A little more on Stanford, which I forgot to get into earlier.
Stanford did NOT want to be a part of the BTAA (formerly CIC). Stanford would be IN if not for that. And I think it's a major F up on their part. Yeah, GREAT school. But it's not like the B1G is a big bag of slouches.
Maybe they should just go IVY or UChicago and be done with it.
I don't know about Cal, but UCLA is joining so I don't see why Cal wouldn't.
That's the piece of data that makes all this make sense.
Athletics = 100's of million
Graduate Research = Billions
If Stanford said they wouldn't share the pot of billions just to play with a pot of millions, then yes they get left out.
I've always said follow the money, and posters here saying one is naive for thinking academics plays any part is super frustrating. That's not what I, Medina, or others have said. We are also saying follow the money and there is a bigger pot of money out there than football. (Graduate Research)
We can bag on Nebraska all we want because they got kicked out of AAU, but I believe Nebraska medical school is still part of the BTAA, and I know that OSU Hospital
shares research with Nebraska
Medical, so from a graduate Billion dollar perspective Nebraska is still a win.