[sphinx]

I dislike the new arrangements, but given that's the world we're in, Nebraska is ok in the Big 10. Missouri or Kansas would be ok too. The Big Ten is midwestern, and it feels more natural for it to expand to the heartland rather than the east coast. It has gone east, of course, to capture tv markets and a new recruiting base. The way college football works today, the only real question is whether the Big Ten, the ACC, or the SEC will be the first to sign up west coast teams.

Notre Dame would have been a natural for the Big Ten all along, and a better fit than Northwestern (for reasons that speak well of Northwestern), but Notre Dame has a great thing going as the top independent and the flagship Catholic school. But if Notre Dame is going to go the conference route, the Big Ten is the best fit.

[dangus]

>> The way college football works today, the only real question is whether the Big Ten, the ACC, or the SEC will be the first to sign up west coast teams. <<

From the Pac-12? I don’t think so. But the rumors of Texas to the Big Ten would be equally moronic.