Ouch. As you note, Stanford is excellent in non-revenue sports, so your point is clear, but damn is it jarring to read they’re a virtual non-entity athletically.
They’ve won 25 out of 27 Director’s Cups and finished second the two times they didn’t win!
I thought the context there was obvious enough it didn't need to be said. But just in case: Stanford is a virtual non-entity athletically for the purposes of this conversation about conference realignment.
Which is clearly true - I haven't seen one informed person suggest they'll end up in the B1G.
Obviously they have one of the best brands in American higher ed, and in NCAA athletics. Which is why I think they'd be too tempting to overlook, even if the numbers don't quite add up.