(04-17-2017 11:08 AM)jrj84105 Wrote:  Maybe the importance of research is a sore spot because Syracuse left the AAU due to lack of research, but it is absolutely a top- if not the top- consideration for getting university president buy-in. The B1G, PAC, and SEC all moved proactively last round taking Maryland, Rutgers, Missouri, A&M, Colorado, Utah, and Nebraska. Nebraska is the only one of that group who got a flyer on research, and they came paired with two top 50 research schools.

Louisville moved up despite academic concerns as the ACC backfilled. So I guess, if SDSU had Louisville level athletic success and the PAC were raided resulting in a backfill scenario, than SDSU would have a chance similar to Louisville.

I was wondering if Syracuse leaving the AAU a few years back had anything to do with him minimizing research importance to universities too. So to be fair, Orange? Is there a "sport spot" because Syracuse left the AAU? It's difficult to ask that without coming across as a jerk, I hope you don't think that's what I'm being. I happen to think Research is a gigantic factor the more I learn about the inter workings of colleges and their "reputations" for lack of a better way of putting it.