Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[darbypitcher22]

Maryland, Rutgers, Virginia, and North Carolina just seems like 4 of the most random teams you could package together

 

[Bucknut24]

my friend (who went to MD and lives in that area still) posted this on my FB

"A large number our UMD Insiders/Boosters just started freaking out this morning about our school moving to B10. As in negotiations are essentially done and are working small stuff like non revenue team traveling, academic collaborations, and which division we'd be in."

 

[Mike80]

my friend (who went to MD and lives in that area still) posted this on my FB

"A large number our UMD Insiders/Boosters just started freaking out this morning about our school moving to B10. As in negotiations are essentially done and are working small stuff like non revenue team traveling, academic collaborations, and which division we'd be in."

They can't possibly be the only team moving. If MD is a throw in with UVA or UNC or a group of UVA, VT, UNC, UMD - I'd be ok with that.

Really weird timing....perhaps the powers that be in the ACC burned some bridges bringing in half of the Big East and Ntre Ame...?

 

[Mike80]

Maryland boosters have a decent amount of pull because they're the ones footing the bill for the athletic department. The AD must be self sufficient; the school can't draw from the general fund for athletics. So when it's in a bind (like now) it leans heavily on the boosters to help make ends meet.

There's also Kevin Plank (Under Armour founder) and which way he decides to throw his weight.

BTW check who the current chancellor of the University of Maryland system is.

http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/25univ/system/html/msa12445.html

yep - that's probably the first indication that I believe this situation may actually be in discussion....

 

[matcar]

They can't possibly be the only team moving. If MD is a throw in with UVA or UNC or a group of UVA, VT, UNC, UMD - I'd be ok with that.

Really weird timing....perhaps the powers that be in the ACC burned some bridges bringing in half of the Big East and Ntre Ame...?

It's not weird timing -- because nothing is happening.

 

[PlanetFrnd]

Maryland, Rutgers, Virginia, and North Carolina just seems like 4 of the most random teams you could package together

Waaaaait for it.... Waaaaaaaaaaaaaait for iiiit...........

 

[Mike80]

It's not weird timing -- because nothing is happening.

I'm talking about the timing of the rumor, not any proposed or rumored actions....

 

[MaxBuck]

Waaaaait for it.... Waaaaaaaaaaaaaait for iiiit...........

Just need to correct an error there ... PA is painted green. Fix that and we're all set.

 

[JBaney45]

Maryland, Rutgers, Virginia, and North Carolina just seems like 4 of the most random teams you could package together

Adding 4 teams and not getting at least 1..if not 2 real football powers is a major failure. F all these other nonsense factors.

 

[Bucknut24]

Adding 4 teams and not getting at least 1..if not 2 real football powers is a major failure. F all these other nonsense factors.

Not meant directed toward you, but i've been saying this for over a year..

people need to forget about getting football powerhouses, there is no one out there that we could reasonably get (unless you include the long shots of Texas and or OU) Va Tech is the closest and I'm willing to bet they'll hold out on a SEC invite

 

[Zurp]

Can we get a vbet on whether this is announced by a certain date?

 

[BuckeyeSoldier]

Adding 4 teams and not getting at least 1..if not 2 real football powers is a major failure. F all these other nonsense factors.

What football powers are left that you expect to add?

Besides we can just follow the SEC model of beating the crap out of the bottom of the conference maybe we too can have the top 6 all in the top10. We have a good number of potential football powers in tOSU, scUM, corn, little brother, ped aggy, Wisky.

I am mostly fine with expanding the footprint along the eastcoast for the BTN and adding more strong academic institutions who can rise up and do what Iowa does and be good every 4 or 5 years lol

 

[PlanetFrnd]

Just need to correct an error there ... PA is painted green. Fix that and we're all set.

until I hear substantively otherwise, I can only pro forma the map so much... but your point is very well taken

 

[matcar]

I'm talking about the timing of the rumor, not any proposed or rumored actions....

Rumors are started all the time...and usually aren't to be taken seriously.

 

[Mike80]

Rumors are started all the time...and usually aren't to be taken seriously.

So?

the timing of this rumor doesn't make very much sense unless something is going on. I'm firmly on the side of someone piecing together 3 or more inconsequential things and making a rumor out of it, but usually the good rumors have some string of logic behind it. UMD by itself as a new school in the Big Ten makes no logical sense.