Big Ten Expansion Doomsday Clock is 30 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT; Nebraska jumping on Friday?

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The last 24 hours has given us more fuel for the Big Ten expansion fire, as Notre Dame is reportedly back in talks with the Big Ten, and just this morning the Omaha World-Herald is reporting that Nebraska could leave the Big 12 as early as this Friday.

Remember, the Big 12 gave its now infamous ultimatum to Nebraska and Missouri last week, telling both schools to lay out their conference intentions no later than this Friday. It's looking more and more as if the Cornhuskers will call the bluff.

If this Nebraska news is valid, then we have a shitstorm of epic proportions heading right towards college football. Now, that may not be a bad thing, but it will cause more than one or two heads to explode this weekend. All this is supplemented by the report that Colorado is preparing itself for realignment, even though its still unsure of its own destination.

But the real key here is Nebraska. If the Irish were hoping to take control of the storyline this week, they may be in for a rude awakening should Big Red pull the trigger first.

The time is now:

11:59:30

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Clock History

Day	Change	Time	'Till Midnight	Reason
May 10	0:00	11:45	15 min.	Initial setting of Big Ten Expansion “Doomsday” clock
May 10	+11:00	11:56	4 min.	Sports Radio 810 WHB reports Big Ten has extended initial invitations to Nebraska, Missouri, Rutgers, and Notre Dame
May 11	-3:00	11:53	7 min.	Jim Delany enters full-scale denial mode about Sports Radio 810 WHB report
May 19	-3:00	11:50	10 min.	Jim Delany, says expansion plans are still 12-18 months away
June 3	+4:00	11:54	6 min.	Rivals reports the Pac 10 will invite six Big XII teams
June 6	+4:30	11:58:30	1 min 30 sec	Nebraska, Mizzou given ultimatum by Big 12; Pac-10 continues with plans to get Big 12 South teams to join.
June 9	+1:00	11:59:30	30 sec	Omaha World-Herald reports that Nebraska will leave the Big 12 for the Big Ten on June 11.

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