[Husker] Big Ten Expansion

[Steve Reichenbach]

Shatel weighs in favoring NU in the "Big 10+1+?".
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100501/SPORTS/705019719#shatel-big-ten-nu-would-be-good-fit

I thought this attributed to Perlman was interesting:
"When you look at the possibility of Missouri or Colorado or the Texas
schools leaving one day, Nebraska would be vulnerable.  We have to be
proactive in this and take care of our position.  And we are."

> 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/