All of the expansion talk over the past few months might now be coming to a head, with not just the Big Ten involved, but the Big 12 and Pac-10 as well. The Big Ten got the ball rolling back in December with talk of expansion. That started a cavalcade of rumors and reports over the past few months.
Only now it is the Big 12 – and Pac-10 – which have dropped the gauntlet. According to the Austin American-Statesman, the Big 12 has told Nebraska and Missouri to basically put up or shut up, giving the two schools a deadline of Friday to tell the conference whether they will continue to flirt with the Big Ten or stay in the Big 12.