MGoPoll: Do YOU want to see Maryland in the B1G?

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November 18th, 2012 at 9:49 PM
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MGoPoll: Do YOU want to see Maryland in the B1G?

I apologize if there is a real "poll" feature that I've overlooked. I'll just count the answers instead.

I've been going back and forth so I've been wondering what MGoUsers think.

We don't know about Rutgers or Georgia Tech or Chicago or whoever else is rumored...so I'll leave this to JUST Maryland.

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Plan and simple. Yes, No, or Don't Care. Do you WANT to see Maryland in the B1G Conference?

---Yes

---No

---Don't Care

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November 18th, 2012 at 9:50 PM | hell no (Score:1 Normal)
ThadMattasagoblin
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hell no

903 wins most in college football

November 18th, 2012 at 10:16 PM | No. With all this talk about (Score:3 Normal)
UMRecruitingFannatic
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No.

With all this talk about increasing revenues from the Big Ten Network, I think people are forgetting the changing world we live in.  What happens if, in say four years, Google TV or a web-based television platform gets launched successfully?  In my opinion, the television sales format is entirely outdated and could easily be reworked by a new provider.  Why pay... $60 a month for 250 channels, when in reality, you watch 25?  Why not just pay $1 (or more to ESPN, less to Science Channel, etc) to get exactly what you want for $25?  Boom, there goes the entire Big Ten Network because only households with sports loving men, generally aged 16-65 are going to subscribe. 

I'm no expect, but it just seems very shortsighted to put all out eggs in one basket and take these crap athletic schools in the hopes of some immediate payoff.

Rutgers and Maryland: NOT WELCOME

November 18th, 2012 at 10:56 PM | (No subject) (Score:3 Normal)
dmoo4u
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November 19th, 2012 at 2:20 AM | (No subject) (Score:3 Normal)
FreeKarl
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November 18th, 2012 at 9:51 PM | Is this a trick question? (Score:3 Normal)
Markovits is Great
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No.

Except for the other thing. That hurts the most. But the lack of respect hurts the second most.

November 18th, 2012 at 9:51 PM | Yes (Score:4 Normal)
quigley.blue
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Yes, I live in DC, this improves my quality of life.

November 18th, 2012 at 9:51 PM | NO. Nor Rutgers.   (Score:2 Normal)
wigeon
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NO. Nor Rutgers.  

 

Biz hundert azoi ve tsvantsik

November 18th, 2012 at 9:51 PM | (No subject) (Score:3 Normal)
pasadenablue
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This is home...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgijdypJUEQ

November 18th, 2012 at 9:52 PM | No. Final answer. (Score:3 Normal)
MGoClimb
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No. Final answer.

November 18th, 2012 at 9:52 PM | NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (Score:3 Normal)
TheGhostofYost
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

November 18th, 2012 at 9:52 PM | No.   And I know you didn't (Score:5 Normal)
Lionsfan
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No.

 

And I know you didn't ask, but I don't want Rutgers or GT either

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

StraightDave owes me a steak dinner

November 18th, 2012 at 9:53 PM | Yes...I don't think it is a (Score:4 Funny)
coldnjl
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Yes...I don't think it is a perfect fit now, but down the road (10+), when the National demographics change, this addition IMO can set up the conferance for long term survival as one of the 2 predominant conferences. DC will always be an important media market.

Plus, there Lacrosse program can be a flagship, along with our program of course, of a new B1G LAcrosse conference. 

November 18th, 2012 at 9:54 PM | Obvious being obvious (Score:3 Normal)
coldnjl
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I can see I am in the minority

November 18th, 2012 at 10:21 PM | Their women's soccer team is (Score:0 Normal)
November 18th, 2012 at 10:36 PM | Yes, it is. I wish ours was (Score:4 Normal)
MGoBender
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Yes, it is. I wish ours was at their level. What's your point?

(That's a rhetorical question. We all know your point.)

CoE Class of 2007

November 18th, 2012 at 9:53 PM | NO No nO (Score:3 Normal)
ypsituckyboy
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NO No nO

November 18th, 2012 at 9:53 PM | The other thread, while not a (Score:1 Normal)
maizenbluedevil
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The other thread, while not a formal poll, seemed pretty clear to me as far as what people want.

Anyways, 

No.

Not just no, but hell no.

 

CJK5H

November 18th, 2012 at 9:53 PM | No (Score:2 Normal)
Bryan
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They devalue the conference

I have a Fandom Endurance III merit badge

November 18th, 2012 at 9:53 PM | No. However, I don't mind md (Score:2)
Indonacious
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No.

However, I don't mind md but if it is a package with rutgers...then absolutely no. 

November 18th, 2012 at 9:53 PM | NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Score:1 Overrated)
Mlaw2010
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NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

November 18th, 2012 at 9:53 PM | No (Score:2 Normal)
Drbogue
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No

In Hoke we trust...

November 18th, 2012 at 9:54 PM | No (Score:2 Normal)
umfan720
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No

November 18th, 2012 at 9:54 PM | Nothing against Maryland, but (Score:3 Normal)
UMgradMSUdad
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Nothing against Maryland, but I don't want any more teams in the Big Ten.

November 18th, 2012 at 9:54 PM | Negative Ghost rider, the pattern is full (Score:1)
jambon923
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But, I am naive to that program's history and what they offer the big ten. I am most interested in the academic side of Maryland, particularly the biology and sciences departments. Anyone have details to edify me?

