... in a speech to the Southeast Region meeting of the Associated Press Sports Editors at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said words that went beyond the room he was speaking in, beyond the assembled gentlemen's intended audience, and right to the offices of the Big Ten, who may be in expansion talks right now.

Should the Big Ten indeed be talking of expanding not just to 12, but to 16, to include such big names as Nebraska and Missouri from the Big 12 and Rutgers, Pitt and Syracuse from the Big East, Slive is ready for a response.

This would make the Big Ten the nation's "Super Conference" and it's champion an almost sure contender for any national championship game.

It would also shift them to becom...

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