I would be very, very surprised if KU and MU do not end up in a BCS conference. It is KSU I am worried about. Rivalries aside, the hit academics would take to any school relegated to a non-BCS conference trumps anything that has to do with athletics.

He mentioned Missouri.....

It was really a good point, Missouri got the ball rolling on conference teams not trusting each other. Then CU leaving and the Big 12 South threatening put the second nail in the coffin.

Nebraska was just the 3rd nail.

Nobody cared about losing Colorado. Nebraska put all the nails in.

For sure. **** the skiing king of the world.

Yeah, after hearing that Nebraska asked Texas if they were willing to give their broadcasting rights to the Big 12 and the Longhorns said no, I'm not quite as upset with Nebraska anymore. He laid out a pretty good case. Nebraska probably was vulnerable, there may not have been another chance to join the Big 10, and Texas refused to make a real committment to the conference.

Yeah, right after Missoui fellated the Big 10 (which they could have put to bed by saying then what they are saying now).

I'm pretty sure a secret meeting with the Pac 10 and 6 teams threatening to jump ship also helped Nebraska's decision.

I'm confused... what has Mizzou ever said about anything?

Published Friday June 11, 2010
Big Ten chief welcomes Huskers

By Jeffrey Robb
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER



<!-- div id topBlock --> Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany welcomed the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to the conference Friday, capping a day of quick action that sealed Nebraska's move out of the Big 12.
At a press conference on the UNL campus, Delany praised NU as a good fit with the Big 10 athletically and academically.
"We were ready to move more quickly when this opportunity arose," he said as he stood with NU Athletic Director Tom Osborne and UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman.
Delany said Nebraska will move to the Big Ten effective July 1, 2011, and that he presumes the 12-team conference will hold a championship game at the end of that football season.
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"The competition will commence quickly," he said.

Delany said the Big Ten is like a family and that the conference will work hard to integrate Nebraska into the operation.

"For us, we're in a great place," Delany said. "We are stronger today than we were yesterday."

After expanding by one team, Delany said, the Big Ten will continue over the next 12 to 18 months to examine the potential to bring in other teams. He would not comment about other prospective members, although Notre Dame is high on the list.

With Nebraska's departure from the Big 12, Delany said he doesn't believe the loss of any single team means the end of a conference.

"I don't buy that any one institution can be responsible for anything of that dimension."

It's not what they said, it's what they didn't say (until now) when the rumors started.

It's been talked about for years that Missouri and the Big 10 have had interest and the Pac 10 and Colorado as well.

You can't pin this on MU. They never had an offer. Basically it came down to UT and NU....

I'm not pinning the demise of the Big 12 soley on MU. I'm stating that the rumors they allowed to float out there caused alot of distrust within the conference.

That is painfully obvious....

Shockingly now that the offer is not there, the articles about how they are commited to the Big 12 are coming out.

I honestly can't blame anyone for wanting to get away from Texas, Hell I wish KU had been more proactive in all this mess

Basically, it came down to Texas being greedy bastards.

We should have kicked them out years ago and shared the wealth.

They just ruined their second conference.

Why was there an ultimatum for Nebraska and Mizzou... when clearly Texas and the rest of the south was already looking into the Pac 10? And where was CU's ultimatum?

Fwiw, I still believe Mizzou will land in the Big 10. They're just (wisely) keeping their mouths shut.