<p>Hawkette just doesn’t like the midwest and west coast boys swarming like vultures over her beloved Texas-rich conference…I now think she went to Baylor. :)</p>
<p>Larry Scott, Pac-10 commish, is a Harvard graduate…haha! More of that East Coast eliteness, and historical academic powers screwing things up, right Hawkette?</p>
<p>There’s too emphasis on money and not enough emphasis on fun. College football is fun–this is not, particularly if it means several conferences get eviscerated and some great athletic schools like U Kansas get left out. </p>
<p>Fouling up other conferences is not a good thing and what’s good for the Big 10 may not be good for the game nationally. I think lots of people will be angry for years to come and will celebrate when the new product doesn’t do nearly as well as expected. I also think that a lot of Texans will start following other conferences, especially if A&M lands in the SEC and/or if TCU stays strong. Who needs the Longhorns???</p>
<p>As for Larry Scott, he didn’t do much for women’s tennis. I’m not sure why he’s being written about as some kind of wunderkind.</p>
<p>You’re right, hawkette. I feel sorta bad for Kansas. </p>
<p>Looks like Mizzou is getting the cold shoulder from the Big Ten.</p>
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You may get your wish, hawkette…Congress is likely to step in…what other things can they get their hands into?
[Orangebloods.com</a> - Source: Nebraska regents clear path to Big Ten](<a href=“http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1092612]Orangebloods.com”>http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1092612)</p>
<p>Texas can’t go anywhere without Texas Tech. Ohio State refers to it in internal emails at their “Tech problem”. aTm is still a good sports program that other conferences would be interested in, but Tech is just a price you have to pay for Texas.</p>
<p>Why are people acting like the Big Ten is reaching out to everyone?</p>
<p>The Big Ten has, in reality, reached out to almost nobody other than Notre Dame and Texas. Even Nebraska wasn’t sure if they would get an invite from the Big Ten before they approached the Big Ten this week and (supposedly) the Big Ten invited them today.</p>
<p>The solid-gold football programs over the decades are these few (in no particular order):</p>
<p>Ohio State
Michigan
Penn State
Texas
Alabama
Notre Dame
Southern California
Oklahoma
Nebraska</p>
<p>The Big 10 already has 3 of these. If they get more of these, it will be a positive move for the Big 10. Getting any schools other than the 6 remaining ones (all except Alabama and USC have been mentioned) will be treading water at best.</p>
<p>(Miami, Florida, FSU, LSU, VaTech, Oregon etc. have been up and down or are recent arrivals at the party.)</p>
<p>[Sources:</a> All signs point to Nebraska to Big Ten - ESPN Chicago](<a href=“Man United players fed up with Jadon Sancho - source - ESPN”>Sources: All signs point to Nebraska to Big Ten - ESPN)</p>
<p>Sportscenter made it sound like Nebraska to the Big Ten is basically a done deal.</p>
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Well from all the articles I’ve read I think it is. I would call it a tragedy. Speaking of just football ofcourse Nebraska is a good school, but to include more than just football: all sports and academics Nebraska is a better fit for the Big 12.</p>
<p>If they can get Buffett interested they could move Nebraska up in academics. But he seems to prefer the Gates Foundation.</p>
<p>…Nebraska is not a world away academically from the bottom of the Big Ten (MSU, Iowa, Indiana, etc…). Certainly not as good, but it’s not like UNL is a tier 4 university.</p>
<p>Someone please explain to me what are the benefits of adding Cornhuskers to Big Ten… Nebraska’s USNWR ranking is at #96 (worst in our conference, nearly 30 spots behind IU, MSU & Iowa), a school with only ~23,500 students (18,500 under + 4,600 graduate students) - smallest student body next to Northwestern. The school also has the lowest endowment (~965 million) along with Iowa in Big Ten. Granted a large football stadium (~81,000 seats) and great football tradition, and perhaps the state of Nebraska TV market, I really don’t know what else to think?</p>
<p>Personally, I am willing to trade Nebraska over Pitt in spite of lack-of TV market for the sake of academics and PSU rivalry. Anyway, I can only hope that the expansion does not stop at 12… Must add Notre Dame if not Texas!! </p>
<p>P.S. I believe Warren Buffett gave his $$$ to UPenn (wharton) & Columbia - his other Alma Maters!! lol~</p>
<p>Despite some lackluster years of late, Nebraska is a name that gets any college football fan’s heart racing. They are a big draw in football, and are solid in a lot of other sports. Being the only major state university in the state, it would seem possible that with some focused effort, they could upgrade the academics to better match those of the Big 10. There are also a lot of well-off high schoolers in the Chicago who seem to like to take their fat wallets and fertile brains to out-of-state Big 10 schools (especially Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Purdue, and Iowa). It’s easy to see some of them in Cornhusker red if U of N joins the Big 10.</p>
<p>What does all of this mean for basketball?</p>
<p>Not sure. It would be unfortunate if Kansas gets left out in limbo after all of this is done, which is looking kind of likely.</p>
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<p>On the men’s side it means a couple more wins for the current Big 10 teams</p>
<p>On the women’s side it adds a very strong program</p>
<p>personally, I’m sick of this expansion talk now. It was fine before so why change anything and leave some schools like Kansas out?</p>
<p>But I guess this is America and everything big gets bigger in America.</p>
<p>The latest scuttlebutt is that the B10 is ready to invite ND, UT, TAMU and Mizzou w/ the Mizzou invite being contingent on UT and/or ND joining.</p>
<p>Now, UT and TAMU could very well end up in the Pac10 w/ the rest of the B12 South, but it appears (as was always likely) that the B10 is taking its shot at landing UT.</p>
<p>UNL is apparently already in and if ND and/or UT decline, the B10 may very well stay pat at 12.</p>
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<p>Mizzou isn’t exactly a “small market” team - being in a state w/ 6 million people.</p>
<p>UNL, while having a small TV market base, will bring in the advertising $$ (the BTN gets 60% of its revenue from advertising).</p>
<p>Granted, neither is a “HR” that a ND or UT would be, but UNL is probably the next best thing.</p>
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<p>OU would not meet the academics threshold.</p>
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<p>OU is not tied in any way to UT as TAMU (definitely) and TT/Baylor (maybe).</p>
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<p>As already stated, there isn’t much diff. btwn flying for 2 hrs vs. 3 or 4 hrs; and the additional monies that UT would make (more so the B10 than the Pac10) would more than make up for any additional travel expenses.</p>
<p>Even w/in the B12, UT already flies everywhere but 2 or 3 places.</p>
<p>A lot can happen Pierre. Texas may reject the Big 10 or Pac 10 offers and instead, the Big 12 may decide to just invite a 12th team to join. If that is the case, the Big 10 will probably stop at 12, unless Notre Dame accepts the invistation (doubtful if Texas remains in the Big 12 and no superconferences are created) and the Big 10 would then grow to 14, with either Rutgers, Pitt or Syracuse as the likely 14th team.</p>
<p>Of course, should Texas accept the offer, the Big 10 will grow to 16, with Notre Dame, A&M and Missou/Texas Tech being the likely other three teams. If this scenario were to unfold, the college football landscape will be altered significantly. With one conference housing 6of the 10 most storied football programs, other conferences will be under pressure to grow and the formation of “super conferences”.</p>
<p>Texas, along with Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Texas A&M may opt for the Pac 10, thereby creating another super conference. </p>
<p>All hinges on Texas at this stage.</p>
<p>My guess would actually be that if the Pac 10 superconference was created, you would see ND, Mizzou, and Rutgers join the Big Ten. It makes way more sense for them from a financial and academic standpoint.</p>