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Nebraska Makes Waves at the Sports Book with Move to Big 10

Written By: admin on June 21, 2010 115 Comments

The odds at the sportsbook will be impacted since the landscape of college football betting will probably be changing very soon.

Nebraska declared Friday that they are moving to the Big 10 which will probably mean the end of the Big 12 conference. Many of Nebraska’s long-time competitors vs the odds at the Internet sportsbook will almost certainly be going to the Pac-10 so college football is going to appear a lot different after the approaching season.

A piece of Nebraska’s switch is financially motivated. As a result of the switch, greater paychecks will be coming. Nebraska figures to double its portion of conference earnings, from about $10 million in the Big 12 to about $20 million in the Big 10, due mostly to greater television agreements and the in-house Big 10 network.

On Thursday, other Big 12 member Colorado declared it would be moving to the Pac-10. Reports came out that Missouri was also arranging to abandon the Big 12. For Nebraska, the facts spoke for themselves, and they had to think about a switch to a more stable conference.

With reports leaking out about Nebraska’s switch, it didn’t really come as a surprise when they made the official statement on Friday. Missouri could be going after Nebraska to the Big 10 but that has not yet been declared. Missouri could end up out in the cold if the Big Ten chooses not to give them an invite. The Tigers may end up in the Mountain West when the dust settles. Missouri does not have a quality association with the Big 12 as it is and the latest reports have the Big Ten discussing whether they want to include the Tigers.

Other schools are anticipated to follow suit now with the reports that Nebraska is leaving the Big 12. The Pac-10 is expected to present six schools membership into the conference and those other schools are Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and Texas Tech. The Big 10 could also be including schools as well as Nebraska. The Big 10 is waiting for a decision from Notre Dame. The only two teams that would be joining would be Notre Dame and Nebraska if the Irish accept an invite to join the conference.

The question will be what happens to the Big 12. . Nebraska’s switch to the Big 10 probably signals the end of the Big 12 as a conference. It’s now likely that the Pac-10 will become a major conference with 16 teams and the Big 10 may follow suit by offering invitations to squads from the Big East. This will probably be the past season where it is possible to count on rivalry matches in the Big 12 remaining the same. The landscape of college football is unquestionably changing.

Longhorns athletic director DeLoss Dodds has said he wants to keep the Big 12 together. Texas is considered the lynchpin to the Big 12′s survival. University of Texas regents will meet next week to decide whether the Longhorns will stay in the fast-dissolving Big 12 or change to another conference.

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