Conference Expansion Question

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Maybe a stupid question that has already been discussed, but when would expansion actually come into effect? When would we see Nebraska playing a Big Ten schedule?

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2012 is what most reports are suggesting. Seems appropriate. Two years is normal for these situations. Arkansas took two years to make the move, and Colorado is beginning Pac-11 play in 2012.

This will be a clean transition for scheduling. The Big 12 and Big Ten each do their OOC games first and then eight straight conference games (generally). Nebraska's four OOC games for 2010 are their first four games--that's what their Big Ten schedule would be like. It's only a matter of breaking away from the Big 12 asap. They can do this by 2011, realistically.

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so they want the conferences in place so the BCS can make the correct conferences automatic qualifiers

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None of the six conferences will lose their autobids if they still exist. Trust me.