Big 10 looking to poach SIU or Ill. St.?

[CincyPanther88]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/two-lawmakers-want-one-more-big-ten-school-165621151--ncaaf.html

[06panther10]

Haha.

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[GonzoCat]

Re: Big 10 looking to poach SIU or Ill. St.?

This doesn't really tell us anything about Illinois politicians that we didn't already know.

[panther-state]

Re: Big 10 looking to poach SIU or Ill. St.?

It said SIU-E fwiw. They might be Illinois politicians, but even they can recognize the criminal nature of polluting the academic "integrity" of the B1G with Carbondale. I think Kirkwood is higher on the pecking order for an invite

[Neighbor]

Re: Big 10 looking to poach SIU or Ill. St.?

think tough admissions standards at the University of Illinois are causing many students to continue their educations out of state.

Ya right. More like overpriced tuition.


Wait till lakes see this one. HIs beloved stache into the big 10 before mighty bisons.

[panther-state]

Re: Big 10 looking to poach SIU or Ill. St.?

It's 100% the price of an education. Why else would all the Illinois kids bolt for UW and Iowa? Booze and parties??

Wait...

[Codytwo]

Re: Big 10 looking to poach SIU or Ill. St.?

UNI will be in the big 10 before SIU Edwardsville!

[achrist70]

Re: Big 10 looking to poach SIU or Ill. St.?

UNI will be in the big 10 before SIU Edwardsville!

Agreed but with 73 teams can it really still go by the Big 10?

[SteinPizza]

Re: Big 10 looking to poach SIU or Ill. St.?

Ya right. More like overpriced tuition.


Wait till lakes see this one. HIs beloved stache into the big 10 before mighty bisons.

Illinois has a lot higher admissions standards than Iowa, Drake, ISU, Loras, Marquette, any school in Indiana (probably excepting Notre Dame), etc. That's fact. Overpriced has nothing to do with it. You don't think tons of Chicagoland kids go to Iowa schools for the magnificent scenery, do you?

[Panther-Sheik]

Re: Big 10 looking to poach SIU or Ill. St.?

Did Connelly and Murphy hatch this one last Monday over a pint?

[panther-state]

Re: Big 10 looking to poach SIU or Ill. St.?

Illinois has a lot higher admissions standards than Iowa, Drake, ISU, Loras, Marquette, any school in Indiana (probably excepting Notre Dame), etc. That's fact. Overpriced has nothing to do with it. You don't think tons of Chicagoland kids go to Iowa schools for the magnificent scenery, do you?

It's not just Illinois though. Illinois State is comparable to some private schools in total annual cost for an in-state student (~$28,000). UIC and Loyola are actually some of the better deals around $17,000+ annually. Even Carbondale is charging in-state kids around $22-25K a year to basically live and learn in Kentucky. That is the definition of crooked.

I tried using some rough estimates (without scholarships/grants included) to find these figures. I also found Drake to be close to $20K using the same rough addition. That seems low to me. Then again I was paying only $12-13K a year, not counting aid, so my judgement on "low" May not be that great.

[SteinPizza]

Re: Big 10 looking to poach SIU or Ill. St.?

It's not just Illinois though. Illinois State is comparable to some private schools in total annual cost for an in-state student (~$28,000). UIC and Loyola are actually some of the better deals around $17,000+ annually. Even Carbondale is charging in-state kids around $22-25 K a year to basically live and learn in Kentucky. That is the definition of crooked.

Loyola is private, and the largest Jesuit school in the country if I remember correctly. I do see your point though. Part of it is public corruption leading to higher costs in everything if you're an Illinois resident. Another part is the stranglehold the public employee unions have over everything. Specifically in this case, teachers, janitors, etc. That drive up costs (with zero value add) for the student. It's blue state, crony BS at it's finest.

[dragon]

Re: Big 10 looking to poach SIU or Ill. St.?

I think I know someone who will be lobbying to get NDSU into the Big Ten.