According to the story, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas AM, and Iowa State and the Big 10 had mutual interest and were close to agreeing to join the conference.
However, they couldn't agree to a revenue sharing plan, so Nebraska went alone. That's when Big Ten went for the "TV markets"...and started talking to Maryland and Rutgers.
Crazy to speculate all the "Whaf ifs...". I guess, if the story is true, good thing no revenue sharing plan was reached. Who know's where we would be.
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/121087/big-ten-flirted-with-major-big-12-programs-in-2010
However, they couldn't agree to a revenue sharing plan, so Nebraska went alone. That's when Big Ten went for the "TV markets"...and started talking to Maryland and Rutgers.
Crazy to speculate all the "Whaf ifs...". I guess, if the story is true, good thing no revenue sharing plan was reached. Who know's where we would be.
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/121087/big-ten-flirted-with-major-big-12-programs-in-2010