Black Heart Gold Pants, an Iowa Hawkeyes community

Nebraska Board of Regents chairman Bob Phares issued a denial of reports that Nebraska has informally agreed to join the Big Ten. Phares' arguments are largely semantical.

The Omaha World-Herald is reporting that the Nebraska Cornhuskers are about to accept an invitation into the Big Ten Conference. This accepted invitation is expected to set the ruination of the Big Twelve into motion.