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

[Jon Johnston]

A scenario that hasn't been covered? Surely you jest, sir!!!!

If the Big 10 would add Nebraska, but not Missouri, then I would not travel to MO in a car with Nebraska plates. 

(Or not, despite their recent uptick, most Missourans still don't care.)

Jon J. 

On Jun 5, 2010, at 1:41 AM, Aaron Wolfson wrote:

> Hey, the sooner something happens, the better for Nebraska, IMO. We get the
> ego boost, the certainty of an outcome, and more time to prepare for the
> switch.
> 
> I haven't seen this scenario floated, but what if the Big 10 adds Nebraska
> and stops? (Assuming ND rejects them, of course.) I think I like that idea a
> lot better than a Big 10 that goes even farther east. But they probably
> won't be able to resist adding the extra teams, especially with this Pac-10
> talk.
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman has tweeted that A&M Athletic
>> Director $Bill Byrne has told his staff and coaches that the reports of the
>> Aggies joining the Pac-10 are true.
>> 
>> http://twitter.com/kbohls/status/15440730037
>> 
>> "Frank the Tank", a Big Ten blogger who's been out in front of Big Ten
>> expansion, throws out this little nugget. (Grenade?)
>> 
>> I’ve received indications that Nebraska could be invited to the Big Ten
>> quickly (possibly in the next week), where the conference would grant
>> the school a fully vested revenue share (including a full stake in the
>> Big Ten Network) in order to cover the higher Big XII exit fees for a
>> 1-year notice period for leaving.  This would allow the Huskers to
>> begin Big Ten play for the 2011 football season.  It could also set
>> into motion something similar to what I had theoretically posed in the
>> “Multi-Phase Big Ten Expansion: How to Build a Super Death Star Conference”
>> post, where the Big Ten inviting Nebraska puts pressure on Texas to
>> join.  Now, that could ultimately just give Texas and other Big XII
>> schools the political cover necessary to bolt to the Pac-10 en masse as
>> rumored, but let me be clear on this one: THERE IS NO SCHOOL MORE LIKELY TO
>> END UP IN THE BIG TEN THAN NEBRASKA.
>> 
>> 
>> http://frankthetank.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/aint-no-party-like-a-west-coast-party-for-real/
>> 
>> 
>> 2011?  Now THAT would be chaos!
>> 
>> 
>> 
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