After all of the courtship and then Nebraska flat out saying we want in to Delaney the B1G presidents respond with: “The presidents,” he said, “would be receptive to an application from Nebraska.” Even though the presidents all agreed that Nebraska was the one, they couldn't just say, welcome to the B1G lets get the ball rolling.

They are all so afraid of looking like they were rejected. The B1G will let you submit an application once they know you will say yes to the acceptance offer to the club. Kind of reminds me of Utah and their non-commitable offers, if they say no, they never had an offer to begin with.