I get this question regularly here in Wisconsin

I have lived in WI for more than 40 years now, and ever since WI football became competitive (after Alvarez came) fans put this question to me as if the answer is obvious. I used to try to explain why ND should not be in the B1G now or ever but I got tired of the whole thing. Now I just say that ND has no reason to associate with any other teams, and if Wisconsin could do the same thing, go it alone as an independent, they would. That usually gets them thinking for a bit and it ends the conversation for me.

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Wisconsin, as most schools are, is a very regional school. - Tex Francisco 2019-10-17 19:23:10
- ND told me students live an average of 800 miles from ND - btd 2019-10-18 12:40:33
  - The academies and Northwestern are also not regional - fortune_smith 2019-10-18 15:14:36
- 33percent of the UW student body is nonresident - ACross 2019-10-17 20:16:06
  - Yup. Nothing pays the bills like out-of-state tuition. * - G.K.Chesterton 2019-10-18 00:23:53
    - I believe they have a significant international/Asian demo - ACross 2019-10-18 09:55:44
  - More than that now. - HoundDog1973 2019-10-17 23:05:53
  - Yes but half of them probably matriculate from MN - crazychester 2019-10-17 21:35:58
    - Iowa and Indiana are both in the 40 - 45% OOS range. * - WilfordBrimley 2019-10-17 22:09:59
      - But those are almost all Chicago kids - crazychester 2019-10-17 22:16:52
        As noted, this is false... - John@Indy 2019-10-18 09:46:44
        I would bet around 5% of IU is from Tri State - DBCooper 2019-10-17 22:56:26
        IU definitely has a lot of East Coast students. - WilfordBrimley 2019-10-17 22:22:58
        Pretty much agree - crazychester 2019-10-17 22:26:48
    - It has a sizable east coast presence - ACross 2019-10-17 22:03:03
      - I would also add - jt 2019-10-18 00:42:04
      - “Dairy science” * - drinkycrow 2019-10-17 22:25:35
        That’s just “science”, for you. * - golfjunkie17 2019-10-18 07:43:48
        It's all about the BS; that is,... - Kbyrnes 2019-10-17 23:01:58
        It’s a real program at places like Wiscy and Cornell. - Jeash 2019-10-17 23:01:27
        Green Bay is big on cheese - ACross 2019-10-17 23:26:36
        Not just GB of course - JC_90_94 2019-10-18 17:07:27
      - I'd call it the budding - crazychester 2019-10-17 22:14:42
  - meaning they’re 100 miles away, from chicago * - 84david 2019-10-17 21:32:48
  - Iike my son in law. - BIG MAC 2019-10-17 21:31:34
  - I don’t think that refutes his claim * - DakotaDomer 2019-10-17 20:36:42
that is the correct response - ocdomer78 2019-10-17 18:36:37