OT-Nebraska to Big Ten Topic

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Quote: Originally Posted By options4 on 6/10/2010
Quote: Originally Posted By damon_h1992 on 6/09/2010
say all this goes through, when will it go into effect? I mean when will nebraska officially be playing big 10 games?

I honestly thought the big 12 had more clout....However, being a sooner fan, it would be fun to be in the pac 10 and still get to play texas, a&m and tech every year as a conference game...

I really don't think Baylor should come along...just my opinion but state funded schools should be separated from private schools. Private schools will never be able to compete consistently in football....



USC is a private school.
...without cheating.
6/10/2010 8:52 AM
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If Nebraska joins the Big 10, they could even have one of those silly little trophy games with Penn St. like so many of the other Big 10 conference games have riding on them.

If Nebraska wins, they get ownership of the disputed 1982 national championship trophy (where was instant replay for that season??!?)...if Penn St. wins, Nebraska must fork over the 1994 national championship award that (I can't believe I'm uttering these words) probably deservedly should have gone to an absolutely star-studded Penn St. roster that year.

That'd make Paul Bunyan's ax and the Old Oaken Barrel look like chump change by comparison ;)

And then the game with Michigan be for the 1997 National Championship? Come on, man, I like the thinking, but that's crazy talk
Only if Michigan has a national championship trophy that we think rightfully belongs at NU ;)

And I know it's crazy talk, but man is it fun to just sit back as a fan and imagine what might soon be. I want tickets to the first Nebraska-Iowa conference game if it all comes about, because I think that rivalry will get insanely crazy between the two states.

Here we are, it's almost three months to the first set of games and folks are already buzzing for the year ahead because of all this talk. I'm sitting here like a kid before Christmas, waiting to wake up tomorrow and see if Santa Big 10 membership under our tree or if I'm going to rip the wrapping paper off that package and find that we're still stuck in the lump of coal that is the Big 12.
6/10/2010 9:41 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By shqipta on 6/09/2010
The Chicago Tribune says that Texas has already informed its coaches that Texas will be joining the Pac 10.

Here is how they claim it would work:

"The new formation would go into effect in the fall of 2012 with the schools split into eight-team divisions. The West Division will likely be a throwback to the old Pac-8: USC, UCLA, California, Stanford, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington State and Washington.

Arizona and Arizona State, which joined the league in 1978, would join the six Big 12 newcomers. In football, the division leaders would meet in a conference championship game.

Each division could play all seven teams in their division — keeping traditional rivalries intact — with two cross-over games.

The Rose Bowl still is obligated to take the champion of the Big Ten and Pac-10, no matter the configuration."


ESPN is reporting that the "PAC-16" may lobby the NCAA for 2 automatic BCS bids... one for each 8-team division. This would eliminate the need for a conference championship game (which the PAC-10 apparently doesn't believe in), and would allow for the 2 division winners to potentially play each other for a national championship in the BCS title game.
6/10/2010 10:20 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By alblack56 on 6/10/2010

Quote: Originally Posted By gators55 on 6/09/2010

Quote: Originally posted by barretchap on 6/09/2010
Seems like the SEC should add Louisville as a counterpart to Kentucky, Georgia Tech for Georgia, Clemson for South Carolina and either Miami or Florida St. to pair with Florida. That seems logical to me, but logic is not what rules the day with realignment in any sport.

Louisville will NOT be invited into the SEC. They offer nothing, besides that natural rivalry.

I'd love to add Georgia Tech, Clemson (who is a shoe-in by me) and both Miami and FSU (they declined last time).




You're right about Louisville. They only average 39,000 attendance in football....and that was when they were winning. Their new stadium seats 60,000.

Plus, Louisville is only the 48th biggest TV market and the whole state already watches the SEC.

If the SEC raids the ACC, Louisville would be a better fit for the ACC. Or, possibly, a new conference that includes Cincinnati and the overs from the Big-12
In 2009, Louisville's athletic department generated more revenue than either Georgia Tech, Miami-FL or Florida State (not to mention several other BCS schools rumored to be moving). Their biggest problem is simply that they wouldn't bring much in the way of additional TV sets. But I think it's likely they'll wind up in a BCS conference.
6/10/2010 11:40 AM
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6/10/2010 12:07 PM
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From Pac-10.com

University of Colorado Joins Pac-10

Buffaloes become 11th member of the Conference and first new member since 1987


June 10, 2010

WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--The Pacific-10 Conference announced today that the University of Colorado at Boulder has accepted an invitation to join the Conference as it’s 11th member, the first new member since July 1, 1978.

“This is an historic moment for the Conference, as the Pac-10 is poised for tremendous growth. The University of Colorado is a great fit for the Conference both academically and athletically and we are incredibly excited to welcome Colorado to the Pac-10,” said Commissioner Larry Scott.

“On behalf of The University of Colorado students, faculty, alumni and fans, we are proud to accept this invitation from the Pac-10 and join the most prestigious academic and athletic conference in the nation, “ said Philip P. DiStefano, chancellor of CU-Boulder.

“The University of Colorado is a perfect match - academically and athletically - with the Pac-10,” said University of Colorado President Bruce D. Benson, “our achievements and aspirations match those of the universities in the conference and we look forward to a productive relationship.”

Commissioner Scott, Chancellor DiStefano, President Benson, CU Board of Regents Chairman Steve Bosely and CU Athletics Director Mike Bohn and others will hold an official press conference on Friday, June 11, 2010 at 11 a.m. MT at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo.
6/10/2010 12:23 PM
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6/10/2010 12:50 PM
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the pac 10 knows that even if spurned by the rest of the big 12 (which they won't be) that colorado is a piece they wanted that had no baggage and they can surely get byu or utah or someone to be their 12th which is the minimum magic number
6/10/2010 12:59 PM
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Update:

SEC has shown interest in OU but OU officials say they will go where Texas goes...

Texas has all the cards.. Will it be SEC or PAC
6/10/2010 1:52 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By jweb1510 on 6/10/2010
Quote: Originally posted by rednu on 6/10/2010 That'd make Paul Bunyan's ax and the Old Oaken Barrel look like chump change by comparison ;)

Trust me, no one outside the state of Indiana (and most of the people IN Indiana) care about the Old Oaken Bucket, so it wouldn't take much at all to surpass its prestige


From Indiana and could care less about the Bucket game. Its not much of a rivalry game when IU usually sucks. Even when Purdue sucks, IU sucks more.
6/10/2010 1:54 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by bigtexhawk on 6/10/2010Update:
SEC has shown interest in OU but OU officials say they will go where Texas goes...

Texas has all the cards.. Will it be SEC or PAC
I don't think there's any way they would all go to the SEC. The three Texas schools and Oklahoma won't be separated, and I doubt Okie State would be separated from Oklahoma, especially with all the money T. Boone Pickens has dumped into that University. That would make 5 teams, and there's no way the SEC would want 17.
6/10/2010 2:58 PM
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