Okay, Nebraska Is Gone, But What If They Are The Only One?

I’m getting this funny feeling we’re about to find out that Keyser Soze is really Verbal Kint.

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/nu-regent-chairman-reports-on-big-10-inaccurate-28499

Imagine how pissed Osborne will be when we show up in the Big Ten…

“And now we are going to meet the new Big 10 conference member, who we have all been told is Nebraska.

OH MY GAWD! WHAT’S THAT SOUND?!?!?!

IT’S THE TEXAS LONGHORNS’ MUSIC!"

Dr. Tom stands flabbergasted in the middle of a ring turning around over and over with his jaw on the floor.

Move OU and OSU to the Big 12 North with a special rule about us playing the Sooners every year. (How hard can that be since we apparently rule this league with an iron fist)

Invite in TCU to give us another opponent the media believes in and to piss off Aggie and Tech and another program the equivalent of Iowa State like Westlake or maybe Texas Pom on a shared PMS week

@DD — Have to admit that would be somewhat hilarious, until T.O.’s head exploded.

At the risk of sounding like a naive Husker fan, don’t UT and the rest have the same recommitment deadline that NU and MU have? If not, the ironicalness would be too much to handle.

In other words — if NU accepts Friday, wouldn’t UT etc. need to declare by next week?

Don’t be so naive. ;)

I think Texas drove the deadline because I think Texas would have loved to have the conference stay together, re do the TV contract and launch their network.

But that may also be naive. The $ may just be too big elsewhere to be ignored.

USC: Banned!

No postseason appearances for two years, loss of scholarships, and no more free spray tan.

Ouch.

Really, really thought I’d be more excited about this move…but I’m not.

Kinda like that feeling you have when you’ve just had middle of the road sex, or decent pizza: it wasn’t great, it wasn’t bad, but hey…it’s sex and/or pizza.

Yeah…that’s what I’m feeling right now. I nailed it.

Pac 10 or Big 10 for Texas please.

If the Big 10 only takes Nebraska, it goes against everthing Delaney has said the last 2 months as to WHY the Big 10 is expanding. They want Texas or ND. This may stop here this year, but it’s going to get ugly. I agree there will be a Big Ten push for Texas. I love the above posts. I’ll do my best JIm Ross voice too when it happens.

I share your thoughts srr50. If the Big Ten only adds Nebraska and goes from 11 to 12, the landscape hasn’t really changed that much…Nebraska is very replaceable. If Texas and it’s anklebiters leave, then we’ve got chaos.

The issue is down the road when these league get serious about going to 16ish teams, because there aren’t 5 quality schools the Big XII could bring in…we’re maxed out at about 12.

Do any of you know the legalities of the conference agreement? If (when) Nebraska defects, that would leave only 3 major votes in the Big 12 and 8 minor ones. Can the members, with Texas, OU, and A&M (all majors) simply vote to dissolve the conference, resulting in no financial penalty for any institution except Nebraska.

Hook ’em