Maryland prez leaks Conference divisions

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November 19th, 2012 at 2:47 PM
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Leaders And Best
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Maryland prez leaks Conference divisions

Not a fan of this at all.

Maryland prez tells regents MD, RU in Leaders Division w/OSU, PSU, Wisconsin, Purdue & Indiana. Illinois moves to Legends

 

Legends

  • Michigan
  • Nebraska
  • Michigan State
  • Iowa
  • Minnesota
  • Northwestern
  • Illinois

 

Leaders

  • Ohio State
  • Penn State
  • Wisconsin
  • Purdue
  • Indiana
  • Maryland
  • Rutgers

 

It probably guarantees the protected crossover game (can't wait to see who they matchup with Maryland & Rutgers) which means Michigan would play the other teams once every 6 years.

Huge competitive and recruiting disadvantage for Legends Division as well as the Ohio, Pennsylvania, DC/Baltimore, and Jersey markets are all in the other division.

 

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November 19th, 2012 at 2:49 PM | Yeah, well, until we add GT (Score:2)
bdsisme
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Yeah, well, until we add GT and UNC, and then we'll get an overhaul for sure (maybe?).

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November 19th, 2012 at 2:49 PM | Fuck. (Score:5 Normal)
ShockFX
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Fuck.

November 19th, 2012 at 4:17 PM | What he said. (Score:2 Normal)
redhousewolverine
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What he said.

"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates.

November 19th, 2012 at 8:47 PM | ^^^^^^^^^ (Score:1)
MGoSoftball
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Ditto

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November 19th, 2012 at 2:50 PM | Cool.  Now all the people (Score:5 Normal)
MaizeAndBlueWahoo
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Cool.  Now all the people that thought "maybe this is a way to get rid of Legends and Leaders" will hate this expansion too.

Illinois is probably leaping with joy at the thought of moving into a division with their besties in Ann Arbor, though.

"We've beaten Michigan the last four years.  So where's the threat?"

- Mark Dantonio

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November 19th, 2012 at 3:04 PM | Keep the (Score:3 Normal)
James Burrill Angell
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Keeps the Brown Jug, Keeps the MSU game. I assume we won't go on a rotating basis with Ohio and I can bribe the wife with trips to NYC for the Rutgers game every couple of years. F it. I'm good.

November 19th, 2012 at 3:09 PM | The Rutgers game in NYC will (Score:2)
ChalmersE
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The Rutgers game in NYC will be more like once a decade. 

November 19th, 2012 at 3:09 PM | By every "couple" of years (Score:5 Normal)
Jivas
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You mean every TWELVE years, right?

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November 19th, 2012 at 3:10 PM | I can bribe the wife with (Score:3 Normal)
MaizeAndBlueWahoo
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I can bribe the wife with trips to NYC for the Rutgers game once every 12 years.

FIFY

"We've beaten Michigan the last four years.  So where's the threat?"

- Mark Dantonio

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November 19th, 2012 at 5:23 PM | And by New York, you mean New (Score:1 Normal)
bronxblue
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And by New York, you mean New Jersey.

November 19th, 2012 at 6:06 PM | Wish it was the Cavs coming (Score:1)
markinmsp
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Wish it was the Cavs coming aboard instead of Rutgers.

                                          

November 19th, 2012 at 2:50 PM | Dammit (Score:2)
JeepinBen
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Dammit. I thought they might use this to fix their stupidity.

"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"

November 19th, 2012 at 2:50 PM | That certainly gives us the (Score:2)
WolvinLA2
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That certainly gives us the easier division, especially once PSU comes back. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

November 19th, 2012 at 2:53 PM | It does? (Score:5 Normal)
AAB
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Assume PSU takes years to recover (which is a good assumption).  That division has 2 good football teams, 4 terrible ones, and Penn State.  

There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter.

November 19th, 2012 at 2:55 PM | If Ohio State doesn't win (Score:5 Normal)
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If Ohio State doesn't win that division every year, they'll be underachieving badly. That could be the worst division in the country

If you're doing nothing, how do you know when you're finished?

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November 19th, 2012 at 6:38 PM | Its no where near as bad as (Score:1)
ghost
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Its no where near as bad as the ACC coastal.  

November 19th, 2012 at 3:04 PM | Admittedly, I'm looking at (Score:3 Normal)
WolvinLA2
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Admittedly, I'm looking at that once PSU is a known commodity again, which I know will take a bit. But Indiana is up and coming and Rutgers would probably be the second best team in our division (certainly third).

