Nebraska announces it is moving to Big Ten

[tornado]

was kinda expected but now that the official announcement comes - all heck breaking loose in Big 12..

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2010/06/university-of-nebraska-asks-regents-to-approve-move-from-big-12-to-big-ten/1

other Big 12 schools demanding a payment or considering lawsuits....after all the years that the big boys
like Texas & Kansas cheated & did what they danged well wanted to......now they're ticked
because Nebraska is doing what they want to

[thefish7]

The end is nigh! :d

[tornado]

greed will ruin the sport I love the most, college basketball.......

[Future Walk-On]

greed will ruin the sport I love the most, college basketball.......

greed is the one and only sin that will ruin the world.....

I think about this often.

[SFP]

greed will ruin the sport I love the most, college basketball.......

Greed almost killed our economy!

[thefish7]

Had a bit of fun with this on the old blog.

[Bravesfan]

And the dominoes have now started falling.

I hope Bradley has fun playing Canisius or Oakland of Michigan for the Division I-AA national championship in a few years!

[tornado]

what?? but I thought Kansas was going to be in the MVC...

[AZ BU Fan]

Besides the $$$, or should I say $$$$$$$$$$$$, Nebraska is better suited to play football in the cold weather Big 10 vs trying to keep up with hot weather track meets vs Tex and Okla schools.

Would also guess NU sports programs are a lot cleaner than their Big 12 southern division rivals...

Too bad the Big 8 sold their soul years ago when they picked up the Texas schools chasing the $$$...It's come full circle now...

[tornado]

Announcement pending -
Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State all going to Pac-10

Texas A&M likely to SEC

Nebraska already to Big Ten & Colorado already to Pac-10, so that leaves...
Kansas, Kansas State, Mizzou, Baylor, Iowa State all still trying to decide...
Some talk of Kansas & K-State to Mountain West - maybe Baylor & ISU, too...but that's unlikely unless they also land a few others like Houston...

Baylor & Mizzou still hoping for a Big Ten invite...

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/061410dnspobayloradinterview.9ea00ace.html

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/sports/football/college/article_df3731e8-7686-11df-a045-001cc4c002e0.html

[Beninator]

greed will ruin the sport I love the most, college basketball.......

greed is the one and only sin that will ruin the world.....

I think about this often.

Greed almost killed our economy!

"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind." Michael Douglas-Wall Street

Who knows, it might be a bad movie, but it is fitting that the sequel to Wall Street is scheduled to open this year.

IMO these conference realignments will make the NCAA more powerless than it is now. We might as well be open about paying the players as the scholar-athlete is going to be a thing of the past.

[Braves4Life]

This is absolutely amazing..... the speed with which this thing has unfolded...... the collapse of the Big 12. It is eerily reminiscent of what happened to our economy and companies like Lehman, WaMu, and AIG back in September of 2008.

[Beninator]

This is absolutely amazing..... the speed with which this thing has unfolded...... the collapse of the Big 12. It is eerily reminiscent of what happened to our economy and companies like Lehman, WaMu, and AIG back in September of 2008.

Meanwhile, the NCAA does nothing......

[TheAsianSensation]

Meanwhile, the NCAA does nothing......

For whatever little it's worth:

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/12410/where-is-the-ncaa-during-all-this

Remember, the NCAA does not want to provoke anyone. They're at risk of losing everything.

[squirrelgotdead]

Meanwhile, the NCAA does nothing......

What can the NCAA do? The NCAA has never in its history forced membership or interfered with institutions or conferences, nor should it.

However, it could be more proactive in establishing new membership guidelines.

The problem for the NCAA is twofold now: No full-time President. They only have interim leadership right now. And a moratorium on institutional reclassification until 2011 is in place while a subcommittee considers whether new membership requirements/guidelines are in order.

So what that means is that the NCAA is in a holding pattern right now and schools' hands are tied in terms of being able to pursue the opportunity to move to FBS football if they want.

In the meantime, the BCS conferences are consolidating their power and resources so that the NCAA will have no other option than to be a puppet state or be left behind by those schools.