<p>Alex, go back and look at your earlier statements made regarding Nebraska on this very thread [or maybe an earlier thread on same subject]. I said Nebraska was a great fit for the Big Ten and you poo pooed it.</p>
<p>If they added ND and Texas that’s 13 teams. Good luck adding Texas in the future without Aggie, OU and Tech.</p>
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Pac-10 actively courted Colorado and Texas in the '90s…admittedly when CU’s football was much better. We woulda had CU and Texas in the Pac-10 a long time ago if 'furd hadn’t objected. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>UCB, if I poo pooed Nebraska, it was unintentional. I have maintained from the start that Nebraska is a traditionally elite football program. The Big 10 is definitely better for having them. I merely think that if the expension ends without either Texas or Notre Dame joining, it did not accomplish what it set out to do.</p>
<p>The Big 10 and Big 12 can switch names now.</p>
<p>^^ I believe that I also had poo pooed Nebraska on one post due to frustration throughout this whole nerve-racking expansion process… Therefore, to amend my unintentional mistake, I’ve decided to purchase a Nebraska souvenir (most likely a shirt) as a means to welcome and support the Cornhuskers to our conference! Go Big Ten!! :)</p>
<p>New Big Ten Logo
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<p>Potential Big Ten Championship Game Venues
Dome Location
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<p>The name “Pac-16” would make no sense since half of the conference teams would be from TX, CO, OK, and AZ. There’s nothing “Pacific” about these states.</p>
<p>Now that Texas is off the table, what does the Big 10 do? Do they stay with 12 (which would be great considering that the addition is one of College Football’s most storied programs) or do they try to secure Notre Dame and add Pitt, Rutgers and Syracuse once (and only if) Notre Dame is on board?</p>
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<p>IF Notre Dame were interested, I’d go after Pitt and call it a day. Rutgers brings little to the table and Syracuse is a nightmare logistically with a football dome that is 30+ years old and showing its age. I think Notre Dame wishes to pursue a Notre Dame network. I’m guessing that they will start with Olympic type sports and add football when the NBC contract is over. Will a core Catholic base pay money to see Notre Dame play Navy? I don’t even have a guess at that.</p>
<p>ESPN - Rank 'Em: Big Ten </p>
<p>[List</a> Ranker - Rank 'Em: Big Ten - ESPN](<a href=“http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/rank?versionId=2&listId=660#topOfList]List”>http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/rank?versionId=2&listId=660#topOfList)</p>
<p>Sam, name could have been changed to something like PacWest.</p>
<p>Alex, stories out say a secretive group of influential people, such as athletic directors, boosters, brass from NCAA, media and businesses forced the Texas schools to stick together because they did not like the pace and aggression of the Pac-10 and its expansion efforts. They felt it would be messing up traditions and implementing a new business model for the NCAA that they weren’t ready for…I doubt they’d stomach another round of aggression from the Big Ten because that’ll start the whole process over. </p>
<p>I think the Big Ten and other NCAA conferences stand pat for a few years.</p>
<p>I agree with ctyankee and UCB. Should Notre Dame be interested, adding them with one other school (Pitt or Rutgers) would be fine as long as the Big 10 stops there. That way, the Big 10 can save two spots for Texas and Texas A&M in the future, should they be intersted in jumping ship.</p>
<p>To be honest, I am not sure how long the Big 12 can survive without Nebraska and Colorado. Nebraska is the second most important program (tied with Oklahoma) in the conference and Colorado is fourth. With those two gone, and Utah likely to join the Pac 10, how with the Big 12 replace those two important programs to create a conference championship game? As far as I am concerned, the Big 12 merely delayed the inevitable.</p>
<p>^ I agree. Adding BYU and Air Force, or a Houston and TCU doesn’t help the Big XII too much. They’re calling it Southwest Conference 2.0. </p>
<p>I’m sure Texas fans are really gonna enjoy heading to Lubbock, Stillwater, Ames, Manhattan, and Waco every year…</p>
<p>Oh well, if UT is gonna get $25 million/year from this, more power to 'em. They’ll need to bolster their out-of-conference schedule if the BCS remains in play. A one loss SEC or Big Ten team might get the nod over an undefeated UT team for the NCG.</p>
<p>Sources think Colorado panicked and now will have to pay between $6 mil and $8 mil to leave B12 when it couldn’t afford Hawkins’ $3m buyout.
about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck </p>
<p>Source: [Chip</a> Brown (ChipBrownOB) on Twitter](<a href=“http://twitter.com/chipbrownob]Chip”>http://twitter.com/chipbrownob)</p>
<h2>Which makes me wonder how much would Nebraska has to pay for penalty bolting from the Big-12?!</h2>
<p>University of Nebraska joins Big Ten academically, too</p>
<p>BY JULIAN GONZALEZ | JUNE 15, 2010 7:30 AM</p>
<p>With the news earlier this week that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will join the Big Ten in 2011, the athletics departments arent the only ones eager to explore the new union.</p>
<p>University of Iowa spokesman Tom Moore said many academic departments are eager, too.
