Nebraska regents to hear whether Big Ten is better fit

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Members of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents say they'll come armed with questions when chancellor Harvey Perlman and athletic director Tom Osborne brief them on whether the Cornhuskers should leave the Big 12 Conference.

The regents will take up the conference-alignment issue at their 1 p.m. meeting Friday in Lincoln. They say they expect to hear the pros and cons of joining the Big Ten.

The football-driven move would allow the Huskers to double their conference-derived revenue, to about $20 million in the Big Ten.

But regent Randy Ferlic says he wants to know, among other things, whether the financial gains would be offset by harm to the Huskers' other 22 sports.

After the briefing, regents could vote to leave the Big 12.