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Message: [QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 1597960, member: 2141"] If being a large, public, flagship university was not important to the B1G, then the B1G would have gone after Syracuse instead of Rutgers because while smaller and further away from NYC, Syracuse's sports brand is a lot better than Rutgers. But, the B1G went with Rutgers and while I am sure they have concerns over the product on the field, the B1G treasure does not. Also, take a look which conference added what over the last few years... ACC: BC, V Tech, Miami, Syracuse, Pitt, ND, Louisville = 0 flagships universities (admittedly, ND is in its own category) B1G: Nebraska, Maryland, Rutgers = 3 flagship universities PAC: Colorado, Utah = 2 flagship universities SEC: Missouri, Texas A&M = 1 flagship university (and 1 is the 5th largest university in the US) XII: TCU, West Virginia = 1 flagship university Now, which conferences have been able to establish a TV network due to their collective fanbases and which have not? Which conferences are considered to be locks to be a P4 member and which are not? Now should the ACC or the XII fall apart, which universities look to be the [U]most[/U] attractive to the other P4 conferences - Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, UVA, UNC, all of which are flagship universities. And you still think the prestige and size (in terms of fanbases, athletic revenue and academic revenue) that flagship universities mean nothing? [/QUOTE]