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Message: [QUOTE="Rufus, post: 4472752, member: 7277"] I was too young to know at the time, but I have heard that Texas inquired about joining the B1G right after Penn State joined and before the SWC blew up. Not sure if it was before Arkansas left for the SEC or after. The B1G decided to not add any more teams at the time as a negotiating point to add Penn State in the first place. Apparently, Northwestern was apprehensive about adding Penn State for fear the B1G would want to remain at ten and Penn State in would mean someone would have to be out. The conference assured them this was not the case, but agreed to not add any more schools to get Northwestern to agree to adding Penn State. That one vote was crucial for having the votes to add Penn State in the first place. This is my understanding of how this all went down, but I was just a kid at the time. [/QUOTE]