the conference/bowl affiliation stays the same, how about a Nebraska/Colorado Rose Bowl?
 
Even though all of this stuff really started around Mizzou, they could end up out in cold if the Big XII disolves. I can imagine the cold stares in the room with the Mizzou AD trying to talk with the KU, KSU, ISU, Baylor ADs about forming a new conference after that group has been left behind by the rest of the Big XII.

This is a really interesting aspect of this whole soap opera. Hats off to kNU, which clearly saw the writing on the wall and positioned themselves (discreetly I might add - unlike those crying little bitches at Baylor) to be the Big 10's target from the Big XII.

The Fuskers were not in the discussion at all in the beginning, then suddenly - popcorn - they are the ones who are going to lead the change...
 
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