 

November 18th, 2012 at 10:12 PM | Math, physics and comp sci (Score:1)
Yeoman
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Math, physics and comp sci are strong. Physics used to be excellent. John Wheeler and Charles Misner both taught there--only Illinois had a comparable department in the B1G (unless you count Chicago).

November 18th, 2012 at 9:54 PM | No.  Nothing against (Score:2)
RonZeroFez
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No.  Nothing against Maryland, but this does not make sense.

If you don't ride a camel, you ain't shi'ite.

November 18th, 2012 at 9:54 PM | No, no more teams no matter (Score:1)
Chippewa Blue
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No, no more teams no matter who they are

Oh you know, just a typical Michigan fan that goes to Central

November 18th, 2012 at 9:55 PM | No (Score:1)
YoOoBoMoLloRoHo
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Who wants to see the B1G patch clash with their uniforms ...

"Everybody wants to be a hero, so to speak.  But it takes everybody."  - Charles Woodson

November 18th, 2012 at 9:55 PM | Yes, just to piss off the (Score:5 Normal)
IPFW_Wolverines
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Yes, just to piss off the "get off my lawn" crowd.

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill

November 19th, 2012 at 1:28 AM | Yes, just to piss off the "get off my lawn" crowd. (Score:2)
Don
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Oddly enough, I am currently wearing my IPFW t-shirt, and the answer is still hell no.


November 19th, 2012 at 9:22 AM | Why on earth do you have an (Score:1)
IPFW_Wolverines
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Why on earth do you have an IPFW T-shirt?

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill

November 18th, 2012 at 9:55 PM | Doesn't make sense (Score:2)
george11
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So the answer is NO.

Semper Fidelis!

November 18th, 2012 at 9:55 PM | No (Score:1)
GoBlue0420
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I wouldn't mind Georgia Tech though.

November 18th, 2012 at 10:33 PM | Add Georgia tech and Virginia (Score:2 Normal)
willywill9
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Add Georgia tech and Virginia tech! Unrealistic I know but can't I dream?

Touchdown Michigan!

November 18th, 2012 at 9:55 PM | No (Score:2)
Lazer with a Z
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No

Strive to win. If you lose....win. 

November 18th, 2012 at 9:56 PM | negative. (Score:2)
Indy Wolverine
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negative.

November 18th, 2012 at 9:56 PM | No. (Score:1 Trolling)
DIABEETUS
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No.

Michigan: 903–315–36 (Best in NCAA)
vs Ohio State: 58-44-6
vs Notre Dame: 23-16-1
vs MSU:  68-32-5
vs B1G: 522-197-24
vs SEC:  20-8-1
vs PAC 12: 48-24-1
vs Big 12: 10-5-1<

November 18th, 2012 at 9:56 PM | No.  I was only on board with (Score:1 Overrated)
MGoAlexander
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No.  I was only on board with expansion when it was something we would have been forced to do to keep up with the national landscape.  Now that the expansion merry-go-round stopped, we could afford to be choosy and only accept no-brainers.

 

Maryland, Rutgers, Georgia Tech...Not no-brainers.

November 18th, 2012 at 10:01 PM | How confident are you that (Score:3 Normal)
wildbackdunesman
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How confident are you that "expansion merry-go-round stopped"?

Seems to me, like there could be a bit of pressure for conferences to go to 14 and then to 16.

November 18th, 2012 at 9:56 PM | yes (Score:5 Normal)
orobs
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yes

November 18th, 2012 at 9:57 PM | NO (Score:-1 Offtopic)
November 18th, 2012 at 9:57 PM | No. (Score:1)
Noah
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No. Not as bad as Rutgers would be, though.

November 18th, 2012 at 9:57 PM | Yes (Score:5 Normal)
Geary_maize
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Absolutely in the long run this will be a great decision

November 18th, 2012 at 9:57 PM | If it involves divisional (Score:1)
FreddieMercuryHayes
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If it involves divisional realignment, yes.



If it does not, no.

November 18th, 2012 at 10:25 PM | I mean... that isn't an (Score:2 Normal)
UMRecruitingFannatic
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I mean... that isn't an argument for Maryland itself.  That is an argument to bring in some other team to force divisional realignment.  Bringing in Towson would:

-Increase the geographic footprint to Maryland

-Bring in TV viewers from Maryland

-Get the Big Ten Network in Maryland houses

-Force divisional realignment

-TOWSON BEAT LSU (through one half) THIS YEAR!

My vote is for Towson.

Rutgers and Maryland: NOT WELCOME

November 18th, 2012 at 9:57 PM | Yes. I like what Maryland (Score:4 Normal)
WolvinLA2
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Yes. I like what Maryland brings to the table.

November 18th, 2012 at 9:57 PM | FERGODSAKES No! A middle of (Score:2)
OmarDontScare
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FERGODSAKES No! A middle of the road ACC program. ACC! Gah

I got the shotgun. You got the briefcase. It's all in the game though, right?

November 18th, 2012 at 10:27 PM | L-O-L.  The ACC in its (Score:2)
UMRecruitingFannatic
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L-O-L.  The ACC in its entirety is middle of the road.  Saying Maryland is a middle of the road ACC team is being.... nice.  Name a team we would bring in from the ACC who would be decidely WORSE (in all regards) than Maryland.... ok I concede NC State.

Rutgers and Maryland: NOT WELCOME

November 18th, 2012 at 9:57 PM | (No subject) (Score:3 Funny)
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Twitter

November 18th, 2012 at 9:57 PM | No (Score:2 Funny)
Blueto
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Not unless there are any breweries in Maryland that I've never heard of.

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