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Old 06-06-2010, 04:54 PM   #1213
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Originally Posted by Laz View Post
All depends on whether or not they have a concrete invite from the Big 10. If they do, then if the Big 12 gives an ultimatum they go ahead and bail to the Big 10. But if they don't then things get a little more dicey ... especially for Nebraska.

The only real reason Nebraska is getting an invite is because the Big 10 is a heavy football conference and Nebraska has a big football history. Also it looks like Nebraska might be improving their football back to being big time again. If Nebraska calls the Big 12 bluff and Notre Dame joins the Big 10 or something, Nebraska is screwed and screwed hard. Other conferences that aren't as heavy duty football as the Big 10 won't place as much value in Nebraska's main calling card.

Mizzou has a broader value than that so they can probably find a BCS conference on their own because they have St. Louis. Mizzou is all about having a 2-city market ... without St. Louis they have pretty much Jack and shit with Jack getting ready to leave town.

Still ... if they haven't received a concrete invite to the Big 10 they take a significant risk by calling the Big 12 bluff. This is what the Big 12 is shooting for imo ... play the bluff and hope 1 or both of the teams would rather stay in the Big 12 than risk getting caught out in the independent wind.

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There's no danger in calling the bluff...

If the Pac-10 goes to 16, there is NO way the Big Ten doesn't. Missouri is fine in that case. Nebraska most likely is as well. (Missouri, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Rutgers to Big 16).

Missouri and Nebraska hold all the cards in this. Texas has none, and hates it. If Texas takes its little friends and leaves for the Pac-10, Missouri and Nebraska have their tickets cemented to the Big Ten.

The only real danger to Missouri's ride to the Big Ten was Texas and aTm going, or Notre Dame going (and them stopping at 12). Neither of those things is an option now.

There's no way Delany sits around while the expansion chips fall and lets the Big Ten get caught reacting.
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