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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cal fits what the Big Ten wants schools to be more than anything on the academic side. [b]It is the best public research institution in the US [/b]and is the flagship university in a key state. That profile just doesn't matter for sports $$ right now though. 
You have to remember that schools like Purdue, Northwestern, and Minnesota would never be invited to the party if things were being formed today. They're much more like Cal, Stanford, and Oregon State in adding value than Michigan or Ohio State. [/quote]

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Do you have any basis for your claim that "UCal-Berkeley is the best public research institution in the US" ?

Are you familiar with the National Science Foundation R&D Expenditures list ? UCal-Berkeley is the 32nd highest, not the first.[/quote]

Expenditures (quantity) and quality are two different things.  Cal is #32 because the nearby medical center with which it collaborates, UC San Francisco, is counted separately.  If you combine the two, they would rank #2.  A large part of JHU's R&D comes from its administration of the Federal applied physics laboratory.  If that is excluded UC Berkeley + San Francisco would be #1.  [/quote]

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