[DocSavage87]

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I’m guessing that this is driven by lawmakers alums of OSU and WSU, who know that they are dead in the water without there bigger brothers. Oregon and Washington aren’t going to be taken anywhere with OSU and WSU, who might have tradition, but are media deadweight.

BC

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/01/s...-and-more/

Similar situation happened in Virginia regarding UVA (who was then in ACC) and VT when it was trying to get in.  They threatened UVa funding and forced them to make sure VT and UVA were tied.  One the ESPN analysts look at Stanford as desirable for B1G but kal not so much. Since B1G does want AAU membership, kal meets that bar while OSU and WSU do not.

[DocSavage87]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/johncanzanobft/status/1542956359133515776?s=21&t=7Ot98s_vn48KkovjlIosaA[/tweet]

I’m guessing that this is driven by lawmakers alums of OSU and WSU, who know that they are dead in the water without there bigger brothers. Oregon and Washington aren’t going to be taken anywhere with OSU and WSU, who might have tradition, but are media deadweight.

BC

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/01/s...-and-more/

Similar situation happened in Virginia regarding UVA (who was then in ACC) and VT when it was trying to get in.  They threatened UVa funding and forced them to make sure VT and UVA were tied.  One the ESPN analysts look at Stanford as desirable for B1G but kal not so much. Since B1G does want AAU membership, kal meets that bar while OSU and WSU do not.