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Message: [QUOTE="businesslawyer, post: 1485094, member: 55"] "Contiguous States" is a phrase that works in the land of rectangular states as a way of saying we don't want one member to be too far from the next nearest member. So if you don't mind looking at facts instead of cliches: 1. Connecticut misses being contiuous with New Jersey by a whopping 17 miles or so, which is relevant to absolutely nothing. 2. In terms of distances -- far more important -- Oklahoma would be 333 miles from its bridge in Lawrence. And the bridge from Lawrence to Lincoln, Nebraska is another 194 miles. Norman is a whopping 450 miles currently from its nearest Big Ten city in Lincoln. Storrs to Piscataway is 184 miles. The point being, you're not doing Oklahoma any big geographic favor by bringing in KU -- Oklahoma is isolated either way. I'm not one who is overly optimistic about a Big Ten invite, but if KU is chosen over us it will not be for miles but for $$$$. [/QUOTE]