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Couple of interesting developments ...
Nebraska is now downplaying all the reports. Sounds like a formality, with one of their regents explaining there isn't an invitation process in the Big Ten but rather an application process -- the Big Ten doesn't invite you, you have to apply and they act on your application. Could be -- who knows?
Interestingly, reports from the Missouri camp are strangely calm. While the fan base is in meltdown mode, the main beat writer in Columbia says no one in the athletic department seems overly concerned about today's developments. Mike Alden was in KC today and did some interviews with the talking point "we're a proud member of the Big 12." When pushed about today's developments, the radio reporter says Alden was "unaffected" by all the buzz.
I know some people think Missouri has been actively campaigning for the Big Ten but the reality has been the opposite -- the university has been very tight lipped about the process and no one has strayed from the talking points. That's very rare for Missouri, which usually leaks like a sieve.
An hour ago I was pretty depressed and really questioned where we go from here. Reading that the athletic department doesn't seem fazed, I feel better. The principal beat writer who covers the football team said the sense is that Mike Alden has an ace up his sleeve.
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