Nebraska Makes News at the Sportsbook with Move to Big 10. The landscape of college football is going to be changing very soon and the odds at the sportsbook will be impacted. Nebraska is set to announce 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 rivals vs. the odds at the Internet sportsbook will probably be going to the Pac-10 so college football is going to look a lot different after the upcoming season.
Nebraska was set to make the announcement on Friday but with reports leaking out about their move, the announcement could come sooner. Missouri might be following Nebraska to the Big 10 but that has not yet been announced. Missouri could end up out in the cold if the Big Ten decides not to give them an invitation. The Tigers may end up in the Mountain West when all is said and done. Missouri does not have a good relationship with the Big 12 as it is and the latest reports have the Big Ten debating whether they want to add the Tigers.
With the news that Nebraska is leaving the Big 12, other schools are expected to follow suit. The Pac-10 is expected to offer six schools membership into the conference and it is expected that Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and Texas Tech. The Big 10 could also be adding schools in addition to Nebraska. The Big 10 is waiting on a decision from Notre Dame. If the Irish accept an invitation to join the conference then the only two teams that would be joining would be Notre Dame and Nebraska.
The question will be what becomes of the Big 12. Many believe that the conference is done after this season. Nebraska’s move to the Big 10 probably signals the end of the Big 12 as a conference. It is now likely that the Pac-10 will become a huge conference with 16 teams and the Big 10 may follow suit by offering invitations to teams from the Big East. The landscape of college football is definitely changing and this will likely be the last season where you can count on rivalry games in the Big 12 remaining the same.