[Husker] Pac-10 To Invite Six Big XII Teams

[Mike Jaixen]

Yes, but how realistic is that possibility.  Imagine a Pac-16 with USC, Oregon, UCLA, Washington...and now Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado as well. Factor in teams like Arizona State, Cal, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma State, and you've got a lineup that's full of all-stars.

Faced with that on the other side of the ledger, the Big Ten can't merely respond by picking up Missouri and a few Big East teams.  Even if they can snag Notre Dame, they'll need someone else on that Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Notre Dame level.

And even if that falls through, the SEC will be looking for names to enhance their roster because they won't want to become an afterthought.  Sure, they'll look to Miami and Florida State first.

If I were Kansas State, Iowa State, or Baylor, I'd be freaked out right now.  Nebraska and Kansas (by virtue of their basketball program) will land somewhere in the end.

 Mike Jaixen
http://huskermike.blogspot.com
http://www.cornnation.com




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From: Matt <matthew.a.phillips at gmail.com>
To: David Elfering <aroundomaha at gmail.com>
Cc: "husker at tssi.com" <husker at tssi.com>; Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
Sent: Fri, June 4, 2010 12:38:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Pac-10 To Invite Six Big XII Teams

DFW listers probably know Norm Hitzges from The Ticket here in Dallas.

Norm had the guy on who broke the story in the subject line this morning.

He (the author) brought up a very real scenario in which DONU gets left
without a partner. If there's no big 10 offer pending, and the 6 south teams
head west, he said there's a possibilty we'd end up in the WAC / Mountain
West.

Ouch!

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On Jun 4, 2010 11:35 AM, "David Elfering" <aroundomaha at gmail.com> wrote:

There are some vibes to this that don't resonate well for Nebraska. We
don't have the population nor academic clout  to play in the big money
sandbox. I can see potential politics that have zero to do with
football or athletics period but everything to do with tv ad revenues
and market exposure.

The landscape may change in total favor of commercial product and
thereby totally abandon even the premise of collegiate, amature
athletics as being anything other than a commercial product.

If this happens it that way then NU's football history and quality
product don't factor into the equation very highly. The same will be
true for all areas that don't have TV clout. More over those who do
have that will be pick the bones of those left for dead and pocket the
cash.

Wish I had a better inclination to what we are seeing but this is what
I feel is a strong possibility.
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David Elfering
aroundmaha at gmail.com


On Jun 4, 2010, at 10:46 AM, Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:

>> Northwestern likely cou...
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