Rutgers and Maryland in talks to join B1G

[Forty_Sixand2]

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...meaning that they added two absolute powerhouses with huge fanbases, national titles, legendary players and coaches, and insanely rich histories and they still took their time

 

[TigerBait1971]

LOL at tBig.

 

[ForkEmBucky]

Yea guys stop it. You're unfolding my laundry. Jeeze.

 

[Volbound1700]

Syracuse > Rutgers for New York, especially if they can get their program established again. Syracuse is a basketball power and was once a football power. They also have more fans.

 

[ForkEmBucky]

...meaning that they added two absolute powerhouses with huge fanbases, national titles, legendary players and coaches, and insanely rich histories and they still took their time

It would just make the conference look desperate. We need to just ride out the tOSU and PSU bans. We've already taken some hits on our schedules, losing traditional rivalries.

 

[starbigd]

LOL.....I don't think anyone that's not a basketball power actually WANTS to be in the ACC.

That said, I highly doubt this happens

 

[ForkEmBucky]

The ACC shouldn't be that bad. I don't know if I really understand what makes them so unattractive as a conference. I know they don't have much BCS success, but why not just ride out the storm and keep trying to bring in the right coaches? There are great programs in the conference. The fans show up better than the Big East fans and probably the Pac 12 fans. Why aren't they a more solid conference, in other words, why the hell does everyone want to bail?

 

[Shanemansj13]

Hope we get Maryland in OSUs division...cakewalk

 

[gradam01]

The only reason I could see that the B1G wants these 2 teams is to expand the Big ten network into DC and New York. Otherwise it does nothing.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

It is already on basic plans here in DC.

 

[tabascojet]

yes rutgers in itself doesnt deliver nyc. but with the amount of big ten alumni in nyc it makes sense. it is akin to colorado moving to the pac12.

 

[Sleepy T]

It is kind of surprising the B1G may be going after these two teams, but in some ways it makes sense I suppose. Although I don't think it would be an enormous blow (in regards to football alone) for the ACC to lose MD, but IF this happens I wonder what effects it could have on the future landscape of college football. It is already rumored that FSU, Clemson, VT, and possibly GT have "chatted" with other conferences over the last year or so (B12/SEC). Obviously the ACC would go after a replacement team at some point (probably UCONN from the BE). I think that would further push the ACC back into more of a basketball conference. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out, if anything happens at all. These teams will be keeping an eye on all this.

 

[Volbound1700]

ACC needs to go after West Virginia, I know their fans are annoying and academics aren't great but they are the only decent football team in the ACC's region that would sign on with the ACC.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Penn State

 

[HawkeyesRuleURFace]

We should just team up with the WAC

 

[starbigd]

The ACC shouldn't be that bad. I don't know if I really understand what makes them so unattractive as a conference. I know they don't have much BCS success, but why not just ride out the storm and keep trying to bring in the right coaches? There are great programs in the conference. The fans show up better than the Big East fans and probably the Pac 12 fans. Why aren't they a more solid conference, in other words, why the hell does everyone want to bail?

Because it's a basketball conference that caters to the basketball schools.......all the football schools are dying to leave.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Because it's a basketball conference that caters to the basketball schools.......all the football schools are dying to leave.

The Tobacco Road Cabal

Ask any Clemson, Virginia Tech, Florida State or Georgia Tech fan how much they LOVE the situation. I would step out in a heart beat. I loved the addition of Pitt, from an academic, historical, and culture fit, but Cuse?, UCONN?, USF? NO!

Get me to the B1G or SEC.

 

[starbigd]

The Tobacco Road Cabal

Ask any Clemson, Virginia Tech, Florida State or Georgia Tech fan how much they LOVE the situation. I would step out in a heart beat. I loved the addition of Pitt, from an academic, historical, and culture fit, but Cuse?, UCONN?, USF? NO!

Get me to the B1G or SEC.

Academics wise the ACC kicks ass. But if this happens, Florida State will be the next to jump ship no question

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Academics wise the ACC kicks ass. But if this happens, Florida State will be the next to jump ship no question

I still would not be surprised to see Clemson and FSU head south west very soon and VT, GT and Pitt head north west soon.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

*very soon, meaning by 2017 or so