Mountain West Connection,

This comes as a bit of shocker, but this is the order in which the events occured: 1. Nebraska decides to move to Big Ten in informal meeting. 2. Big Ten extends formal invite to Nebraska 3. Nebraska accepts The link takes you to the article by Chip Brown talking about the informal meeting. "Missouri is getting the cold shoulder from the Big Ten" said an athletic director with knowledge close to the Big Ten. Sould the MWC now expand, take Boise St., Missouri and Colorado, if the Pac-10 takes Baylor instead? I think so.

So, much for there not being any interest in Texas to the Big 10. Now there is an email stating that Texas is interested in joining the Big 10. Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee sent an e-mail to Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany on April 20 saying that he had spoken with Texas President William Powers. "I did speak with Bill Powers at Texas, who would welcome a call to say they have a 'Tech' problem," Gee wrote in an e-mail that was among several obtained by The Dispatch through a public-records request for documents and correspondence related to Big Ten expansion proposals.