Posted on 06/11/2010 11:39:27 AM PDT by C19fan
1:20 p.m. LINCOLN _ Nebraska has officially accepted an invitation to join the Big Ten Conference, The World-Herald learned early Friday afternoon.
Two sources from conference offices said that Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany contacted BIg 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe on Friday morning to inform Beebe that Delany had officially invited Nebraska to join.
A source with direct knowledge of the situation said Nebraska accepted.
(Excerpt) Read more at omaha.com ...
I keep up with College Football. I had no idea people were ready to run from the Big12. What happened? I think the north division just knows they can’t beat the teams in the southern division. So instead of compete, they just leave. Oh well.
Lemme get this straight:
The Big 12 has 10 teams.
The Big 10 has 12 teams.
The PAC-10 has 11 teams.
Baskin Robbins still has 31 flavors, right?
All about the Franklins. Nebraska just doubled or tripled its income from TV.
Much of it had to do with the television deals the Big XII had as well as how each schooled shared revenue. Also, the schools in the north division felt as though the schools in the south division (mainly Texas) were starting to wield too much power—e.g.: the Big XII title game was moved to Jerry World in Dallas as well as conf. headquarters.
That's not it, the Texas and Oklahoma teams were ready to bolt to the Pac 10. It's all about money. Because of their TV markets the Big Ten and Pac 10 have more lucrative TV deals. The Big 12 will cease to exist within two years or so.
Trivia question: anyone know what the longest running consecutive rivalry in college football is?
Isn’t it Aardvark and Yale?
I keep hearing rumors of Kansas, K-State, and Missouri going to the Big East.....
It’s a mad,mad,mad,mad,mad world in College Football right now.
For some reason my memeory is saying Amherst vs. Williams.
Ask any Nebraska football player what that ‘N’ on their helmet stands for and they’ll say “Knowledge”.
Selfish jerks.
Lafayette-Lehigh???
From an athletic standpoint this move makes little sense. From an academic standpoint it makes no sense at all.
Cincinnati v. Miami of Ohio
That's one rumor.
Another has the Big East being raided by the Big Ten, the ACC being raided by the SEC, and then the shambles of the ACC and Big East combining.
Or the Big East gets picked apart by the Big 10 and the SEC then goes back to big city basketball conference.
And there's about 20 other rumors.
Welcome Big Red! Already looking forward to Michigan State vs. Nebraska.
No, it’s Nebraska vs. Kansas. Played every year since 1905. In two years that comes to an end.
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