Why would stOOPS want to go out west when he and his overpaid players were so outclassed by USC? He's lucky BYU an Boise St. wants no part of the PAC 10. "What have you done for us lately Bob" better stay where he's at. The cheaters out west are far more clever than you!!!

Pick did you write this from Happy Hour? I just looked at the Pac 10's TV schedule from last year, and the latest kickoff would have been 9:15 our time. When do you go to bed?

Not only that, but the Pac 10 had 38 regular season games televised, 15 of them on ABC at what I would consider prime time.

In addition, the Pac 10 has six of the top 25 television markets in the country. By absorbing the Big 12 South, it takes on four more.

That's huge.

MexiMike = truth. This all comes down to Notre Dame.

Notre Dame has no interest in moving to the Big 10, Pac 10, Big 12, ACC, the Big East, the A-Team or the Cobra Kai's. This whole thing falls on Nebraska's shoulders, and personally, I think they should leave.

Texas will never agree to a Big12 TV network, and the majority of the schools in the league have been content riding UT's coat tails for so long that no one in their right mind would think things will change.

Mizzou cant move without Nebraska, and as soon as Neb says "lets go" it will be "so long Big12, hello Big10". And OU, OSU, Tex, Tex Tech, Colorado and A&M can go to the Pac10, leaving ISU, KU, KSU and Baylor left to lay in the beds they made when they voted year after year in favor of policy's that were heavily favored by Texas, including the recent vote to have the Big12 Championship game in Dallas every year.

What conference history do you speak of Picker? NU's yearly rivalry game against... uh yeah. What has the Big XII really done for any school in the North? Most championship games are moving south, and isn't it Texas that blocked a move towards a Big XII network, looking more towards creating a Longhorn network (that now, not surprising, is reportedly including Oklahoma)?

I've attempted to read everything I can find on this topic, and I still haven't one good reason for the Huskers to stay in the Big XII.
GBR

Admitting this feels much like a root canal: Picker is spot on.

Throw tradition in the ditch. Geography, smeography. And, the PAC-10 East won't stay exclusively on this side of the Rockies.

Travel headaches? Quickly review Stoops' batting average on the left coast.

The root of this evil is money. Salary escalation, once loosed, is a hard monster to kill. For comparison: What's a .260 hitter really worth? Ask MLB.

This decision will be cemented BEFORE television contracts are negotiated. Fear of missing out will stampede the weak-kneed into bolting.

Finally, for HuskerJake: If Nebraska was nostalgic for rivalry games, it might have tried to edge out its weak sisters more often to get to the conference championship. Fire up the tractors and drive to your new rival---Iowa.

Pick you think there's an east coast TV audience for Big 12 football now? (or a west coast audience for that matter....)

It's called regional coverage. It's why my buddy in L.A. has to go to a sports bar to watch OSU because unless you have a satellite college football package it ain't on their regular cable channels.

I don't see how it's a nightmare. Tradition has already gone out the window, so I opt for watching more interesting football. I like the Pac 16 idea.

@Donthavetoguess: Did you even read my entire post? I agreed with him on a couple points. I don't argue with him just to argue but if he says something I disagree with, I'll state my opinion. Simple as that. Let's move on.

@Buster: The conference needs 12 teams. Why do you think the Big 10 and PAC 10 are trying to expand? They need a championship game to have a better chance to land BCS bowls. Also, the travel argument is pretty irrelevant. For the most part, the teams that would move from the Big 12 will play the exact same teams they are playing now so the travel will have little impact.

@The Picker: The Friday deadline on Nebraska put pressure on Notre Dame having to decide sooner. The Big 10 needed an answer from them before Friday so that they could tell Nebraska by Friday whether or not they are invited. The point is that the invitation was always Notre Dame's first and Nebraska's second.

To be perfectly honest, I would prefer the Big 12 remain intact and the TV deal be renogiated so that the teams' revenue is more on par with the rest of the conferences. But if Nebraska does abandon ship, then the six Big 12 teams will do what they have to do to control their own destiny without being left behind.

Pac 16 East - Here we come! Go Pokes! Beat Zona!

Buster, that championship game is all about revenue as well. Everyone watches the SEC championship and the Big 12 championship games...not just the fans of those teams. On top of that if a conference has a championship game, the odds of them sending two teams to BCS bowls is much higher than if they didn't have a championship team. Look at last six years.

If ten works so well, why are the PAC10 and Big 10 trying to expand? Trust me, they want a championship game.

Attention MexiMike and others who about that much, according to Fox, Nebraska will now start the destruction of college football as generations have known it. As of course suggested here. Had to believe Tom Osborne still runs things. But who can blame Nebraska, go for the bread. So much for Notre Dame having a thing to do with anything. OU and OSU fans, better start saving frequent flier miles and reading up on the joys of Cal and Washington State football. Oh yeah, one more thing, better get a road map of LA.

Attention Picker, who only reads and sees what he wants to in order to feel better about his half-right claims:

Notre Dame had control of this. Not Nebraska. The only reason Nebraska is a part of the Big 10 is because Notre Dame told them no. Once that happened, then yes, Nebraska was in the driver's seat...which is exactly what I wrote initially. But make no mistake. This all started with Notre Dame--not Nebraska.

Why is that so hard for you to wrap your brain around?

And why do you keep whining about this fictional travel issue? It doesn't make sense! Big 12 football teams merging with the PAC 10 will only have to go to the coast ONCE A YEAR. For the most part, the teams they will play ARE THE SAME ONES THEY ARE PLAYING NOW.

Again, wake the hampster up in your head and tell him to jump back on the wheel.