And those things had exactly ZERO to do with why athletics conferences were made

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They got us

thewaterboy

1/23/23 2:01pm

wait so research gets you ncaa championships?

crimedog

1/23/23 2:04pm

AND huge TV $$$

Y05

1/23/23 2:15pm

Wait until cold fusion technology invented at the U kicks in

Tmoney1969

1/23/23 6:09pm

Alabama only has $95 mil in academic research. They should probably shut down

cougarfann888

1/23/23 2:04pm

But all of their research is in athletic performance. So...

Eddie

1/23/23 2:12pm

And those things had exactly ZERO to do with why athletics conferences were made

Turnpike Lane

1/23/23 2:04pm

Agreed - but it does matter to University Presidents who make decisions

krindorr

1/23/23 2:15pm

Because the Uni Presidents are nerds who have no clue how to run a real business

Turnpike Lane

1/23/23 2:19pm

No argument from me there - not saying it's the right choice to weigh academics, just saying it's reality that they do

krindorr

1/23/23 2:39pm

And it is why the SEC has left the P12 in the dust. Demos are why the B10 has.

Turnpike Lane

1/23/23 2:42pm

No it doesn’t, alumni dollars do. This old tired PAC line did they developed

travelcoug

1/23/23 2:43pm

It only matters to inflate their egos. Nothing more.

coolblue

1/23/23 3:42pm

Who cares anymore? We'll just kick their trash and fling a $5 bill at them and

Borg

1/23/23 2:06pm

Badge of honor. Freaking nerds.

Backcountry

1/23/23 2:06pm

Seems they need to kick Oregon out. Or do their standards only extend so far?

Corn Pop

1/23/23 2:06pm

Does anyone know what the ivy league would look like stacked up here?

ryebrye

1/23/23 2:08pm

Easily the best, top to bottom. The bottom ivies would be beaten out by only a few of these P5 schools.

Virginia Ute

1/23/23 2:12pm

You think someone on Twitter priding themselves on "research" would know that

ryebrye

1/23/23 2:16pm

Not sure what it has do with the ivy league schools but ok.

Virginia Ute

1/23/23 2:19pm

The ivy league is a conference... Their graphic ranks the top conferences

ryebrye

1/23/23 2:25pm

The graphic highlights P5 conferences.

Virginia Ute

1/23/23 2:29pm

Baylor, BYU, and TCU are religious teaching schools. Different mission than

BlooCoog

1/23/23 2:09pm

After thinking about it, that could also be a shot at Arizona wanting to go to

thewaterboy

1/23/23 2:11pm

When are they going to start broadcasting livestreams of professors doing their

volleyjiver

1/23/23 2:12pm

PAC 12 sucks at accounting, apparently, based on recent news.

mobomanjoe

1/23/23 2:14pm

And integrity

thewaterboy

1/23/23 2:16pm

They ought to use this as leverage in their tv package. Maybe get it streaming on LexisNexis

TEXAS

1/23/23 2:16pm

Honestly what did an AAU membership do for Nebraska

DJROSS

1/23/23 2:26pm

Got them into the B1G, which gives them an extra $50M a year....

krindorr

1/23/23 2:40pm

and they promptly lost their AAU membership

ManicBlue

1/23/23 3:02pm

Because fellow B1G members voted them out! 🤣

Ski-U-Mah

1/23/23 3:36pm

Yup, but it did the job.

krindorr

1/23/23 3:52pm

Great they got the extra money but has it been good for their program overall? First 2 yrs in the B1G, they

ManicBlue

1/23/23 4:17pm

Was it bad for BYU, moving from the WAC to the MWC?

krindorr

1/23/23 4:31pm

I would love to have the AAU break down each school and how the research money is actually used to see the bloat

DJROSS

1/23/23 4:39pm

Nebraska and Colorado both suffer from not having Texas schools on their schedule.

(Private)

1/24/23 11:32pm

Research smack is my favorite smack.

IceCreamButt

1/23/23 2:27pm

More than school endowment smack?

Ski-U-Mah

1/23/23 3:37pm

Wonder how that's going to look when they lose the AZ schools and add Boise St and SDSU? Maybe they should consider

ManicBlue

1/23/23 2:29pm

The graphic heading says PAC 10?...

Goliath

1/23/23 2:34pm

So much for their academic superiority

LeGrandBleu

1/23/23 3:04pm

Well they do only show the 10 schools remaining after USC and UCLA leave which are found under the SEC.

ManicBlue

1/23/23 3:06pm

SEC?

Goliath

1/23/23 4:41pm

Who won the last Research National Championship? Oh, there isn't one? Nuff

PhilPete

1/23/23 2:35pm

RE: They got us

SausageKing

1/23/23 2:41pm

Research is dead

Heath Squashwell

1/23/23 2:46pm

I must be missing the point: was there a science challenge during the NC halftime?

(Private)

1/23/23 2:51pm

B12 should take Oregon and ASU off their hands, both conferences avg goes up!

Rize Alloyal

1/23/23 2:52pm

Hilariously tone deaf.

shoganai

1/23/23 2:53pm

Well, when that is all you have left...

LeGrandBleu

1/23/23 2:59pm

Funny they should list that as a qualification for B12 membership since Cal and Oregon St wouldn't qualify.

ManicBlue

1/23/23 3:16pm

lol, the Amazon arrow under the PAC icon.

panacablue

1/23/23 3:18pm

9/12 from new big 12 have enough to be in the pac12...

here's to hoping

1/23/23 3:30pm

BYU SPENDS $38 million on research?? Is this per year??

ACrop

1/23/23 3:55pm

"...literally..." Haha.

No touching

1/23/23 4:46pm

That's why Stanford,Cal >> Utah, because research is what's important for sports

akbarishiwatsu

1/23/23 5:11pm

Poor Alabama. Bottom of the SEC…

BYUHgrad

1/23/23 5:27pm

Let’s see this same chart for athletic revenue $$

Ducougar

1/23/23 7:16pm

That. Is. Hilarious. You know things are tough in your conference when you have

BlooCoog

1/23/23 7:25pm

This comes to mind. Research?!?!?!

MajorZeus

1/23/23 7:48pm

I read a lot of government-funded research reports and from what I can gather, this is a badge of honor.

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