The longer the B1G does nothing the better our chances become.
Shortly after the carousel ride ended last summer (B1G was and then wasn't expanding to sixteen, UT and their buddies were all going to the P-16, SEC was looking into adding A&M and OU to the west and trying to decide which ACC schools to poach from the east, Missouri was left at the alter), there was a very long article explaining the process that landed Nebraska in the B1G.
Evidently there was quite a rift among the then eleven members of that conference on how to expand. Three members (Michigan, OSU and PSU, who also happen to have by far the highest profiles in the highest profile sport) wanted to expand east (but couldn't come to agreement on who) while the remaining eight wanted to remain a midwest centered conference (some supposedly threatened to leave if the day came when Chicago was no longer the marquee city and base of operations). Nebraska became a compromise decision because it was the only school that enough members could agree upon to receive a positive vote and the B1G had reached the point where they had to announce expansion or end up with a ton of egg on their face (as Delaney played the press for months leading up to that point).
It will take quite a lot for many B1G members to consider us but the more time passes, the better our opportunity to narrow the gap.