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Originally Posted by kcchief19
I think 5-10 years from now we will look back on the Big Tn as having missed a huge opportunity ... Not necessarily in choosing NU over MU but in choosing to look in the past instead of the future. Nebraska is a past power with bad demographics ... The Big Ten should have been looking to build east and south to expand it's footprint. And I'll still contend MU brought more to the table than Nebraska did, but the Big Ten is in the past.
How is Rutgers a home run for the Big Ten? If the Big Ten doesn't strike now, it will get sloppy seconds. If it doesn't try to grab a Texas or Missouri now, it's going to have to pick thru what's left of the Big East of it wants to grow.
The only way the Big Ten wins by standing pat is if the super conference format fails. Maybe it will ... But that's a big bet.
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So it was a big mistake to take Nebraska over Missouri based on demographics, but it would also be a big mistake to favor Rutger's superior demographics over Missouri?