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[QUOTE="shantydaze, post: 4672620, member: 666"]
Nebraska was AAU at the time the invite was extended.  As others have pointed out, they were voted out as the AAU changed its research funding metrics by devaluing agricultural research.  There have been some rumors that UNL was pushing for the medical school to be placed under the UNL umbrella to regain its AAU status (I believe it is similar to Upstate, which is a SUNY school of its own and not part of another SUNY school), but I do not think that plan is moving forward.

From a football power standpoint, I agree that it did not work out, but I recall Husker fans thought UNL was going to come into the B1G and dominate.  They did make it to one BTCG (back in the Leaders/Legends days) where Wisconsin destroyed them.  From a cultural standpoint, I think they fit in to the B1G well.  Well, at least the culture before the conference added Rutgers, Maryland, USC, and UCLA (and Penn State).

Rumor was that UT and OU talked to the B1G about an invite.  The B1G indicated it would take UT, but not OU and, as a result, OUT reached out to the SEC.  If true (and I understand it is a big "if"), it shows the limits of an exception the conference would make to get into Texas.
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