The Big Ten added four more big programs to its conference this year. 

USC, UCLA, Washington and Oregon will all be first-time Big Ten schools in 2024, making for a flurry of cross-country football showdowns. 

Former Purdue Boilermakers running back and current Miami Dolphins star Raheem Mostert told Fox News Digital that this new conference alignment has caused him to have thoughts about opponents he may have had if he were to play in it now. Mostert originally played four seasons at Purdue from 2011-14. 

"It would have put a lot of different spotlights on," Mostert said. "Being able to have the opportunity to play there in Oregon would have definitely been fun." 

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Mostert also highlighted how Oregon's partnership with Nike, and its famed collection of alternate uniforms, would have brought an intense fashion spotlight to any game he played in Eugene. 

"That's a major color, especially with what they do up there with Nike," he said. 

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Mostert and Purdue would have contrasted Oregon's bright neon greens and yellows with his school's basic black and gold. Mostert just missed out on the chance by a few years, having come to Purdue in 2011, as the teams most recently faced off in 2008 and 2009, splitting that series in a pair of tightly competitive games. 

However, that matchup is set to return this year on Oct. 18 in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the uniform color contrast will be on full display in a primetime game on Fox. 

Mostert has re-embraced his classic Purdue black and gold this year and has even partnered with the Collegiate Licensing Company to promote its College Colors Day campaign, helping Americans show off their school spirit by wearing their college colors, marking the unofficial kickoff of college football. 

College Colors Day is Aug. 30 this year for its 20th anniversary.

"I love rooting for the old gold and black, and we have a head coach this year that I feel promising. He's a promising guy," Mostert said of second-year Purdue head coach Ryan Walters. 

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A tourist is dead and two others are missing after an ice cave partially collapsed in southern Iceland, as a group was visiting the Breidamerkurjokull glacier on Sunday.

The group of about 25 foreign tourists from several nationalities were exploring ice caves with a guide shortly before 3 p.m., when four people were struck by falling ice, local police said in a statement on social media. 

One tourist died from their injuries, while a second suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to a hospital in the capital, officials said.

About 200 rescuers began tirelessly searching for the two missing people, though the mission was paused after dark due to what local police described as "difficult" conditions, local news outlets reported. The search was to resume Monday morning.

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Rescuers have had to cut through the ice by hand using chain saws as the rugged glacier terrain proved difficult for transporting additional equipment and personnel, Icelandic public broadcaster RUV reported.

Chief Superintendent Sveinn Kristján Rúnarsson of the local police told Icelandic TV that there was no evidence to suggest that the guided cave tour should not have happened, according to the BBC.

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"These are experienced and powerful mountain guides who run these trips," Rúnarsson said. "It's always possible to be unlucky I trust these people to assess the situation – when it's safe or not safe to go, and good work has been done there over time. This is a living land, so anything can happen."

The collapse was likely not related to a volcanic eruption in southeast Iceland on Friday, which was around 185 miles away from the glacier.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.