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Regent chair doesn't know of any Big Ten offer
Posted by: Brian Christopherson
on June 9, 2010 at 6:18PM CST

Just finished talking with Bob Phares. He's the chairman of Nebraska's Board of Regents and was part of the Executive Committee that met today and decided to add conference affiliation talk to this Friday's regent meeting agenda.

I asked Phares about reports circulating through cyberspace that Nebraska's Board of Regents have agreed to move to the Big Ten and that a formal announcement Nebraska is leaving will come Friday.

Phares answer: “First of all, there are several factual errors. No. 1, there’s been no vote by the board at all. No. 2, as I understand it, there are no invitations that are extended. You decide if you wish to make an application and then they react to your application.

"And I heard that there were reports that Tom Osborne had advised all of his staff that it was a done deal. You can talk to Tom and see what his comment is. I would be immensely surprised if that was the case, because as I said there’s been no vote by the board and no formal decision.”

The Journal Star has spoken to coaches from three different sports who said there has been no meeting with Osborne since last Friday.

This process seems to be moving forward rapidly, but there do seem to be some premature reports floating about.

***Update: Another statement from the University of Nebraska:

"A report being circulated this afternoon among sports media stating that the University of Nebraska Board of Regents 'met informally' today and have 'agreed to move to the Big Ten' is not accurate. Members of the Board's executive committee met via conference call to discuss the agenda for Friday's meeting. Such meetings routinely take place prior to Board meetings. At its meeting on Friday, the Board will be briefed on UNL athletic conference alignment and consider a resolution. No action was taken during today's conference call, and none will be taken prior to Friday's meeting."