This is the usual statement that comes from someone who went to Northwest Missouri State or somewhere like that. I realize that it isn't fair that everyone can't go to one of the higher ranked institutions, but rankings, nevertheless, matter. Why are Harvard grads more likely to get into a top graduate school than an Oklahoma grad if grades are the same? Rankings matter. Why are starting salaries for lawyers from a T-14 school or a Top Tier MBA program paid three times as much as those from T4 programs? Rankings matter.
Do you think an Ivy League official would have the same conversation with the commissioner? Of course not. Consider with this with the fact that the Ivy League Conference as it is known today was founded AFTER the Big 10.
Bottom Line: Nebraska will not be going to the Big 10.
oooooh darn! i was really hopin we would