Fun fact: Rutgers' last recruiting class would have ranked third in the Big Ten behind only M and OSU. So don't expect them to be all that terrible.

November 19th, 2012 at 3:25 PM | I'm pretty sure (Score:2 Underrated)
AAB
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you are massively overrating the current quality of the Rutgers football program.  

There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter.

November 19th, 2012 at 4:48 PM | Rutgers plays in the Big East (Score:2 Normal)
Logan88
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Rutgers plays in the Big East with powerhouses like Cincinnati, Louisville, South Florida, et al. When they make the move to the B1G, they will likely find the going slightly more difficult (see West Virginia this year in the Big 12).

We ARE Michigan....COME GET SOME!!!

November 19th, 2012 at 2:54 PM | It's funny, because I thought (Score:1)
willywill9
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It's funny, because I thought we had the more challenging one... maybe I was thinking immediate next few years.  I guess that tells me it's balanced enough.

Touchdown Michigan!

November 19th, 2012 at 2:51 PM | At least none of these fake (Score:5 Normal)
FrankMurphy
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At least none of these fake Big Ten schools gets put into our division, I guess.

November 19th, 2012 at 2:51 PM | The big question is: How does (Score:5 Normal)
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The big question is:

How does this change the hard fought and contentious rivalry between MSU and Indiana?  We cannot afford to lose that.

Hail.

November 19th, 2012 at 6:04 PM | Switches to MSU v Maryland (Score:1)
markinmsp
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 Heard it switches to MSU/Maryland.

 Illinois picks up a “border-war” with Indiana as a crossover and Northwestern gets Rutgers. (ChiTown is none too happy.)

                                          

November 19th, 2012 at 2:51 PM | So... 8 conference games - 6 (Score:3 Normal)
Brhino
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So... 8 conference games - 6 division games - 1 protected game (ohio state) = 1 remaining game.  We'll play

  • Penn State
  • Wisconsin
  • Purdue
  • Indiana
  • Maryland
  • Rutgers

Once every six years each?

November 19th, 2012 at 2:54 PM | Unless they move to 9 (Score:3 Normal)
MLaw06
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Unless they move to 9 conference games (which may happen) or if they get into the B1G championship game. 

Summary is that it doesn't really change too much for us....

November 19th, 2012 at 2:59 PM | The earliest that would (Score:2)
joeyb
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The earliest that would happen is 2017 like it was before. They might even have to wait until a couple years after that depending on how schedules have filled out in the last few months. That leaves at least 3 seasons where you have only 8 conference games with one cross-division rotational game.

November 19th, 2012 at 3:05 PM | 9 conference games was (Score:2)
Brhino
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9 conference games was thought to be dead with the PAC-12 agreement... that was before this of course.  That would make for only 2 "free" spots on the schedule.  hm.

November 19th, 2012 at 2:54 PM | 9 game schedule? (Score:3 Normal)
Alton
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The only good that can come out of this now is that the Big Ten might go to a 9-game schedule (6 games in-division, 1 protected game, 2 more cross-division games), so Michigan will get to play each of those schools twice every 6 years.

I guess I'm really looking forward to that one time between 2014 and 2019 that we host Wisconsin.  Plus the one time between 2020 and 2025.

 

November 19th, 2012 at 2:55 PM | This scenario (Score:3 Normal)
Naked Bootlegger
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makes me want to lay a big ol' turd in my undies.   Wisconsin now becomes just a rumor to us - I guess it kinda is already.  

November 19th, 2012 at 3:06 PM | That's exactly how the SEC is (Score:2)
UofM-StL
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That's exactly how the SEC is doing it right now.

November 19th, 2012 at 3:13 PM | Not playing penn st and (Score:1)
ak47
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Not playing penn st and wisconsin conistently is a little annoying but its not the end of the world, maybe this breaks up the nebraska being home the same year as ohio st thing and at the end of the day are schedule doesn't really change all that much.

November 19th, 2012 at 2:52 PM | So we get Illinois as a baby (Score:2 Normal)
MLaw06
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So we get Illinois as a baby seal every year and OSU's only hurdles to a B1G championship game are Wisconsin and Penn State (after their ban ends)?

November 19th, 2012 at 2:52 PM | I have to believe M would (Score:3 Normal)
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I have to believe M would prefer to be on the other division, which is more East Coast-ish, because M's fan-base skews eastward.

