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Just got an ESPN Alert to my phone that says "ESPN NCAAF - Mortensen: Source says Nebraska AD Tom Osborne informed staff that school will make move to Big Ten"

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I just saw it on espn breaking news, This conflicts huskerextra who says they didn't come to a conclusion. I'm not going to get anything done for the rest of the day

[hskrfan4life]

Fox Sports Ohio reports the Big Ten has extended a formal invitation to Nebraska.

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All signs are pointing to a Nebraska move to the Big Ten.

 

 

A source close to the Nebraska Board of Regents told Orangebloods.com the regents met informally Wednesday and have agreed to move to the Big Ten and that a formal announcement Nebraska is leaving will come Friday -- the deadline set by the Big 12 for Nebraska and Missouri to state whether they intend to leave the conference.

 

 

University of Nebraska regent Kent Schroeder told the Lincoln Journal Star earlier Wednesday there was a planned executive conference call this afternoon which he believed would include discussion about possible conference realignment.

 

 

An executive call does not involve all board members, just the Executive Committee, which consists of board chair Bob Phares and fellow regents Bob Whitehouse, Howard Hawks and Schroeder.

 

 

A source close to the Nebraska program told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that athletic director Tom Osborne informed athletic staff members within the past 24 hours that the Cornhuskers were going to make the move to the Big Ten conference.

 

 

An athletic director in the Big 12 told ESPN's Joe Schad that Nebraska has had discussion with the Big Ten and that there was a "good chance" Nebraska would join the Big Ten as early as Friday.

 

 

A Nebraska source told ESPN.com's Andy Katz late Tuesday that a decision on whether to commit long-term to the Big 12 or leave for a potential Big Ten invitation could come Friday and a Big 12 executive told the Omaha World-Herald that Nebraska could decide to join the Big Ten as early as Friday. However, the source told Katz the consensus within the athletic department is that Nebraska wouldn't separate itself from the Big 12 without some assurance that a Big Ten invitation would come.

 

 

Katz's source said the direction of the school is leaning toward the Big Ten, but there was no indication of when the Big Ten invitation would occur. The Big Ten has set no date for any announcement in the coming weeks, leaving open the possibility that Nebraska could be left in limbo.

 

 

NU regent Chuck Hassebrook told The Associated Press on Wednesday morning that he expected conference affiliation to be added to the agenda for Friday's previously scheduled board of regents meeting. Board bylaws allow new business to be added to the agenda until 24 hours before the meeting.

 

 

Schroeder, a Kearney, Neb., lawyer who has been on the Nebraska Board of Regents since 1998, also said he expects a presentation from university president Harvey Perlman and Osborne at Friday's scheduled board meeting on whether the school will change conferences or remain in the Big 12.

 

 

"I'm expecting them to tell me the plusses and minuses of remaining in the Big 12 or going to the Big Ten," Schroeder said.

 

 

But Schroeder, who served as the board's chairman in 2009, says he has no preference for either conference, because in order to do so, he "has to have data presented in a way that would allow him to establish a preference."

 

 

Schroeder told the Journal Star he suspects the regents might talk about the issue of conference realignment in closed session during Friday's regents' meeting, he noted that there are no votes that come out of such a session.

 

 

"Obviously any vote is going to be made in an open session," he said. "The question that will come today is: Suppose we have this closed session and come out of closed session, is it an item that needs to be advertised on the agenda?"

 

 

Schroeder told the Journal Star there have been no previous meetings between regents about the topic of conference realignment.

 

 

Osborne said in a radio interview Tuesday night that a decision should come soon.

 

 

"Hopefully we'll get things put together in the next few days," Osborne told the statewide Husker Sports Network on Tuesday night without indicating Nebraska's preference. "I don't know exactly what the time frame is [that] we'll be able to put this thing to bed. But I'm getting tired of it, you're probably getting tired of it, and the fans are getting tired of it."

 

 

Missouri appears to be falling down the list of priorities for the Big Ten.

 

 

An athletic director with knowledge of the Big Ten told Orangebloods.com, "Missouri is getting cold shoulder from Big Ten."

 

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PTI is talking about Nebraska moving to the Big Ten right now (both Wilbon and Kornheiser like the move, but talked more about the inevitability of it more than Nebraska).

