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<blockquote data-quote="Mountaineer Steve" data-source="post: 129488820" data-attributes="member: 1495432">Academics does matter in conference realignment'“OU is unlikely to become an AAU member, as it would have to at least double its current annual research expenditures from nationally competitive grants and currently has no National Academy of Sciences members (most AAU members have at least 10 NAS members and many have significantly more — none has fewer than five NAS members). ''OU’s Big Ten hopes aren’t strong. I don’t see the Big Ten inviting a school that is not an AAU member. If it happens, great. And if the Big Ten were to relax its requirements, it would seem to do so only for Notre Dame.'<a href="http://newsok.com/academics-matters-in-conference-realignment/article/5473247?custom_click=rss&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter">http://newsok.com/academics-matters-in-conference-realignment/article/5473247?custom_click=rss&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mountaineer Steve, post: 129488820, member: 1495432"] Academics does matter in conference realignment '“OU is unlikely to become an AAU member, as it would have to at least double its current annual research expenditures from nationally competitive grants and currently has no National Academy of Sciences members (most AAU members have at least 10 NAS members and many have significantly more — none has fewer than five NAS members). ' '[B]OU’s Big Ten hopes aren’t strong. I don’t see the Big Ten inviting a school that is not an AAU member. If it happens, great. And if the Big Ten were to relax its requirements, it would seem to do so only for Notre Dam[/B]e.' [URL]http://newsok.com/academics-matters-in-conference-realignment/article/5473247?custom_click=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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