Didn't read the whole thread, but is it possible that the Oregon States, Wazzous, and Iowa State of the world could be a tier 2 B1G team and the league goes the route of soccer's promotion/delegation model? Probably not, but examples in the past would be early 80's Miami, late 70's FSU, 00's Boise State. In typical HuskerBoard fashion, proceed with stoning the new user.