Interesting repeated use of the word "parochial".
It's difficult to come up with the 5 who voted in favor. Certainly SU and BC, as D-I football participants. Likely UConn and Nova, as they both had D-I aspirations. The other 4 all were (are) BB-first schools. So, the pro-Penn St crowd was able to convince only one of the four to vote "aye".
I would really like to ask Jake a follow-up question on the subject: If you had brought PSU along, would they have stuck with the BE if (when) the Big 10 came calling in 1991?