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<blockquote data-quote="Second and Chalmers" data-source="post: 1230738" data-attributes="member: 527609"><p>No they aren't. Those aren't formal relationships in any way, shape or form. B1G schools collaborate academically with non-B1G schools (including Texas) all the time.</p><p></p><p>The CIC is a nice little thing. They have conferences where people hobnob and network and share best practices on power point slides (I know, I've been there). That's it. That's all it is.</p><p></p><p>Which conference the football team joins has zero direct impact on research dollars flowing to Texas, Big Ten or otherwise.</p><p></p><p>Now, are there potential downstream benefits of aligning yourself with a craven professional sports organization that nonetheless effectively brands itself as this leafy academic consortium in a way that's appealing to talented prospective students in the Midwest who can raise your median entrance stats and game the US News Rankings, creating a virtuous cycle that eventually has positive knock-on effects to research dollars? Maybe. Potentially. Many a magician has made a nice living with smoke and mirrors.</p><p></p><p>But if all of that were the real motivation, why is Texas still slumming it with TCU and Kansas State and the like?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Second and Chalmers, post: 1230738, member: 527609"] No they aren't. Those aren't formal relationships in any way, shape or form. B1G schools collaborate academically with non-B1G schools (including Texas) all the time. The CIC is a nice little thing. They have conferences where people hobnob and network and share best practices on power point slides (I know, I've been there). That's it. That's all it is. Which conference the football team joins has zero direct impact on research dollars flowing to Texas, Big Ten or otherwise. Now, are there potential downstream benefits of aligning yourself with a craven professional sports organization that nonetheless effectively brands itself as this leafy academic consortium in a way that's appealing to talented prospective students in the Midwest who can raise your median entrance stats and game the US News Rankings, creating a virtuous cycle that eventually has positive knock-on effects to research dollars? Maybe. Potentially. Many a magician has made a nice living with smoke and mirrors. But if all of that were the real motivation, why is Texas still slumming it with TCU and Kansas State and the like? [/QUOTE]
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