November 19th, 2012 at 3:03 PM | Chicago is actually the (Score:2 Normal)
Brown Bear
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Chicago is actually the second largest big city alumni base in country behind Detroit according to this I found.
http://alumni.umich.edu/pdf/MediaOnePager.pdf

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November 19th, 2012 at 3:09 PM | Sure, Chicago is #2, but (Score:5 Normal)
WolvinLA2
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Sure, Chicago is #2, but Chicagoans will be pretty close no matter who we play and NYC and DC are numbers 3 and 4 on that list so I'm not sure your link disproves anything.

November 19th, 2012 at 2:52 PM | at least we'll get osu in our divi... (Score:5 Normal)
mdiamondblue
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OH MUTHERF@#%ER

November 19th, 2012 at 2:52 PM | Thanksgiving (Score:3 Funny)
EastUGoBlue
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The announcement of these schools joining already has me upset and then this realignment, if true, is horrible. If this gets brought up around the table on Thursday after a few drinks the dicussion will become R-rated very quickly. This is horrible and will ultimately ruin my holiday.

November 19th, 2012 at 3:25 PM | A+ avatar. Absolutely (Score:2)
Kaminski16
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A+ avatar. Absolutely phenominal. 

See it through.

November 19th, 2012 at 2:52 PM | So Ohio gets to feast on two (Score:5 Normal)
BornInAA
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So Ohio gets to feast on two extra cupcakes a year? And we get one?

This is not fair.

life is like a box of chocolates... and you got the Whizzo Quality Assortment

November 19th, 2012 at 2:55 PM | OSU gets 2 (MD and Rutgers) (Score:2 Normal)
MLaw06
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OSU gets 2 (MD and Rutgers) minus 1 (Illinois)... so it should even out...

Dunno, I'm not a math major.

November 19th, 2012 at 3:06 PM | Wrong - they had (1) cupcake (Score:5 Normal)
BornInAA
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Wrong - they had (1) cupcake - Illinois

Now they have (2) - Rutgers and Maryland

We had (0) now we have (1).

So it is NOT even.

OUR PLATE:

OHIO:

 

NOT FAIR!

life is like a box of chocolates... and you got the Whizzo Quality Assortment

November 19th, 2012 at 3:10 PM | This reminds me of that (Score:4 Normal)
UofM-StL
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This reminds me of that puzzle where three guys pay the waiter too much, and his boss tells him to give some money back, but he keeps some for himself, and then at the end there's a missing dollar for some reason.

Essentially I'm saying your attempts at math are nonsense.

November 19th, 2012 at 3:14 PM | Now I am going to stress-eat (Score:2)
BornInAA
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Now I am going to stress-eat one of the last remaining Hostess Cupcakes on Earth with my green-tea. juxtapose

life is like a box of chocolates... and you got the Whizzo Quality Assortment

November 19th, 2012 at 3:10 PM | Do you think Rutgers is more (Score:2 Normal)
WolvinLA2
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Do you think Rutgers is more of a cupcake than Minnesota? Or Iowa lately? Hell, MSU is still fighting for bowl eligibility so it's not like our division is stacked.

November 19th, 2012 at 3:20 PM | Sure, MSU is fighting for (Score:4 Normal)
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Sure, MSU is fighting for eligibility, but the guys in the striped shirts have secured their spot. Pretty sure they would end up in our division, at least according to Leveon Bell.

November 19th, 2012 at 3:14 PM | yes but (Score:4 Normal)
Benoit Balls
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thats one cool looking bulldozer cupcake. I'd rather have one cool bulldozer than two turd looking things. After all, they say you eat with your eyes first (which I believe is incorrect, but this is not the place for epicurean discussions)

ALWAYS remember the golden rule: He who has the gold, makes the rules

 

November 19th, 2012 at 3:13 PM | Having the easier division (Score:3 Normal)
elaydin
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Having the easier division might help you get to the championship game, but if your goal is to make the new 4 team playoffs, it's going to hurt.

A one loss B1G champ OSU team could easily get shut out of the playoffs if, for example, Virginia Tech (future out of conference opponent) ended up being bad and OSU lost to one of Michigan or Wisconsin.

November 19th, 2012 at 3:18 PM | Well I like our cupcake a lot (Score:1 Normal)
TheGhostofYost
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Well I like our cupcake a lot more.  I mean look at those chocolate ones.  They look like two swirly turds.  Or maybe that's the point.

November 19th, 2012 at 3:22 PM | Ummmm- what is Minnesota? (Score:2 Normal)
93Grad
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Assuming PSU comes back to relevance the divisions should be pretty even.

November 19th, 2012 at 3:24 PM | 3/2 (Score:0 Flamebait)
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