jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Sep 20, 2011 9:37pm
wildcats20;904959 wrote:So maybe it's because I'm dumb, but why is the B10 not looking at WVU?
Academics
Lack of tradition
Inability to bring Big 10 major market
Cultural differences
ts1227
Posts: 12,319
Sep 20, 2011 9:40pm
Lack of tradition is subjective and meaningless. It's basically just the academics.
No one gives a shit about "tradition" in this.
No one gives a shit about "tradition" in this.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Sep 20, 2011 9:40pm
Is WVU "that" far behind the rest of the B10?
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Sep 20, 2011 9:45pm
My best friend went to WVU and he's a lawyer. He's also found the cure for the aids.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Sep 20, 2011 9:48pm
Do they even have running water in Morgantown?wildcats20;904971 wrote:Is WVU "that" far behind the rest of the B10?
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Sep 20, 2011 9:50pm
karen lotz;904989 wrote:Do they even have running water in Morgantown?
They got it last year.
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Sep 20, 2011 10:11pm
I think the Big 10 does. As evidenced by them targeting Notre Dame, Texas, and Nebraska and not offering anybody else.ts1227;904970 wrote:Lack of tradition is subjective and meaningless. It's basically just the academics.
No one gives a shit about "tradition" in this.
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Manhattan Buckeye
Posts: 7,566
Sep 20, 2011 10:21pm
Academically it "that" far behind and then some.wildcats20;904971 wrote:Is WVU "that" far behind the rest of the B10?
But it is more than just that, it is overall academic and athletic culture. It doesn't provide much in non-revenue sports for purposes of the President's Cup and doesn't deliver any semblance of a tv market. WVU is an odd school in general. It is very strange for a state flagship university to have a location that isn't centrally located in terms of geography or population base.
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Sep 20, 2011 10:24pm
wildcats20;904971 wrote:Is WVU "that" far behind the rest of the B10?
Although it's just one ranking, US News has 11 of the 12 B1G schools in the top 80, the lone exception Nebraska at 101. WVU checks in at 164. So, by that measure, it is quite a difference. Plus, the majority of B1G schools have endowments north of $1b. The latest I could find for WVU has them around $330m.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Sep 20, 2011 11:19pm
Chicks prefer larger endowments.gorocks99;905070 wrote:Although it's just one ranking, US News has 11 of the 12 B1G schools in the top 80, the lone exception Nebraska at 101. WVU checks in at 164. So, by that measure, it is quite a difference. Plus, the majority of B1G schools have endowments north of $1b. The latest I could find for WVU has them around $330m.