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Nebraska, Missouri Are Good Big Ten Candidates
Published: 5/12/2010 10:14 AM
Last Modified: 5/12/2010 10:14 AM

There are a lot of good reasons why Nebraska and Missouri appear to be top candidates if the Big Ten expands.
Both would fit into the Big Ten geographically. Both could take, what they perceive as snubs from the southern dominated Big 12, and forget about them in the Big Ten.
So, if the Huskers and Tigers really want to go, let them.
See ya. Good luck throwing your weight around with Ohio State, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and the others.
And, as far as a better fit academically? Really?
Nebraska has been mad since Texas forced higher academic standards upon the newly-established Big 12. The Huskers don't feel it is necessary that football players should be able to spell Nebraska while playing for Nebraska.
The Big 12 would miss them but it probably wouldn't implode the Big 12.
Now, when Texas starts talking about bolting for another league, that's when everyone should get nervous.



Reader Comments 5 Total
random*hero (3 years ago)
If the Big 10 can get Nebraska they will. But is there anyway the Big 12 can pawn off Iowa state instead? The Cyclones are terrible and outside of wrestling don't bring anything substantial athletically or academically. Come on Beebe... make this happen and grab a team worthy of the Big 12 conference. TCU perhaps?
Lambo (3 years ago)
Klein, do you just spew out crap to hear yourself squawk? For your information, Nebraska has had 98 Football Academic All-Americans to 47 for OU and 35 for Texas. What an uninformed biased piece of junk called an article. I thought you 'journalists' tried to get facts before putting out your screeds.
HVJ (3 years ago)
Let's see, it's spelled: Oaklahomer. Now can I play for the Cowboys and Boone Pickens?
If Nebraska and Mizzou go bye-bye then move OU and OSU up to the North Division and add the likes of TCU and Houston to the South making it an all Texas Big 12 South Division. It might give the North more of an opportunity to win the Big 12 Title with the Oklahomas moving up. Also, it could boost the chance of OU vs. Texas playing twice a year instead of just once. Change presents opportunity.
Sooner Hawg (3 years ago)
nashville, if you do that then OU-Texas will only play in the conference season two every four years. Won't happen.
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Tulsa World senior sports columnist John Klein is in his fourth decade of covering sports. He started his newspaper career at The Daily Ardmoreite in 1977 and moved to the Tulsa World in 1978. He served 10 years as sports editor for the Tulsa World before being named to his current position in 2005. He also spent five years as the Southwest Conference beat writer for the Houston Post. He has won many writing awards and is a former Oklahoma Sports Writer of the Year.

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