[Husker] Big Ten Expansion

[Steve Reichenbach]

I think that NU should join the Big 10 if the opportunity is presented.
There would be some unfortunate aspects, such as increased travel,
distance to away games for fans, lost rivalries, but I think that it
is a more secure conference for the future.

The scenario I like best is the Big 10 going to 16 teams by adding
NU, Missouri, and Kansas on the west (with Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Illinois, and Northwestern) and Rutgers and either Syracuse or Pitt
on the east (with Penn St., Ohio St., Indiana, Purdue, Michigan, and
Michigan St.).  Of course, if Notre Dame jumps in, then that is would
make for different considerations.


> SI's Stewart Mandel speculates (and he makes it clear that he has no 
> inside information) that the Big Ten will go after Nebraska as its 
> "crown jewel" of expansion.
> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/stewart_mandel/04/20/expansion-faqs/index.html
> 
> Someone calling himself "Frank the Tank" reaches essentially the same 
> conclusion by means of analysis too complex for my feeble brain to follow.
> http://frankthetank.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/the-value-of-expansion-candidates-to-the-big-ten-network/