With the addition of the University of Nebraska to the Big Ten, we are enhancing the academic standings of the conference, he said.</p>
<p>Nebraska will be the first new entry to the Big Ten since Penn State joined in 1990. Moore said he thinks Nebraskas academics, research, and engagement activities are an excellent fit and complement each other very well.</p>
<p>Meg Lauerman, the Nebraska director of university communication, agreed. </p>
<p>Nebraskas research aspirations have been held to the high standards of the Big Ten, she wrote in an e-mail. [Nebraskas] upward trajectory in a number of metrics will only be enhanced through association with the Big Ten.</p>
<p>According to U.S. News & World Report, Nebraska is ranked the 43rd public national institution. The UI is No. 29.</p>
<p>Further, along with all the current Big Ten members, the university is a member of the Association of American Universities and recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as a Doctoral/Research Extensive University. Average ACT scores Nebraskas is a 28 are also similar.</p>
<p>And of the Nebraska Board of Regents 10 listed peer institutions, five are Big Ten.</p>
<p>She said one of those opportunities is entry to the Committee for Institutional Cooperation, which can help Nebraska leverage better faculty, funding, facilities through collaboration and shared buying power.</p>
<p>Including recently published joint research findings for HIV, Nebraska and the UI have a track record of collaboration. All Big Ten members are actively involved and in collaboration with each other something Lauerman said is beneficial in Lincoln, where the university is centered.</p>
<p>She thinks the Big Ten name recognition will enhance the universitys ability to recruit faculty.</p>
<p>Ultimately, Nebraskas joining the Big Ten will open doors to new investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in expanding regional and national markets, she said. </p>
<p>The Big Tens worldwide international reputation for excellence enhances Nebraskas goals to attract more international scholars and students.</p>
<h2>Link: [University</a> of Nebraska joins Big Ten academically, too - The Daily Iowan](<a href=“http://www.dailyiowan.com/2010/06/15/Metro/17512.html]University”>http://www.dailyiowan.com/2010/06/15/Metro/17512.html)</h2>
<p>Also, BTN’s breakdown on the potential conference division scenario (watch from 6:20)
[University</a> of Nebraska joins Big Ten academically, too - The Daily Iowan](<a href=“http://www.dailyiowan.com/2010/06/15/Metro/17512.html]University”>http://www.dailyiowan.com/2010/06/15/Metro/17512.html)</p>
<p>Go Big Ten! lol</p>
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<p>The departing teams hoped (and still do) that the Big 12 conference would collapse and thus avoid paying the penalties.</p>
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<p>Agreed. Still, over the longer haul, those penalties may be well worth it to get to better conferences … and conferences with revenue parity. </p>
<p>Meanwhile the Big XII Conference just needs to remove the X ;)</p>
<p>Also, BTN’s breakdown on the potential conference division scenario (watch from 6:20)
[YouTube</a> - (Big Ten Expansion) Nebraska Press Conference - 5/6](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of_A_2XDusQ]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of_A_2XDusQ)</p>
<p>Go Big Ten! lol</p>
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<p>Alexandre, why would the Big 12 have a problem having a championship game with 10 teams? Is a conference with ten teams unable to declare a champion? What did the Big 10 do … this year? </p>
<p>Also, why do you assume that no team might be interested in joining a conference based in Texas? Is it impossible to imagine that a program such as TCU might be interested in playing teams such as OU and Texas? </p>
<p>The beauty of the game of musical chairs is that it only stops when the last note is played. The people in charge are hardly done shuffling the decks. Schools that were on their conference deathbeds will continue to find ways to protect themselves. Don’t you think that the poor bears of Baylor did sweat blood and tears during the last months. Remember that is a part of the country that is not only conservative but also very proud and … powerful. Is it possible that teams from Texas and OK did not think to highly of becoming the last additions of a Big 16 or Pac16. </p>
<p>Of course, your famed Big 10 might consider sweetening the pot by allowing Texas to keep more of its money or renaming the conference … BigTex (I assume you know whom that is) :)</p>
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<p>To become a conference of … two teams? That’d be interesting … Texas and OU aka the Big II confernce. It would give a new meaning to the term Terrible Two.</p>
<p>Come to think about it, the Big 10 wanted to add two teams all along. This way they could change their name to Big 12 and hope the unaware public might actually believe the Big 10 won more than a couple of titles in the last 40 years.</p>
<p>I think the current Big XII should rename itself LIL 10 and force its players to go on their knees before each game and, looking to the North, pray like they do in Medina.</p>
<p>With the additions of PSU and NU the B10 has upped it’s 40 year NC total substantially. Without having to sellout to do it. The B10 was masterful in managing this latest crisis.</p>
<p>Has Colorado been able to get players from Texas- if not going to the PAC-10 will help them recruit California.
You need to get players from Texas, California and Florida to be really good so it helps if you are in a conference with teams from one of those States</p>
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