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Message: [QUOTE="CarolinaCuse, post: 4375816, member: 510"] Regarding Stanford and Cal… I know many don’t like to hear the “A” word in the conversations about realignment (i.e., academics), but the Big Ten Academic Alliance is a big deal. They get almost $10 billion in funded research each year. Stanford and Cal are huge players in funded research. Do they bring the cheddar for sports? Maybe not so much. But they bring it for research and that’s worth it’s weight too. IMO - all conferences are trying to diversify. Rutgers brings nothing in terms of sports. But, they have a strong academic research footprint and the elite B1G sport teams (e.g., OSU, Michigan, etc.) get an away homecoming game in a alum-rich metro area that their alums can enjoy. Keeps the donors happy. Stanford and Cal are potentially more of the same. [/QUOTE]