The talk of conference expansion by the Big Ten and the Pac 10 has been all the rave over the past week, and the Big Ten has become the first of the two to make a move.
This move makes sense for the Big Ten. Nebraska is right in the middle of Big Ten country and will add a solid program to a conference that has regressed over the past few years.
Nebraska improved greatly last season and was one questionable call away in the Big 12 championship game from upsetting Texas.
If you're Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, or to a lesser degree Iowa then you have to love this addition because it gives your conference more credibility. Now of course that adds another tough obstacle to your conference schedule, but you have to welcome that obstacle.
For a while now the Big Ten has been attacked for being to easy of a conference that lacks a conference championship game.
This addition has to lead to the formation of two divisions and a conference championship game.
This scenario has been talked about for years now with the possibility of Notre Dame joining the Big Ten considering a good chunk of their schedule consists of Big Ten teams, but that obviously never happened.
The ball has officially started rolling on conference expansion and I'm sure this won't be the only change we'll see.
The Pac 10 is still waiting to possibly pull the trigger on the golden goose of Texas, but the Big Ten also wants Texas.
If the Big Ten or the Pac 10 gets Texas then they'll instantly be elevated to the most feared conference in the country along with the SEC.
Previous Conference Expansions
- Miami, Virginia Tech, and Boston College joined ACC in 2004
- Penn State joined Big Ten in 1990
- Arkansas and South Carolina joined SEC in 1994
- Arizona State and Arizona joined Pac-10 in 1978
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