 

But there's nothing outside of the bare basics we know. Board of Regents have approved the move in an informal meeting, Osborne telling the staff that they're moving, and Fox Sports Ohio reporting that the Big 10 gave the invitation.

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Things are shaping up to be chaotic.

 

It's going to be strange if we are in the fact the first domino to cause the entire college football landscape to change dramatically.

[TheCheshireCat]

here

All signs are pointing to a Nebraska move to the Big Ten.

 

 

A source close to the Nebraska Board of Regents told Orangebloods.com the regents met informally Wednesday and have agreed to move to the Big Ten and that a formal announcement Nebraska is leaving will come Friday -- the deadline set by the Big 12 for Nebraska and Missouri to state whether they intend to leave the conference.

 

 

University of Nebraska regent Kent Schroeder told the Lincoln Journal Star earlier Wednesday there was a planned executive conference call this afternoon which he believed would include discussion about possible conference realignment.

 

 

An executive call does not involve all board members, just the Executive Committee, which consists of board chair Bob Phares and fellow regents Bob Whitehouse, Howard Hawks and Schroeder.

 

 

A source close to the Nebraska program told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that athletic director Tom Osborne informed athletic staff members within the past 24 hours that the Cornhuskers were going to make the move to the Big Ten conference.

 

 

An athletic director in the Big 12 told ESPN's Joe Schad that Nebraska has had discussion with the Big Ten and that there was a "good chance" Nebraska would join the Big Ten as early as Friday.

 

 

A Nebraska source told ESPN.com's Andy Katz late Tuesday that a decision on whether to commit long-term to the Big 12 or leave for a potential Big Ten invitation could come Friday and a Big 12 executive told the Omaha World-Herald that Nebraska could decide to join the Big Ten as early as Friday. However, the source told Katz the consensus within the athletic department is that Nebraska wouldn't separate itself from the Big 12 without some assurance that a Big Ten invitation would come.

 

 

Katz's source said the direction of the school is leaning toward the Big Ten, but there was no indication of when the Big Ten invitation would occur. The Big Ten has set no date for any announcement in the coming weeks, leaving open the possibility that Nebraska could be left in limbo.

 

 

NU regent Chuck Hassebrook told The Associated Press on Wednesday morning that he expected conference affiliation to be added to the agenda for Friday's previously scheduled board of regents meeting. Board bylaws allow new business to be added to the agenda until 24 hours before the meeting.

 

 

Schroeder, a Kearney, Neb., lawyer who has been on the Nebraska Board of Regents since 1998, also said he expects a presentation from university president Harvey Perlman and Osborne at Friday's scheduled board meeting on whether the school will change conferences or remain in the Big 12.

 

 

"I'm expecting them to tell me the plusses and minuses of remaining in the Big 12 or going to the Big Ten," Schroeder said.

 

 

But Schroeder, who served as the board's chairman in 2009, says he has no preference for either conference, because in order to do so, he "has to have data presented in a way that would allow him to establish a preference."

 

 

Schroeder told the Journal Star he suspects the regents might talk about the issue of conference realignment in closed session during Friday's regents' meeting, he noted that there are no votes that come out of such a session.

 

 

"Obviously any vote is going to be made in an open session," he said. "The question that will come today is: Suppose we have this closed session and come out of closed session, is it an item that needs to be advertised on the agenda?"

 

 

Schroeder told the Journal Star there have been no previous meetings between regents about the topic of conference realignment.

 

 

Osborne said in a radio interview Tuesday night that a decision should come soon.

 

 

"Hopefully we'll get things put together in the next few days," Osborne told the statewide Husker Sports Network on Tuesday night without indicating Nebraska's preference. "I don't know exactly what the time frame is [that] we'll be able to put this thing to bed. But I'm getting tired of it, you're probably getting tired of it, and the fans are getting tired of it."

 

 

Missouri appears to be falling down the list of priorities for the Big Ten.

 

 

An athletic director with knowledge of the Big Ten told Orangebloods.com, "Missouri is getting cold shoulder from Big Ten."

 

 

LOL at Missouri getting the cold shoulder. In the end I guess I want them to come with, that way we can have two conference rivals (them and Iowa) close enough for a day trip to see a game. But it's also kind of funny how they all say we live in the past and are no longer relevant, and then we get the invite and they may not.

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It's going to be interesting if we are in fact the first domino to fall, causing the entire college football landscape to change over the next few years.