The End Of The Big 12
Written by Christopher Corazon, Thursday June 10 2010
The Big 12 is breaking up, with teams joining the Big 10, the Pac 10, and some being left to find their own conference. Nebraska will move to the Big 10 according to AD Tom Osborne. Colorado will accept an invitation to join the Pac 10. Texas, Texas Tech,, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State will probably follow into the Pac 10.
This creates a mega conference for the Pac 10, which would have 16 teams. The Big 10 has other teams that could be included in expansion, possibly more from the big markets in the east, and possibly they could add Notre Dame. With the Pac 10 and Big 10 expanding, it remains to be seen what will happen to the Big East, the ACC and the SEC.
Left behind in the Big 12 are Kansas State and Kansas. Kansas spent most of the past season at the top of the basketball polls, but might not end up in a major conference, and end up in a smaller conference like the Mountain West. It shows that these moves are being made with football and not basketball in mind.
Missouri may join Nebraska in the Big 10. Iowa State and Baylor will be without a conference.
Tags:
Recent Nebraska Articles
- Nebraska upsets No. 3 Texas
- Husker Fans Aren’t In A Holiday Mood
- Nebraska Must Avoid Turnovers To Prevent An Upset
- Cornhuskers Rebound, Beat Cowboys
- Cornhuskers Planning Home Renovations
- Nebraska Expects Idaho to Bring the Beef
- Two Cornhuskers Put Their Degrees Before Football
- The End Of The Big 12
- Pelini gets raise, year added to contract
- Welcome to Cornhuskers citizen
Leave a comment
Not So Fast! To publish your comment, you have to login
Not Registered? Register now as it only take 20 seconds!
Click here to browse
1 comment
Please sign in to rate!
agreed> the mountain west will get stronger, with kansas state, kansas, baylor, and iowa state...not to mention TCU and Boise State. Still- not as much fire-power as kansas was used to. I don't think this will hurt Kansas' basketball program though. They could pull a Memphis and just dominate a weaker conference. It will kill other sports- which has the biggest impact.