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Originally Posted by tarcone
As for conferences, the B1G isnt just about athletics. Academics are a huge part of the conference. The share research and grant money. This is why the B1G is so important to the schools.
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I think that may be true theoretically, but I've worked in research at a B1G institution and I can tell you that in all the conversations I ever had about research and grant money, conference affiliation never came up. I doubt most research professors could name another school in the B1G or even what the name of the conference is (or what a conference is).