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<p>Over 70% of donations to both Michigan and Ohio State come in fall - football season. Legal or not, I have received numerous Big Ten Alumni Networking Event invitations here in Chicago, so I would have to assume that there must be a good number of B1G alum / fanatics at the hiring position who would certainly embrace/favor the B1G Conference connection over others.</p>
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<p>Indeed, not even Harvard holds 100% true in that regard (sorry Veritas)! My point of that paragraph was “value,” and the complete sentence did include “National Buckeye Scholarship” for the OOS students in which Ohio State education would be hard to beat given the combination of Academics + Athletics + Scholarships. NYU is a horrible example to be compared to tOSU imho, as it is one of the most expensive higher education institutions in America.</p>