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The Big Ten Conference announced the names of its two non-geographical divisions that will become part of Big Ten athletics starting next fall. The divisional split was required as part of the addition of University of Nebraska-Lincoln to be the league’s 12th team. The conference also released the new conference logo that will replace the “11” logo that had been in use since Penn State joined the conference in1993.
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And the first Big Ten expansion domino falls. Probably. Nebraska is supposed to officially be joining the Midwest power conference by Friday. This news we receive from Lee Barfknecht (yes, I know that’s a very unfortunate looking last name) of the Omaha World-Herald.
If you’re unfamiliar with the World-Herald, it’s the primary daily newspaper of Nebraska, as well as portions of southwest Iowa and the largest employee-owned newspaper in the United States.
Barfknecht is a sports reporter/columnist for the World-Herald and author of the World-Herald’s immensely popular Cornhuskers’ blog Big Red Today.
By Paul M. Banks
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