There is a thread currently about would Nebraska ever go back to the Big 12. This article seems to suggest that four teams ( Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Kansas and Iowa State) tried to join the B1G and all parties were interested at least in discussing it. Texas once again is the center of the storm and while the discussions never got to an offer from the B1G, it was much more than a bunch of people sitting around being nice to one another. The big stumbling block was trying to figure out a fair revenue sharing plan. A pretty good read for those who like realignment talk.
PS...The columnist also has a link about why Nebraska will never go back to the Big 12 and many feel the conference will collapse within the decade.
http://www.omaha.com/huskers/barfknecht-during-realignment-four-others-f...