Expansion's effect on 2010 scheduling?

Submitted by desmondintherough on

So, with Nebraska and Colorado both moving, and assuming that the Big 12 is done, what does that mean for this fall?  Are all these changes immediate, and a whole new schedule is on the way for all these schools?  Or is the Big 12 going to hang on for one final year, which would seem very strange and uncomfortable, but easier on the scheduling.  

I don't understand all the dynamics, but it seems like there's going to be all kinds of rescheduling problems even once the conferences figure out what they want to do in terms of how many non-conference games you still get, such as: not having the space in your schedule to play someone like UConn because you're playing more in-conference games, having to add new out-of-conference opponents because who is now in-conference was before out-of-conference, and all the rippling repercussions of scheduling.   

I haven't seen any of this talked about anywhere, and I did a quick check on the board to find it.  My apologies if this was already mentioned somewhere.

Any thoughts on this?  I guess the biggest question is whether these decisions are immediately effective.  My impression is that they are.

joeyb

June 10th, 2010 at 1:31 PM ^

This has been discussed a lot in other threads. This likely won't take effect until 2012 at least, but could possibly affect schedules as early as 2011 (unlikely). This is only for football. Other sports could be affected sooner.

formerlyanonymous

June 10th, 2010 at 1:55 PM ^

Nebraska has the choice of staying in the Big 12 as dysfunctional member, being ineligible for the Big XII championship game and receiving half of the revenue they would normally, or they can pay 10mil and get out now.

They may also have to break a few future scheduling dates over the next year or two if they choose to leave after this season. Most of their OOC games are early though. The latest is a September 24th game in 2012 against Wyoming. Given the Big Ten's complete schedule overhaul, I could see them working around games like that.

Who wants to start the inevitable thread on how many conference games vs OOC games the Big Ten will schedule with 12 members and will the conference championship game be scheduled the same week as everyone else or the week before?