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Originally Posted by Cephalic Trauma
This doesn't even make sense. How did their "academics take a hit" after adding Nebraska? Sure, you can cite Nebraska losing their membership in the AAU, but simply adding a 12th team to a conference doesn't take away from the credibility of the other 11 schools involved. Further, how can you prove that the academics at Nebraska are deficient in any way? Simply put, you can't. I highly doubt you have the capacity, or the resources for that matter, to even begin to substantiate such a claim. I am in no way affiliated with the University of Nebraska, but this statement is plain ignorant.
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Nebraska does detract from the Big 10's academic reputation. I don't have any problem with Nebraska, but US News and World Report rankings makes it pretty clear that Nebraska has the lowest academic ranking of the 12 schools:
12 Northwestern
29 Michigan
45 Wisconsin
47 Penn St
47 Illinois
56 Ohio St
56 Purdue
64 Minnesota
72 Iowa
75 Indiana
79 Michigan St
104 Nebraska
I understand that US News and World Report's rankings aren't perfect, but I think it makes a strong case that they reached academically for Nebraska's football money.